Yu Hongjun

Yu Hongjun

Yu Hongjun (about 1898-june 1, 1960), a native of Xinhui County, Guangdong Province, graduated from St. John's University in Shanghai, was a senior official of the national government and a financial expert. During the northern expedition, he entered the political arena as the acting director of Shanghai Municipal Finance Bureau. He is famous for his outstanding English ability and financial expertise.

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Yu Hongjun (1898? President of the "Executive Yuan" of the Taiwan authorities (1954-1958). Guangdong Xinhui people. He graduated from St. John's University of Shanghai in 1919 and served successively as a reporter of the mainland evening news, English Secretary of Chen Youren, Minister of foreign affairs of the national government, English Secretary and chief of propaganda section of Shanghai municipal government, acting director of finance of Shanghai Municipality, Secretary General of Shanghai Municipal Government, mayor of Shanghai, director of Central Trust, Minister of Finance and President of the central bank. After 1950, he served as Taiwan's "Minister of finance", "President of the central bank", Taiwan's "chairman" and "President of the Executive Yuan". He died in Taipei in June 1960.

Yu Hongjun also served as Secretary General of Shanghai municipal government. He was mayor of Shanghai at the beginning of the Anti Japanese war. After the Chinese government withdrew to Chongqing, he was transferred to the post of vice minister of administration of the Ministry of foreign affairs, director of the Central Trust Bureau, and Minister of finance. After the victory, he took over the post of the president of the Central Bank of China. When he mobilized the people's Bank of China to fight the rebellion, he was appointed to preside over the transportation of gold reserves from the Central Bank of Shanghai to Taiwan. After the Nationalist government moved to Taiwan, he returned to the post of finance minister and concurrently served as the president of the central bank and the chairman of Bank of communications, farmers' Bank of China and Bank of Taiwan. In 1953, he served as chairman of the Taiwan Provincial Government and commander of the Taiwan Reserve Command. He was promoted to the chief executive from 1954 to 1958, and was impeached for refusing to consult the supervisory yuan. After resigning, he returned to the post of president of the central bank and died in Taipei in 1960. For Yu Hongjun's contribution, the national government issued a commendatory order.

(1898? (1960) from Xinhui, Guangdong. In his early years, he entered St. John's University in Shanghai and served as the general manager of the voice of John newspaper. He graduated in 1919 and remained as a teaching assistant. He worked as a reporter for the mainland evening news. In 1927, he served as English Secretary of Foreign Minister Chen Youren, and soon resigned as English Secretary and chief of propaganda section of Shanghai municipal government, editing municipal weekly. Later, he served as acting director, counsellor and Secretary General of the Municipal Finance Bureau. He acted as mayor of Shanghai in 1936 and became mayor in July 1937. After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, he served as the managing director of the Central Trust Bureau and was stationed in Hong Kong to handle foreign affairs. In November 1944, he served as Minister of Finance and director of the Economic Research Department of the central bank. In February 1946, he resigned as president of the central bank. In March, he served as director of the International Monetary Fund and the international bank for reconstruction and construction. In June, he served as member of the supreme Economic Committee. In 1948, the KMT government was facing political, economic and military collapse. Chiang Kai Shek reorganized the government and appointed Yu Hongjun as the president of the central bank. He instructed him to reform the currency system to save the crisis. On August 19, 1948, a series of measures for the implementation of the golden yuan certificate were introduced. In order to force the use of gold and US dollars, Chiang Kai Shek appointed Yu Hongjun as the economic supervisor of Shanghai, responsible for the economic control of Shanghai, and received a large amount of gold and silver in a short time. In April 1949, he acted as the chairman of the Farmers Bank of China. After going to Taiwan, he served as Minister of the "Ministry of finance" of the Kuomintang, President of the central bank and chairman of the communications and peasants' Bank of China. In April 1953, he served as chairman of the Taiwan Provincial Government of the Kuomintang. In 1954, he was the president of the "Executive Yuan" of the Kuomintang. In July 1958, he resigned and became the "President of the central bank" of the Kuomintang. He died in Taiwan on June 1, 1960.

