Yu Qiaqing (1867- 1945), a native of Zhenhai, Zhejiang Province, was an apprentice in Shanghai in his early years. 1894, he became the comprador of German businessman Lulin Foreign Firm and China-Russia Dawson Bank. 1903, Tonghui Bank was established and Siming Bank was founded. 1905, there is a major court case in Shanghai. Running around, negotiating with the organization authorities, and winning, so it became famous in Shanghai. Ningshao Shipping Company was established in 1908. 19 1 1 After the retrocession of Shanghai, he served as adviser and foreign minister of the viceroy government. 19 14 former sanbei company. During the May 4th Movement, people took to the streets to persuade the market to open. 1920 co-founded the Shanghai Stock Exchange and served as the chairman. 1923 was elected president of Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce. Yu Qiaqing's dependence on imperialism is contradictory. During the Revolution of 1911, he actively supported Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary activities and opposed Yuan Shikai's claim to be emperor in the second revolution. The May 30th anti-imperialist movement initially supported strikes, then lowered the negotiation conditions and compromised with imperialist forces. Before and after the Great Revolution, he supported the Northern Expedition and opposed Sun. After the [April 12th Incident], we supported Chiang Kai-shek in cleaning up the Party and opposing the Communist Party. During the Anti-Japanese War, he insisted on resisting Japan and patriotism, and was not a traitor. After the Japanese army occupied the concession, he left Shanghai for Chongqing, and went to the rear area to operate the Yunnan-Myanmar highway transportation, waiting for the war of resistance. 1945 died in Chongqing in April. Under the Fulongshan Mountain in the east of Cixi, there is an east-facing building complex combining Chinese and Western, which covers an area of 10 mu and is spectacular. Pavilions and pavilions, garden patios, unique. This house, formerly known as Tianxutang, is Yu Qiaqing's hometown and is called [Longshan Shi Yu Old House Group]. 1867 On June 19th of the lunar calendar, Yu Qiaqing was born in a poor tailor's home in Fulongshan. When his 6-year-old father died, he lived alone with his mother and his 3-year-old brother. Yu Qiaqing's poor family deprived him of the opportunity to study. Fortunately, there is a schoolmaster in the village. Yu, seeing his cleverness, accepted him as a disciple for free. Whenever it rains and he can't go out to work, Yu Qiaqing goes to the library of the school for the elderly to study. This is called reading "Colleen Chan", which is a pioneering work for poor families in the Three North to insist on reading. It is this small capital that laid the foundation for Yu Qiaqing's success in Shanghai. 188 1 year, 15 years old Yu Qiaqing is already a young man. With the help of his uncle Yu Qingyao, he went to Shanghai Kangrui Pigment Factory to study alone. It is said that when he first arrived in Shanghai, it rained every day, and he put a pair of cloth shoes carefully sewn by his mother in his arms. Later, he was praised as the "barefoot god of wealth" by Shanghainese. In Kangrui 12, Yu Qiaqing gave advice to the boss, which enabled the small Kangrui Pigment Company to survive the fierce commodity competition in Shanghai, gain a firm foothold, and was imitated and praised by the latecomers. In order to get further development, Yu Qiaqing worked for German businessman Lulin Foreign Firm and Huao Dawson Bank, and finally chose ABN amro as the comprador. 1905 In the twelfth lunar month, Guangdong woman Li Huangshi passed through Shanghai with 10 handmaids and was falsely accused by the British police as a trafficker. During the trial in the mixed court, the British vice consul turned black and white and made an arbitrary judgment, which aroused public anger. Seeing this situation, Yu Qiaqing stood up and argued in court to safeguard the dignity of the people of China, which was well received by all walks of life. He also mobilized business people to fight against Britain and promote national integrity. 1in the spring of 906, Yu Qiaqing had the opportunity to visit Japan with five ministers, including Duan Fang, Zai Ze, Dai Hongci, Li Shengduo and Shang Qifang, which made him have a better understanding of foreign industry and commerce. After coming back, he devoted himself to the revitalization of China's industry, visited Empress Dowager Cixi, pointed out the disadvantages of foreign powers using banks to exploit China and restrict China's industrial development, and put forward the idea of establishing China's own bank. The idea was quickly adopted because it was to the point. 