China Merchants Steam Navigation Company

E256154

Qing dynasty enterprise shipping company state-owned enterprise

The China Merchants Steam Navigation Company was a pioneering late Qing dynasty Chinese shipping enterprise that symbolized the country's early efforts at state-led industrial and commercial modernization.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
China Merchants Steam Navigation Company canonical	2
China Merchants Steamship Company	1
China Merchants’ Steam Navigation Company	1
輪船招商局	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Qing dynasty enterprise ⓘ shipping company ⓘ state-owned enterprise ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	China Merchants Group ⓘ surface form: China Merchants China Merchants Steam Navigation Company ⓘ surface form: China Merchants Steamship Company
businessModel	government-supervised merchant enterprise ⓘ
ChineseName	China Merchants Steam Navigation Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 輪船招商局
competedWith	John Swire & Sons ⓘ surface form: Butterfield and Swire Jardine, Matheson & Co. ⓘ surface form: Jardine Matheson
contributedTo	development of Chinese national bourgeoisie ⓘ modernization of Chinese shipping industry ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
employed	Chinese captains ⓘ foreign technical staff ⓘ
financedBy	merchant capital ⓘ state funds ⓘ
fleetType	steamship fleet ⓘ
foundedBy	Li Hongzhang ⓘ
hadPrivilege	government protection ⓘ tax advantages ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Shanghai ⓘ
historicalEra	Qing dynasty ⓘ surface form: late Qing dynasty
inception	1872 ⓘ
industry	maritime transport ⓘ shipping ⓘ
languageOfName	Chinese ⓘ
legacy	predecessor of China Merchants Group ⓘ
mainPort	Shanghai ⓘ
majorRoute	Shanghai–Ningbo ⓘ Tianjin ⓘ surface form: Shanghai–Tianjin Yangtze River ⓘ surface form: Yangtze River trunk line
operatedIn	East Asia ⓘ Yangtze River ⓘ coastal China ⓘ
owner	Qing dynasty ⓘ surface form: Qing government
partOf	Self-Strengthening Movement ⓘ
politicalAlignment	state-led capitalism ⓘ
purpose	compete with foreign shipping firms ⓘ promote Chinese-controlled shipping ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
subordinateTo	Beiyang Bureau ⓘ Qing dynasty ⓘ surface form: Qing imperial government
supportedBy	Li Hongzhang ⓘ Zeng Guofan ⓘ
symbolOf	Chinese self-strengthening movement ⓘ late Qing industrial modernization ⓘ
usedTechnology	steamships ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Self-Strengthening Movement → notableProject → China Merchants Steam Navigation Company ⓘ

Li Hongzhang → founded → China Merchants Steam Navigation Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: China Merchants’ Steam Navigation Company

Sheng Xuanhuai → founded → China Merchants Steam Navigation Company ⓘ

China Merchants Steam Navigation Company → ChineseName → China Merchants Steam Navigation Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 輪船招商局

China Merchants Steam Navigation Company → alsoKnownAs → China Merchants Steam Navigation Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: China Merchants Steamship Company