Huaxia

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Huaxia (华夏)
Alias(es)	China
Occupation/Role	The homeland and intended beneficiary of Li Qiwei’s scientific, educational, industrial, and strategic programs 2 51
First Appearance	Chapter 2

Background

Huaxia is portrayed as a civilization with a deep historical and cultural legacy that has fallen behind the Western powers in science, industry, education, and military technology. Its people have endured foreign humiliation and developed widespread insecurity toward the West, making Li Qiwei’s overseas achievements a major source of public confidence 93 378 394.

Li Qiwei’s central aim after transmigrating is not to control dynastic politics, but to place Huaxia at the pinnacle of science. He regards science as the force that will determine future national independence, military power, and global standing 2.

The Qing Dynasty’s weak control and eventual decline provide Li Qiwei an opening to establish educational institutions, cultivate technical talent, and build an industrial foundation before large-scale internal turmoil begins 154 160. Although he develops an overseas base in Borneo, he repeatedly states that Huaxia remains the ultimate focus of his efforts 301 350.

Scientific and Institutional Development

Development	Chapter	Significance
Spark Plan proposed	51	Li Qiwei calls for Huaxia talent to learn Western science and technology, establish universities, spread education, and develop industry.
Educational reform begins	380	Li Qiwei later states that he began planning and reforming Huaxia’s education in 1903.
Huangpu Institute of Technology announced	162	Established as the first private university in China; it combines Western scientific learning with Eastern classical traditions.
Huaxia Science Society founded	362	Created to guide scientific development openly, mobilize scientific and technical elites, and establish an enduring private scientific institution.
First general assembly of the Science Society	370	Held in Shanghai; Li Qiwei is elected president and Ren Hongjun vice president, while the society adopts its leadership structure and charter.
First Physics Olympiad results	393	Huaxia earns team bronze, while Wu Youxun wins individual gold—the first-place individual result shocks the international scientific world.
Huaxia Astronomical Society established early	415	Founded in 1918 under Gao Lu, accelerated by the example set by the Huaxia Science Society.
Element 43 synthesized and named Pangu	689	Yu Yin creates Element 43 through a cyclotron and nuclear fusion; the Huaxia mythological name promotes both scientific prestige and cultural influence.

Education and Industry

Li Qiwei treats education as Huaxia’s long-term foundation. His model relies on universities and vocational education producing a growing technical workforce, while overseas investment injects capital into domestic enterprises 160.

Rather than trying to modernize the entire industrial base at once, he plans for gradual specialization in sectors including steel, chemicals, electronics, electric power, machinery, and other engineering fields. Even minor manufactured components are intended to reach world-class quality 160.

Huangpu Institute of Technology becomes a symbolic center of Huaxia’s educational revival. Its graduates and faculty help establish the country’s early modern physics education and are widely viewed as trailblazers in education and technology 151 394.

Major Institutions

• Huangpu Institute of Technology — Huaxia’s first private university; a core institution of the Spark Plan and Li Qiwei’s educational reforms 162.
• Huaxia Science Society — A Shanghai-based private scientific organization intended to connect scholars, spread science, guide research, and eventually perform academic-evaluation functions 362 372.
• Mountains and Rivers Industrial Group — Li Qiwei’s industrial vehicle for building manufacturing capacity and coordinating technical development 108 109.
• Vanguard Investment Group — Oversees overseas investment in innovative enterprises and transfers resources and patents toward Huaxia’s development 108 131.
• Huaxia–Brooke Dynasty Joint Atomic Research Institute — The institution through which Yu Yin publishes a major original scientific achievement, proving that Huaxia researchers can produce cutting-edge work 400.
• Huaxia Martial Arts University — Planned in Borneo to preserve, systematize, and transmit traditional martial arts alongside scientific modernization 362.

Science City and Borneo

Science City is envisioned as an overseas sanctuary for Huaxia scientists, engineers, students, and industrial talent. Li Qiwei first presents the idea as a “pure land” that could protect Huaxia people from domestic chaos and foreign interference 51.

Borneo is selected as the base because of its strategic location, resources, proximity to Huaxia, and existing overseas Huaxia communities. Kuching becomes the planned center for Science City and the relocation of portions of Mountains and Rivers Industrial Group 195 200.

Science City and the Pangu Plan operate as complementary tracks: an open scientific city that attracts international talent, and a concealed strategic project based on advanced nuclear research 301 350.

National Standing

Li Qiwei’s rise alters how Huaxia is viewed both domestically and internationally. His early overseas reputation inspires ordinary people, who see a Huaxia scientist surpassing Westerners in a field previously associated with Western superiority 93.

The First Physics Olympiad makes Huaxia a focal point of Asian science. Wu Youxun’s individual gold medal, achieved without studying abroad, becomes evidence that Huaxia students can compete directly with the world’s strongest scientific powers 393 394.

Yu Yin’s later research strengthens this perception further. Unlike Li Qiwei, who is regarded as an exceptional figure beyond ordinary comparison, Yu Yin is seen as proof that a scientist from an ordinary Huaxia background can be trained into a world-class researcher 400.

Culture and Identity

Huaxia’s cultural identity is closely tied to the legacy of Yan and Huang, historical records, classical thought, and mythological figures such as Pangu. Li Qiwei rejects both blind cultural worship and wholesale rejection of Huaxia tradition, instead seeking to connect cultural confidence with scientific modernity 424.

Historical records are treated as a distinctive scientific resource. During an astronomical presentation, Li Qiwei and Gao Lu use Huaxia’s ancient observations to support modern research, arguing that science can explain history while history can help verify science 500.

The artificial Element 43 is named Pangu to give Huaxia mythology a permanent presence in global scientific terminology. The name is explicitly intended to inspire cultural confidence among people at home and overseas 689.

Relationships

• Li Qiwei — Huaxia’s principal scientific, educational, industrial, and strategic architect; he seeks to restore its strength through science rather than direct participation in dynastic power struggles 2 160.
• Borneo / Science City — Overseas base intended to shelter Huaxia talent, industry, and research during periods of domestic instability 51 195 350.
• Huaxia Science Society — Organization established to unite domestic scientific and technical elites and preserve independent scientific development amid political instability 362 377.
• Hongmen — Overseas Huaxia organization that supports Li Qiwei’s plans with personnel, protection, and connections; its members remain closely attached to their homeland 260 268.
• Western powers — Sources of advanced scientific foundations that Huaxia must study and absorb, but also potential rivals seeking to obstruct its rise 66 397.
• Sakura Nation — A major Asian scientific competitor whose representatives are shaken by Huaxia’s rapid educational and scientific progress 395 397.

Notable Quotes

“I believe that a single spark can set the prairie ablaze. As long as we keep striving, one day we will make the land of Huaxia burst back into life.” 51

“Huaxia has merely fallen behind for now, but we can catch up.” 380

“Since 1903, I have been laying plans for and reforming Huaxia’s education.” 380

“Thousands of years ago, we had history. Thousands of years later, we have science!” 500