Study On Sun Yat-sen’s Thought About The Construction Of Railway

Sun Yat-sen’s construction of the railways is a process, which continually deepen withthe demand of the extension. As well as his other thoughts, the thought about theconstruction of railway experienced the steps of dawn, establishment and mature. It reflectsthe era of economic, political and cultural microcosm both in China and abroad, showing agreat revolutionist, statesman and industrialists who wanted to save the nation by developingthe modern capitalist industry. He wanted to achieve the strong willing to make Chinesepeople wealthier than before.In the beginning, Sun Yat-sen’s thinking on railway construction is proposed forresistance to colonial invasion, with the victory of the bourgeois revolution, the “nation” and“civil rights” came true, Sun Yat-sen arouse the development of railway to a level of socialbuilding and restoring the national economy in the early days of the people’s livelihood. Hemade a series of exploration and hard work for that.First of all, Sun made a conclusion and analyzing on the situation of the contribution ofrailway in both China and abroad. He thought that China should develop industry, only inthis way, can we revitalize China. He believed that the industrial construction is focused onthe traffic; the railway is the key to the transportation.Secondly, after Sun resigned the temporary President, he turned his working point fromthe political to the economic front. On the one hand, he made his trips all over the country toinvestigate the railway construction, on the other hand, he made his trips between UnitedStates and Japan or other developed capitalist countries to preach the relevant policy ofrailway construction, hoping that he can attract foreign investment by domestic favorableconditions to set up a20miles’ railway.Finally, Sun looked over the situation, combining the railway construction with China’sspecific national conditions, put forward the “opening regionalism" and "state-ownedrailway" insights, and explained the founding of the general plan for the future of Chineserailway route on the detailed elaboration in his book.The research on Sun’s thinking characteristics as well as contents and system onrailway construction is helpful for us to understand the ideology of the people’s livelihood.Although Sun’s thought about the modern China railway construction idea has someunscientific and subjective factors, but it still has a realistic meaning of the modern construction of our country and the northwest development.