Abstract

Study in the late Qing Dynasty naval education began in the 1870s put into practice, to send events throughout the Qing Dynasty, the cumulative number of about 400 people. As a more systematic study of early Western art of the new talent, this part of the students after graduation and more knowledge of the structure, with its superior quality and high technology, access to the Qing government's attention and rely on, or engaged in military engineering, or responsible for the organization and training new navy, or direct military operations, for the construction of the modern Navy has made ​​important contributions. However, the objective environment and students by the constraints of their own shortcomings, the late Qing Dynasty naval construction also experienced a difficult and tortuous development process. Qing sent students to study abroad for the navy construction from the l870s, and about 400 students had studied abroad until the end of Qing. Most of these students with western learning technique systematically had been entrusted with important posts in the navy armies. They took part in military projects, trained modern navy, commanded military battles, and had made an important contribution to naval construction. However, Qmg navy's modernization had met with many difficulties because of the world situation and the limitations of the students abroad