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十九世纪六十年代以后.西方殖民国家力图把他们的侵略势力从中国沿海通商口岸伸向内地,因而不断向清政府提出,要在中国架设电报线、铺设铁路、行驶轮船等要求。对于架设电报线,最初从中央官员到地方督抚多持反对态度。后来,洋务派官僚逐渐认识电报在商务能便利互通消息,特别在军事上更起迅速调遣军队的作用。1874年日本侵犯我国台湾,钦差大臣沈葆桢奉命率兵援台。他从军事的角度上,以亲身的经历认识到“欲消息常通,断不可无电线”,便奏请在福建台湾之间架设电线,由福州陆路到厦门而后改由水路
After the 1860s, the Western colonial countries sought to extend their aggressive forces from China’s coastal ports of commerce to the hinterland, thereby constantly submitting to the Qing government the need to set up telegraph lines, lay down railways, and steer ships in China. For the erection of the telegraph line, initially from the central officials to local governors more dissent. Later, the Westernization Bureaucrats gradually realized that the telegraph could facilitate the exchange of information in business affairs and, in particular, play a more military role in rapidly dispatching troops. Japan invaded Taiwan of China in 1874 and its imperial envoy, Shen Baozhen, was ordered to send troops to Taiwan. From a military point of view, he realized through his own personal experience that “For the news to pass, there should be no wires.” He asked to set up a wire line between Fujian and Taiwan, from Fuzhou by land to Xiamen and then by the waterway