Zuo Zongtang was the initator for Fuzhou Ship Council.He tried his best to learn the technology from the western countries to build ship to resist the western aggressions.

• 左宗棠是福州船政局的创办人，他从1840年鸦片战争爆发起，就想学习西方科学技术，制造轮船，抵制西方侵略。