The background of the times when the Beijing-Zhangzhou Railway was built (to be sketched)!

Beijing-Zhangzhou Railway was built in the late Qing Dynasty, when China was in a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, bullied by the imperialists, science and technology is very backward. When the Qing government a proposal to build the Beijing-Zhangzhou Railway, the imperialists were all kinds of obstruction, they blackmailed: "If the Qing government with their own engineers to build the railroad, they will no longer pass." In this situation, Zhan Tianyou resolutely picked up the heavy responsibility of building the railroad. He defied all kinds of difficulties of the imperialists, overcame the harsh climate and treacherous terrain and other difficulties, after a difficult and arduous construction, two years ahead of schedule to complete the first completely by our engineers and technicians design and construction of the railroad trunk line, to the Chinese people fought a breath of fresh air, but also to the contempt of China's imperialists a powerful blow back.