运河区域是中国政治、经济和文化的发达地区 ,也是近代企业集中的地区之一。运河区域近代企业的创办使这一地区的经济结构、社会结构、思想文化、传统观念和社会风气发生了重大变化 ,并对近代观念转换和近代民主制度汲纳等近代化进程产生了重大的影响 Canal area is China’s political, economic and cultural developed areas, but also one of the concentrated areas of modern business. The establishment of modern enterprises in the canal area has undergone major changes in the economic structure, social structure, ideology and culture, traditional concepts and social customs in this area. It has also had a significant impact on the modernization process such as the transformation of modern concepts and the collection of modern democratic institutions