19世纪50年代,太平天国运动爆发,内地大批富商因避乱而南迁香港,他们带来的管理经验和大量资金,使香港的经济面貌焕然一新,最终改变了香港地区一直以渔业、农业为主的经济格局。这时,像何东那样在南方经济界享有盛誉的企业家相继出现,华商大家族也随之渐渐生成,富甲一方,这使英国人忽然意识到,华商已汇聚成了一股不可忽视的 In the 1850s, when the Taiping movement broke out and a large number of wealthy wealthy businessmen in the Mainland relocated to Hong Kong for avoiding disturbances. The management experience and huge amounts of funds they brought brought a fresh look to Hong Kong’s economy and eventually changed the way Hong Kong has been focusing on fisheries and agriculture Economic pattern. At this time, entrepreneurs like Hedong, who enjoyed great reputations in the southern economic circles, came one after another, and the large family of Chinese businessmen gradually emerged as well. As a result, the British suddenly realized that the Chinese businessmen had come together to become an indisputable