1908, Siming bank, the first private bank in China, was established in Shanghai, and Yu Qiaqing was promoted to director. The following year, according to the transportation and marketing situation of native products in his hometown and the actual passenger transportation in Shanghai and Ningbo, he initiated the establishment of Ningshao Shipping Company and became the general manager. As soon as Siming Bank and Ningshao Shipping Company were established, they were immediately excluded by foreign businessmen. In order not to make these two new things die young, Yu Qiaqing organized a shipping maintenance meeting of Ningbo Association to help these two units tide over the difficulties with extremely limited funds. Three years later, because of the conflict between his purchase of Yongxing Ship and Ningshao Company, he quit Ningshao and founded Sanbei Steamship Company. On this basis, he founded Ningxing Steamship Company and Hongan Steamship Company successively, which contributed to the development of China's national shipping industry. On the eve of 1911, the Qing dynasty was in turmoil, its internal affairs were more corrupt, and it pursued capitulationism abroad. The "Nanyang Guild Hall" founded by Yu Qiaqing went through many twists and turns in a sinister environment before it opened as scheduled. The meeting lasted for three months, and more than 200,000 people from all over the country and Nanyang participated, which played a certain role in the exchange of materials between China and foreign countries. During that period, Yu Qiaqing supported the Revolution of 1911. He made room for the secret activities of the League, sent people to protect the safety of Chen, president of the Shanghai branch of the League, and donated money to solve the financial difficulties of the interim government. 19 15, in order to oppose Article 21 proposed by Japan, a national salvation group was organized in Shanghai to strengthen its strength, safeguard national industries and crack down on Japanese goods. However, in the early 1920s, Yu Qiaqing was involved in the vortex of warlord struggle. Because he supported the Beiyang government during the period, he was made difficult by the direct warlord Sun. 1924, Duan hired him as President of Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce and Vice President of National Chamber of Commerce. The following year, in 10, Sun was forced to resign. During the Northern Expedition, he supported Chiang Kai-shek's April 12th coup. Yu Qiaqing cares about public welfare in his hometown. He once funded the establishment of schools, dredged Fengpu Lake, and built roads such as Zhensheng, Zhenda and Luo Zhen, which won the appreciation of his hometown people and fellow villagers in Ningbo and Shanghai. 193 1 On July 2, 2000, when the Japanese army stirred up an anti-China anti-China wave in North Korea, he took the lead in organizing an anti-Japanese committee to help overseas Chinese in Shanghai, and made a public speech denouncing Japanese militaristic atrocities. In June 14, in the same month, it also announced that it had broken diplomatic relations with the Japanese economy, showing the patriotic gesture of a national capitalist. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Yu Qiaqing flatly refused to be the mayor of the puppet government in Shanghai, and risked his life to form a Sino-Italian shipping company with Italian businessman tamina Qi to transport rice to Saigon, Yangon and other places in order to solve the crisis of crowded refugees and food shortage in the concession. 194 1 In the spring of, he left Shanghai and went to Chongqing via Hong Kong. Co-organized Sanmin Transportation Company with Wang, and raised funds to buy 300 three-ton Dodge cars in Hong Kong, and shipped hardware accessories from Myanmar, Yangon and other places for military supplies. 1945 On April 26th, Yu Qiaqing died of acute lymphadenitis in Chongqing at the age of 79. In June of the same year165438+1October, the coffin was sent to Sanbei by special boat and buried in Fulongshan. Yu Qiaqing, an Orthodox Christian, is also one of the few Orthodox Christians in China. His Christian name is Amlie pavlovic Yu, and he is the president of Shanghai China Orthodox Church founded in 1935. (Two years later, the activity stopped because of the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression) Interesting story When Yu Qiaqing first came to Shanghai as an apprentice, he disembarked from Shiliupu Pier, which coincided with heavy rain. He was afraid that his cloth shoes were wet, so he went barefoot to Kangrui Pigment Store, which was considered as the "barefoot god of wealth" by his boss. It is said that the boss dreamed of a noble man coming to help him the night before yesterday. Later, when Yu Qiaqing arrived, the boss looked at him with special respect. He has 15 children, seven sons and eight daughters. Yu Qiaqing Road 1 936101,the Shanghai public concession was named after a China for the first time: Tibet Road, the boundary between the central and western districts, was renamed Yu Qiaqing Road, and a huge celebration was held (1943 Wang Jingwei government took over.