1840年“鸦片战争”,帝国主义侵华舰队的炮火打开了满清“大陆王朝”的门户,也宣告了他们奉行的“闭关锁国”政策的破产。以后相继而来的丧权辱国的种种遭遇,使统治阶级中的一些有识之士开始警醒,朝野上下逐步认识到建立海军的重要性,纷纷提出了建立海军的主张。同治、光绪年间,曾数次谕令封疆大吏、王公大臣就筹建海军、巩固海防事宜向朝庭出谋献策,并大力筹措款项,购造军舰,兴办海防,整建海军。1894年“甲午海战”临战之前,光绪皇帝曾在谕旨中指出:“思海军为 In the “Opium War” in 1840, the artillery fire of the imperialist invasion of China opened the door to the Manchurian “mainland dynasty” and declared the bankruptcy of the “closed-door policy” they pursued. The subsequent enslavement of humiliating and dishonoring all kinds of people started to wake up some people of insight in the ruling class and gradually realized the importance of establishing a navy in the ruling and opposition parties and proposed the proposal of establishing a navy. During the period of Emperor Guangxu and Emperor Guangxu, several orders were made to seal orders from the leaders of the Territory of Gansu Province and the Duke of Prince Gong on the preparations for the establishment of the Navy and the consolidation of maritime defense matters. They also made great efforts to raise funds for the purchase of warships, the establishment of coastal defense and the construction of the navy. Before the “1894 Naval Battle of the Sino-Japanese War,” Emperor Guangxu once pointed out in his decree: "The navy is