甲午戰后,清政府對軍事工業區位的調整可分為三個階段:初期出于安全考慮,力主由沿海地區向內地遷移、擴散;庚子前后因軍情緊張,不得不繼續就各地已成之局擴充生產,保證供給;后期則力圖統籌全國,集中發展若干重點軍事工廠,以提高效率并強化中央集權。由地方督撫主導創辦的晚清軍事工業,雖存在諸多問題,但因清政府權威下降,財力有限,加之時局危殆,社會動蕩,未能實現全國集中統籌。江南制造局遷建內地的計劃在甲午戰后一再提出,但卻多次遭到擱置,最終未能有效實行。

After the First Sino-Japanese War in 1894-95,the Qing government embarked on a threestage adjustment of the spatial distribution of its military industry.At the initial stage,for security reasons,the government urged that the Jiangnan Arsenal(Jiangnan zhizaoju)move from coastal areas to the hinterland and be dispersed over a wide area.Around the time of the Boxer Rising,increasing military tension meant that the government had to allow the Jiangnan Arsenal to continue running and expand production in its existing location in order to ensure supply.Finally,in the last stage,the government tried to coordinate the distribution of military industries across the country,focusing on the development of a number of key military sites to improve efficiency and centralize power.Late Qing military industry,launched under the auspices of regional governors,had many problems;however,the decline of government authority and limited financial resources,coupled with political turmoil and social unrest,meant that the scheme for coordination of military industry did not get off the ground.The plan for the Jiangnan Arsenal’s relocation to the hinterland was repeatedly put forward after the First Sino-Japanese War,but wasrepeatedly shelved;in the end,it was never put into effect.