Xia Ruifang (1871-1914), a native of Qingpu, Jiangsu (now Shanghai), has an elegant word. 187 1 year. 1897 raised funds to set up the Commercial Press in Shanghai. As a manager. It became the oldest central publishing institution in China's modern publishing industry (195/kloc-0 moved its capital to Beijing in. Xia Ruifang also founded a diplomatic journal in 190 1 During the period of 1904- 19 14, in addition to publishing teaching materials and various reading materials, Oriental Magazine, Education Magazine, Novel Monthly and Juvenile Magazine were published one after another. At the same time, training domestic publishing talents, organizing overseas study tours and introducing advanced printing technology have made important contributions to the early development of the Commercial Press. 1914 65438+10 was assassinated.