Li Hongzhang is very famous in history, he has become famous since the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, established the Huai Army, and also made a lot of efforts in fighting against the Twist Army. He was also a representative of the Western Affairs Movement and established the Beiyang Marine Division.
In addition to being a politician and diplomat, Li Hongzhang was actually a businessman. During the Western affairs movement, he also started a company himself, which has grown to become a household name. This is today's China Merchants Bank, one of the five major banks in China, it can be said that in our lives is everywhere, in 2012 China Merchants Bank for the first time in the "Fortune" world top 500.
The predecessor of China Merchants Bank was the Steamship Merchants Bureau, the first civilian enterprise in the Qing Dynasty, which was founded under the leadership of Li Hongzhang by various customs and merchants. It has undergone two changes, in 1951 Li Hongzhang founded the steamship China Merchants Bureau renamed Chinese Min Steamship Corporation, to 1987 to 1987 to establish the China Merchants Bank.