The opening could not escape the dooms that all the ports opened voluntarily by China endured.Obviously, it also had little effect on the development of Wuxi city.

• 但是政治动荡、战争摧残以及无锡传统文化等因素的影响，开埠有首无尾，难逃大部分自开商埠无疾而终的命运，给后人留下了深刻启示。