In A.D. 186 1 A.D. 1 A.D. 65438, the Qing court in China established the Office of State Affairs of the Prime Minister.
Empress Dowager Cixi of China staged a coup, killing Su Shun, Zai Yuan and Duan Hua and committing suicide; During the Tongzhi period, the two Empresses listened to politics.
In February 65438, China Zeng Guofan founded the Ordnance Institute in Anqing, and the Westernization Movement began.
AD 1862
In August, China established the Wentong Library of Westernization School to train translators.
AD 1864
Tianjing fell and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement in China failed.
AD 1865
HSBC set up a branch in China and Shanghai.
China Li Hongzhang moved Suzhou Artillery Bureau to Nanjing and established Jinling Manufacturing Bureau.
AD 1866
In August, China Zuo established Fuzhou Shipping Bureau in Mawei, Fuzhou.
Changfa Machine Factory, located in Shanghai, is the earliest private machine factory in China.
AD 1872
In August, Yung Wing led the first batch of 30 China students to the United States.
AD 1873
Established in Shanghai, China Shipping Merchants Bureau is the first modern shipping enterprise in China.
China Chen Qiyuan opened Jichanglong Silk Reeling Factory in Nanhai, Guangdong Province, which is the first machine silk reeling factory in China and the earliest national capital industrial enterprise.
AD 1875
In August, the Qing court in China sent Guo Songtao to Britain as an imperial envoy, which was the first time that a diplomatic envoy was officially sent overseas.
China plans to build Keelung Coal Mine in Taiwan Province Province, which is the first modern coal mining enterprise in China.