洋务派的最大贡献在于使中国第一次较全面、系统地正面接触到西方近代科学技术 ,对中国近代社会的进步和发展产生了深远的影响。洋务派是中国近代传播西方先进科学技术的启蒙力量 ,其主要贡献体现在 :兴办近代军事工业及民用工业 ,引进西方科学技术和设备 ,创办近代学堂并派遣留学生 ,学习和传播近代西方科学技术知识 The greatest contribution made by the Westernization School is to make China’s first comprehensive and systematic frontal contact with modern Western science and technology and have a profound impact on the progress and development of modern Chinese society. The main contributions of the Westernization School are as follows: the establishment of modern military and civilian industries, the introduction of Western science and technology and equipment, the establishment of modern schools and the dispatch of foreign students to learn and disseminate the knowledge of modern Western science and technology