大连开埠后,城市经济和民族工商业得到了长足的发展,市民群体随之产生并不断壮大,市民的总体实力较前有所增强,特别是在各个行业中涌现出了一批重视技术、懂得管理、善于经营的企业家,如周文贵、徐敬之等,由于他们的企业大多是在同外国资本的长期竞争中发展起来的,因此,工商业企业家不仅在人数上有了大量增加,而且在他们身上现代性也更加浓厚了;随着新式教育的发展,新知识分子队伍不断壮大,其素质也明显提高,他们通过对现实和理论的反思,价值观念有了新的变化,出现了向近代市民的转化。因此,尽管大连的市民群体是处在殖民主义的统治之下,但他们所表现出的市民精神却没有因殖民统治而泯灭,他们艰难的发展历程,将永远载入大连史册。 After the opening of Dalian, the urban economy and ethnic industry and commerce have made great strides. The mass production of citizens has grown and the overall strength of the public has been enhanced. In particular, a great deal of attention has been paid to technology in various industries. Managerial and entrepreneurial entrepreneurs, such as Zhou Wengui and Xu Jingzhi, developed their business mostly in the long-term competition with foreign capitals. Therefore, the number of industrial and commercial entrepreneurs has increased not only in terms of population, but also in With the development of new-style education, the ranks of new intellectuals have been continuously expanding and their qualities have also been remarkably improved. Through their reflections on reality and theory, they have made new changes in their values ​​and have come to modern times. Citizen’s transformation. Therefore, although Dalian’s citizen groups are under the rule of colonialism, the spirit of the citizens they show has not been wiped out by colonial rule. Their difficult course of development will always be loaded into the history of Dalian.