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Yu Hongjun studied in Shanghai when he was young. Later, he graduated from Minsheng middle school and was admitted to St. John's University of Shanghai《

John's voice

》Total. He graduated in 1919 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and stayed as a teaching assistant. Later, he worked in Shanghai as an English teacher《

Mainland news

》Reporter.

Life story

At the beginning of 1927, the Guangdong national government moved to Wuhan, where Yu served as the English Secretary of Chen Youren, Minister of foreign affairs of the national government. A few months later, he resigned and returned to Shanghai. He successively served as English Secretary and chief of publicity section of Shanghai municipal government《

Municipal weekly

》Chief editor, acting director of the Finance Bureau, counselor of the Counselor's office, Acting Secretary General of Shanghai municipal government, acting mayor of Shanghai, acting mayor of Shanghai, etc.

After the Lugouqiao Incident in July 1937, the situation in Shanghai was tense. At that time, Yu was mayor. He fell off his horse and broke his left arm, but he was still injured. In early August, the Japanese army created the "Hongqiao incident" and started the war. Yu Qihui repeatedly made serious protests to the Japanese consul general and the Japanese Navy chief in Shanghai, and accused them of breaking the armistice agreement. After the outbreak of "August 13" Songhu battle, Yu also released news to foreign journalists through the news media, especially in English, to expose the truth of Japan's invasion of China and win the sympathy and support of international public opinion.

After the fall of Shanghai, he was summoned to Wuhan to serve as the executive director of the Central Trust Bureau and to handle foreign affairs in Hong Kong.

In 1939, he was summoned to Chongqing by Song Ziwen and sun Xiangxi to serve as the Vice Minister of the Ministry of finance.

In June 1941, he was appointed Deputy Minister of government affairs of the Ministry of finance. In August, he served as a member of the exchange control commission and director of the Central Trust Bureau.

In early 1944, the National Water Conservancy Commission was elected.

In November 1944, he served as Minister of finance of the national government and director of the Economic Research Department of the central bank in the same year.

In May 1945, the Executive Yuan was reorganized and became the president of the central bank. He was elected member of the Sixth Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang and executive director of the Council of the central bank. He was the president of the central bank in July. Because he was familiar with financial affairs, he was appreciated by Chiang Kai Shek.

In February 1946, he resigned as the president of the central bank. In March, he was the director of the International Monetary Fund and the international bank for reconstruction and construction. In June, he was also a member of the supreme Economic Committee.

In 1948, the KMT government was facing political, economic and military collapse. Chiang Kai Shek reorganized the government and appointed Yu Hongjun as the president of the central bank. He instructed him to reform the currency system to save the crisis.

In April 1949, on the eve of Shanghai's liberation, he was ordered to deliver 920000 taels of gold and 80 million yuan of US dollar bills to Taiwan.

After arriving in Taiwan in the summer of 1949, Yu Li served as Minister of the Ministry of finance of the national government, President of the central bank, national policy adviser of the president's office, chairman of the Taiwan provincial government, and President of the Executive Yuan. He was successively elected member of the seventh and eighth Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, chairman of the Bank of Communications (1949) and chairman of the farmers' Bank (1953).

In 1953, he served as chairman of the Taiwan Provincial Government and commander of the Taiwan Reserve Command.

From 1954 to 1958, he was promoted to President of the "Executive Yuan" of the Taiwan authorities. He was impeached for refusing the inquiry of the "supervisory yuan".

After resigning in July 1958, he became the "President of the central bank" of the Taiwan authorities.

He died in Taipei, Taiwan on June 1, 1960. For Yu Hongjun's contribution, the Taiwan authorities issued a "commendation order" to praise him.

Chinese PinYin : Yu Hong Jun1