This day, 20 January, in 1861, the Qing Dynasty established the Prime Minister’s Office for Foreign Affairs. Dispatching envoys and international students to foreign countries, and managing affairs such as trade, customs, coastal defense and the ordering of weapons, the Office’s establishment was the initiator of a period of radical institutional reforms that would become known as the “Westernisation Movement”.
这一天，1861年1月20日，清朝成立了总理外交办公室。 向外国派遣特使和国际学生，并管理贸易、海关、海岸防卫和武器订购等事务，该办公室的成立是一个激进的机构改革时期的启动者，该时期被称为“西方化运动”。
