Zhou Xuexi

Zhou Xuexi
Zhou Xuexi
	周学熙
Minister of Finance of the Republic of China
	In office; March 1915 – April 1916
Preceded by	Zhou Ziqi
Succeeded by	Sun Baoqi
	In office; August 1912 – September 1913
Preceded by	Xiong Xiling; Zhao Bingjun (acting)
Succeeded by	Xiong Xiling
Personal details
Born	12 January 1866; Nanking
Died	26 September 1947 (aged 81); Peking
Nationality	Republic of China
Father	Zhou Fu
Relatives	M. D. Chow, Zhou Shutao (nephews)

Zhou Xuexi (Chinese: 周学熙; Wade–Giles: Chou Hsüeh-hsi, January 12, 1866 in Jinling – September 26, 1947 in Beijing) was an industrialist of northern China who served as the Minister of Finance for the Republic of China from July 1912 to May 1913, and from January 1915 to March 1916. He was closely associated with Yuan Shikai and by Yuan's death in 1916 Zhou was the most important financier and industrialist in northern China.[1]

He founded and/or led the following institutions/companies:

1901, Shandong University[2]
1903, Hebei University of Technology[3]
Beiyang Bureau of Industry
Kaiping Mines[4] - merged with Luanzhou in 1912, renamed Kailuan
1906, Chee Hsin (Qixin) Cement Co.
1907, Luanzhou Mining
Tientsin Official Bank
1908 Jingshi Water Works (now Beijing Water Works)
1916, Hua Hsin (Wah Hsing; Hua Xing) Cotton Spinning and Weaving Co.
1919, National Industrial Bank of China
1921, Pu Yu Machinery Co.
1923, Hua Hsin Bank

Zhou Xuexi was the fourth son of Zhou Fu.

References

Feuerwerker, Albert (1967). Industrial Enterprise in Twentieth-Century China. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. LCCN 67-15640.
Editorial Committee (2001) https://www.amazon.com/dp/7560723438 Shandong University: A Century: 1901-2001 (Chinese: 山东大学百年史). Shandong University Press, Ji’nan, p. 6. ISBN 7560723438
Ed. Chen Dedi (Chinese: 陈德第) (2004). Looking Back a Hundred Years (Chinese: 回眸百年). Harbin: Heilongjiang Renmin Chubanshe. ISBN 7-207-06225-7/K.714
Carlson, Ellsworth C. (1971). The Kaiping Mines. Cambridge MA: Harvard East Asian Monographs. ISBN 0-674-49700-7.

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[1] Feuerwerker, Albert (1967). Industrial Enterprise in Twentieth-Century China. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. LCCN 67-15640.

[2] Editorial Committee (2001) https://www.amazon.com/dp/7560723438 Shandong University: A Century: 1901-2001 (Chinese: 山东大学百年史). Shandong University Press, Ji’nan, p. 6. ISBN 7560723438

[3] Ed. Chen Dedi (Chinese: 陈德第) (2004). Looking Back a Hundred Years (Chinese: 回眸百年). Harbin: Heilongjiang Renmin Chubanshe. ISBN 7-207-06225-7/K.714

[4] Carlson, Ellsworth C. (1971). The Kaiping Mines. Cambridge MA: Harvard East Asian Monographs. ISBN 0-674-49700-7.