Answer:The rise of the Western Affairs Movement was to maintain the feudal royal power and serve the feudal rule of the Qing Dynasty. One of the aims of the Western-affairs movement is to resist foreign enemies, and the modern enterprises founded by the Westerners have the role of resisting foreign enemies and "slightly sharing the benefits of foreigners", but they cannot change China's semi-colonial and semi-feudal social status.
The Westerners advocated "middle school as the body, western learning as the use", hoping to use advanced technology to maintain feudal rule and reform without touching the feudal system. During the Sino-Japanese War, the goals of "self-improvement" and "seeking prosperity" advertised by the Westerners were not achieved, and the Western-affairs movement basically failed.
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