鸦片战争前,在华英人利用有限的活动机会对中国的动植物和矿产资源、地理环境和水文状况进行了考察,形成了一些翔实的书面资料,并利用收集到的资料建立了在华英国博物馆。这些活动有助于世界范围内的科学发展和东西方动植物的交流,但由于部分资料成为后来英国发动鸦片战争的知识依据而带有了侵略性,从而削弱了其科学性。 Before the Opium War, Huaying people made use of a limited number of opportunities to examine the flora, fauna, mineral resources, geography and hydrology of China and formed some detailed written materials. Based on the collected data, museum. These activities contributed to the worldwide scientific development and the exchange of animals and plants between the East and the West. However, their scientifically weakened due to the aggressiveness of some of the materials which later became the basis for knowledge of the British war on opium.