Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Fu Hung-chun

Mr. Fu Hung-chun

傅油夠字體展

Mr. Fu Hung-chun, popularly known as Fu Yoong-ding, was the winner of the first prize in a competition announced by the China Weekly Review during 1924 for a "Most Practical Peace Plan for China."

Mr. Fu was born at the town of Li-li in Kiangsu Province and is 50 years of age. He received his education under several noted scholars, including Chang Yi-ling, secretary to the late Yuan Shih-k’ai. In 1903 he received his bachelor's degree at the annual examinations of his native Li-li Magistracy and in 1906 he organized the Jen Primary School in his native village. In recognition of his educational work he was elected chairman of the Li-Li Educational Association in 1913 when he held concurrently the office of the principal of the First High School in Li-Li and of the head of the Third Primary School of the same place.

In 1914, he was appointed principal of the First Kuo Ming School of Kiangsu, for which work he was awarded the third Class Chia Hsing Medal by Governor Han Kuo-chun of the province. In 1915, he was elected chairman of the Li-Li Educational Research Association and in 1918 he served as Educational Commissioner for the same district receiving the gold medal of the Wukiang Magistracy in the following year. In 1921, he became chairman of the council of the Wukiang Educational Association, but resigned his position to become secretary to Mr. H. Y. Moh, managing director of the Cotton Goods Exchange at Shanghai, when the exchange opened in 1921. He is still serving in this position.