In fact, some emperors in the Qing Dynasty wanted to reform, innovate and develop industry, but they were blocked by some ministers. Take Emperor Qianlong for example. At that time, an emissary from western countries came to visit and gave him a clock, but the ministers of the Han nationality refused, thinking that he had a vast territory and everything. In fact, this is just deceiving yourself. Emperor Guangxu came to power, but unfortunately the imperial power was in the hands of the empress dowager. At that time, Li Hongzhang pleaded in court to build a railway, but was opposed by other ministers. The common people don't agree, saying that building railways destroys geomantic omen, and men and women can't work in the same factory.
Some western countries have begun industrialization reform. Only the Qing dynasty was still immersed in its own great power culture, and the policy of closing the country to the outside world lost a lot of exchanges. But when we opened the door, the military strength of other countries had advanced by leaps and bounds, which further aggravated the failure of the Qing Dynasty. The emperor and several ministers also wanted to industrialize, but because of various obstacles, the country could not develop industry.
We can see from the history books that the resistance to the industrialization reform and development in the Qing Dynasty was very great, not only by some ministers in the DPRK, but also by some folk voices. It was the feudal thought at that time that led to the failure of industrialization reform.