清廷自1899年始,为杜绝外人凯觎,同时为解决财政困难,自主开放并自行管理了一批商埠,这些商埠即为“自开商埠”。从对近代中国城市的发展而言,自开商埠促进了国内外贸易的发展和区域经济的形成,促进了城市现代工业的发生和发展,并推动了商埠城市的繁荣,加快了城市现代化的步伐。 Since the beginning of 1899, the Qing court put an end to external conflicts of interest and at the same time, to solve the financial difficulties, it has autonomously opened up and managed a number of commercial ports. These commercial ports are called “commercial ports.” From the perspective of the development of modern Chinese cities, the opening of ports of commerce has promoted the development of domestic and foreign trade and the formation of regional economy, promoted the occurrence and development of modern industry in cities, promoted the prosperity of commercial ports and accelerated the pace of urban modernization .