Anhui-clique finance official who served as acting premier after the May Fourth Movement
A native of Hefei, Anhui, he studied in Britain, served in the Qing diplomatic service at legations in Japan, the United States, France, Italy and elsewhere, and then held provincial posts. Under the Republic he headed the Wuchang mint and the Hankou branch of the Bank of China, and in 1915 became vice-minister of finance and head of the salt administration, a finance expert of the Beijing government counted among the Anhui clique. He became finance minister in 1919, and when Qian Nengxun’s cabinet fell to the May Fourth Movement that June he served as acting premier until September. He was minister of the interior in 1924–1925 and then of communications, resigning in 1926. In later years he ran banks and companies in Tianjin, and in 1942 he joined the North China Political Council of the Wang Jingwei regime. He died in Tianjin in December 1943.
Also known as: Kung Hsin-chan
Activities and affiliations
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1915–1919
Beiyang government and warlordsVice-Minister and Minister of FinanceMain
Economy, finance and planning -
1919
Beiyang government and warlordsActing PremierHeads of state, government and party of China
Political and party leadership -
1924–1925
Beiyang government and warlordsMinister of the Interior
Government and administration -
1942–1943
Republic of China state institutionsMember of the North China Political Council
Government and administration
Career Timeline
- 1914Director of the Anhui finance office
- 1915.06Vice-Minister of Finance and head of the Salt Administration
- 1919Minister of Finance
- 1919.06.13–09.24Acting Premier
- 1924–1925Minister of the Interior
- 1942Member of the North China Political Council under the Wang Jingwei regime