Yuan Shikai and the constitutional reforms in the Late Qing Dynasty

Yuan Shikai not only successfully carried out preparations for constitutionalism but also did some things that other people could not have done.In reality,the constitutional politics and reform Yuan Shikai tried in Zhli was to support the central government's constitutional reform and his purpose was to set an example for local governments.The implementation of local autonomy provided favourable conditions for gentry merchants who had received new-type education to ascend the political stage of local governments at all levels,which helped to change traditional local and basic level power structures,transform local political system gradually and make it develop toward democratic politics.What Yuan Shikai did promoted the modernization of modern Chinese politics to some extent.