RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1991
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Table 6

Zheng Guanying's Investment in Modern Enterprises

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    Item
    Amount (taels)
    Place
  
  
    Union Steamship Navigation Co.
    ?
    Shanghai
  
  
    China Merchants' Steam Navigation Co.
    1,200
    Shanghai
  
  
    Yuehan Railway Co.
    ?
    Canton
  
  
    Renhe Insurance Co.
Shanghai Cotton Mill
A Paper Manufactory
A Glass Work
A Dairy Co.
    ?
?
50,000
?
?
    Shanghai
Shanghai
?
?
Shanghai
  
  
    A Silk Filature
    ?
    ?
  
  
    Tongwen Book Co.
    14,000
    Shanghai
  
  
    Ma'an shan Coal Mines
    ?
    ?
  
  
    Jinzhou Coal Mines
    100,000
    ?
  
  
    Jilin Gold Mines
Xuancheng Coal Mines
Shandong Mines
Pingchuan Gold Mines
Mianning Gold Mines
Jianping Gold Mines
Chefoo Coal Mines
Yongping Gold Mines
    ?
?
several thousand
36 shares + 4,320
20 shares + several thousand
?
several thousand
?
    Shanghai
?
?
?
?
?
Pingxiang Coal Mines
Hupei
Nantaiwu Shan Coal Mines
Fujian
  
  
    Chengping Silk
    several thousand
    ?
  
  
    Kaiping
Canton Land
    5,000
    Canton
  
  
    Tianjin Kutang Land Reclamation
    3,000
    Tianjin
  
  
    A Nacre Co.
    ?
    ?
  
  
    A Reclamation Project in Malaya
    ?
    Malaya
  
  
    Tianjin Peihailou
    ?
    Tianjin
  
  
    A Gambling Co.
    5,000
    ?
  
  
    Total
    232,520+?
    
  

Sources: Wu Chang-chuan, Cheng Kuan-ying: A Case Study of Merchant Participation in the Self-strengthening Movement (1878-1884): Xia-Dongyuan, Zheng Guanying Zhuan.

early development of modern Chinese enterprises. As shown in the case of Xu, Tang and Zheng, they not only provided funds to modern
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