轮船招商局的创立及其在中国近代史中的积极作用

招商局是中国创办最早、历史悠久的航运企业，至今已经渡过了１２５个春秋。招商局的成立使中国的水上运输业从木帆船时代走向机器船时代，实现了中国航海史上的一次重大变革。招商局的成立还打破了帝国主义对中国航运业的垄断，带头在中国走出了一条以招商集股方式，创办大型交通企业的路子。另外，招商局在创办的过程中积极吸收和引进西方先进的管理技术，注重培养中国自己的航运经营管理人才，为提高中国航运事业的技术和管理水平起到了一定的积极作用。

Establishment of China Merchants and its Positive Function in the Modern Chinese History

China Merchants, the oldest shipping enterprise in China, is now reaching her 125 birthday. As the first Chinese-owned shipping enterprise, the establishment of China Merchants broke the monopoly of the western capitalism on the Chinese shipping industry in the Qing Dynasty. The establishment of China Merchants also declared that the Chinese shipping industry had developed from wooden junk are into the machine-driven ship are, which indicates a great change in he china navigation history. China Merchants paved the way for the large-scale transportation enterprise with the method of share capital. Besides, China Merchants laid stress on introducing the advanced western management and training the Chinese shipping managing personnel. This also plays an important role in raising the technical and managerial level of the Chinese shipping industry.