The Investigation And Enlightenment Of Lan Zhou Textile Bureau's Success And Failure

Lan Zhou Textile Bureau was built by Zuo Zong Tang as the first modern textile enterprise in Lan Zhou during Yang Wu Movement, which was named as the ancestor of Chinese wool industry. It was prepared for constructing in 1878 and began to work formally in 1880, but was abolished by Qing Administration by the end of 1884, because of the failure of former forecast, the out —of —date management mind, the lagged operational mode, also the bad quality and quantity. The reasons for its failure included both subjective and objective aspects.Although Lan Zhou Textile Bureau failed, it spreaded modern scientific technology and management mind to North-West inland from foreigns and South-East area, it improved local human's commodity mind and pushed forward local commerce development, so it also had positive social effections. This article will first particularly discuss Lan Zhou Textile Bureau's operation , and then investigate its "success" and "failure" by using modern business affairs mind.