Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Ma Yu-san

Mr. M. Y. San

馬玉山字玉山

(Ma Yu-san)

Mr. M. Y. San was born at Hsiang Shan Hsien Kuangtung province, in 1878. He became a merchant abroad while still a youth. In the Philippine Islands, Mr. M. Y. San established a confectionery and biscuit factory, and made rapid success, in his business. After the establishment of the Republic in 1912, Mr. M. Y. San returned to Canton. He extended his confectionery business by establishing a central factory at Hongkong, registering with the Hongkong government, increasing the capital to three million dollars. Subsequently he put up a special factory to make sweetened gingers and also a glass factory at Hongkong. Soon afterwards, Mr. M. Y. San opened his head office in a building in Nanking Road, Shanghai. With this place as his headquarters and with branches all over China and the South Sea Islands, he carried on export business on an extensive scale. In 1921 he promoted the China National Sugar Refining Company for which a capital of ten million dollars was subscribed. The Chinese government granted tax exemption on the products of that company for a period of ten years. The factory is situated at Woosung, near Shanghai. In 1922 Mr. M. Y. San made a round-the-world trip to investigate sugar production in the different countries. He was also on a government mission to study the industrial conditions of the various nations. During his trip, he personally inspected all the leading factories of Great Britain, the United States, Germany, France, Japan, Switzerland, Holland, and the South Sea Islands. Mr. M. Y. San is at present president of the M. Y. San Confectionery and Biscuit Manufacturing Company, as well as of the China National Sugar Refining Co.