Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Wang Yung-chiang

Mr. Wang Yung-chiang

王永江字混源

Mr. Wang Yuang-chiang, was born at Ching Hsien, Fengtien province, in 1871. He received the title of Yu-kung in the imperial examinations of the Tsing Dynasty and was later appointed chief of police of Liaoyang, Fengtien. During the time of the Russo-Japanese War, he did a great deal in keeping his district free from banditry and disorder incident to the war. At the time of the First Revolution, he was councillor to the Viceroy of the Three Eastern Provinces. He was appointed magistrate of the Tieh-ling Hsien in 1913 and later was promoted to be the Tao-yin of Tung-pien Section of the Fengtien province. In 1916 he was Director of Police Administration of Fengtien province and in the year following, was transferred to Mukden to be the Finance Commissioner of Fengtien. He reformed the provincial and did away with the corruptive systems in the province. Under Mr. Wang's administration, the province was cleared of all foreign indebtedness and is now paying the military and civil expenses of the province regularly. A considerable surplus was left over in the provincial exchequer last year after deducting all expenditures. After the Chihli-Fengtien War of 1922, Mr. Wang was appointed by General Chang Tso-lin as Acting Civil Governor of Fengtien and is actually in control of all civil affairs of the province. Mr. Wang is very energetic and his activities cover construction, fortifications, reconstruction of the province and advancement of education. He started the Northeastern University in Mukden of which he is the President. He also established a number of industrial and vocational schools in all parts of the province. Although Mr. Wang is a scholar of the old school, his ideas are modern and in his administration are to be found a large number of returned students from foreign countries. He is largely responsible for the construction of the Hulutao Commercial Port and the Mukden-Haichen Railway. Besides his interest in reconstruction he is also a poet and historian and has a profound knowledge of Chinese philosophy.