Customs And Modernization Of Management In Late Qing

Late Qing customs had cause Late Qing deep change of the society since foreign customs commissioner's system was set up , which had injected the fresh blood into the old feudal society in management. The customs management introduced the advanced administration experience in the west, which made changes of customs' institutional framework, operating mechanism and management mode. In such aspects as customs' personnel management, customs' financial administration, customs' transaction management, they had adopted the control measures different from the feudal old customs, which had made the good management result, the tariff income of the Qing Government increased thereupon too, and became one of the main sources of fiscal revenues of the Qing Government late. Meanwhile, some foreign affair which Late Qing advocated and handled customs and because of customs scientific process, institutionalized, high efficiency that customs officer work of management, have offered the good management foundation for running foreign affair. The good performance of customs' management has offered the administration experience used for reference for three political structure reforms that Late Qing Government pursues. For instance, reducing the number of organization, rectifying administration of local officials, breaking key link discipline etc., during the reform. Among foreign affair enterprises that "Westernization" group manage, The experience and method of customs' management were applied to foreign affair enterprises by "Westernization" group, such as employing foreignerswho understand technology, and management to help dealing with foreign affair, making enterprise rules and regulations of management and administration by drawing lessons from the methods of customs management etc., and it had made obvious result. The management mode of the railway of Late Qing was influenced by customs' management too, it can be seen the function and influence of the experience of management of the customs in such aspects as management organization of the railway , railway personnel, railway financial affairs. Therefore, customs' administration is relatively great to the function which promotes the modernization of management.