Song Ziwen (1894 65438+February 4-19765438+April 26), a politician, diplomat and financier of the Republic of China, was born in Wenchang, Hainan. Song Ziwen is the son of Song Jiashu, and his brothers and sisters are Soong Ching Ling, Song Meiling, Song Ailing, Song Ziliang and Song Zian.
Song Ziwen was born in Shanghai and graduated from St. John's University in Shanghai in his early years. Then I went to Harvard University to study economics and get a master's degree, and then I went to Columbia University to get a doctorate. From 65438 to 0925, he served as Minister of Finance of the National Government. During the period of 1928- 1930, China was given the right to determine the tariff rate and supervise tax collection.
1942 served as the foreign minister of the national government and signed the Sino-US Anti-aggression and Mutual Assistance Agreement with US Secretary of State Cordell Hull. The following year, he negotiated with foreign countries to recover their extraterritorial rights in China. 1945 attended the UN General Assembly as the chief representative of China, went to Moscow for talks with Stalin in June of the same year, and signed the unequal Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance in August. He went to Hongkong on 1949, and then moved to new york, USA.
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1894 12.4 Song Ziwen was born in a legendary family. His sisters Song Ailing, Soong Ching Ling and Song Meiling are regarded as the most extraordinary "Song sisters" in the world. He and his younger brothers Song Ziliang and Song Zian are also very sonorous figures in the Republic of China.
Song Ziwen studied in a private school for several years when he was a teenager, and then entered the juvenile class of St. John's University, a missionary school. When he was 0/8 years old, he was sent to the United States by his father Song Jiashu. When he left, his father warned him: "I want you to go to the United States, not to see the scenery in the west, but to make you an extraordinary person and come back to serve the motherland." Song Ziwen came to the United States with his father's entrustment to study at Harvard University. 19 15, Song Ziwen graduated from Harvard University, then went to work in an international bank in new york, and went to Columbia University to study for a doctorate in economics.
19 17, Song Ziwen returned to China and worked in Hanyeping Company operated by Sheng Xuanhuai for six years. It was not until 1923 went south to Guangzhou that it really entered the smooth road of life. After Song Ziwen arrived in Guangzhou, he was appointed by Sun Yat-sen as the secretary of Marshal Lu Haijun's base camp. Soon, he was appointed as the manager of Guangdong and Guangxi salt affairs audit office, entrusted with the important task of preparing for the central bank. 1924 In August, the Central Bank was formally established in Guangzhou, with Song Ziwen as the first president.
Shortly after becoming president, Song Ziwen faced a severe test in his life. At that time, instigated by British imperialism, HSBC comprador Chen Lianbo planned a group rebellion, and Chen Jiongming, who was entrenched in Dongjiang, was also prepared to cooperate with the army to attack Guangzhou. At the time of crisis, Song Ziwen actively advised Sun Yat-sen and quickly moved all the funds of the National Government to the ship "Wolowski", which made a contribution to crushing the rebellion of the business group.
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