That Tianjin was forced to open port after the second opium war brought Baoding opportunities in the economic development.And water transportation became a powerful tool for its development.The development of water transportation promoted the communication between urban and rural areas widely and a lot of shipping docks along the coast also became prosper thereupon.With the development of water transportation,Baoding became gradually an industrial and commercial center of the local area.%第二次鸦片战争后,天津的被迫开埠,给保定地区的经济发展带来了契机,而水路运输的发展则成为推动保定经济发展的有力工具。水路运输的发展,进一步沟通了城乡之间的广泛交往,沿岸许多水运码头也随之兴旺起来,保定随着水运的发展而逐步成为本地区的工商业中心。
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