As anyone familiar with the history of shipbuilding in China knows, the importance of sea power has been understood in China since the late Ch'ing dynasty, when skilled personnel were trained and fifty-two warships built.
熟悉中國造船史的人都知道，中國從滿清末年即瞭解海權的重要，而積極培養造船人才，在同治、宣統年間共造了五十二艘兵艦。