长期以国内区域市场为主要贸易范围的中原地区,在进入近代以后,借助于传统水路和现代铁路,与沿海、沿江各通商口岸实施对接,从而逐步发展起了以沿海和国际市场的进出口贸易为导向的近代外向型经济。它不仅改变了中原经济发展的面貌,而且在中、西部地区近代经济的外向化过程中,也起到了不可或缺的桥梁作用。 After entering the modern times, the Central Plains region, which has long been dominated by the domestic regional markets, has made use of the traditional waterways and modern railways to connect with the ports of commerce along the coast and along the Yangtze River so as to gradually develop the import and export trade in the coastal and international markets Oriented modern export-oriented economy. It not only changed the face of the economic development of the Central Plains, but also played an indispensable bridge role in the outward transition of the modern economy in the Central and Western regions.