Yu Zhiqing Economic Activity Study

Yu Qiaqing was one of the Shanghai celebrities. He was also one influentialrepresentative of the latter-day national capitalists. Yu had great influences on thepolitics, economy and social activities of his time; his demeanor mirrored the typicalfeatures of national capitalists and meantime was deeply branded by his time. To someextent, he fame was built on his economical activities: he was a famous entrepreneur,who invested widely in transport, finance, bonds, business, mining, medicine. As amember of the national capitalists, facing his mother land in deep waters, Yu'sbehavior embodied strong national feeling and historical responsibility, as well as thenever-satisfied pursuit of interest in trade.The author of this thesis investigated a large amount of original archives,collected memoirs of the parties and newspapers of Yu's time and based on therelative study achievements, the author selected several businesses set up by Yuindividually or in co-operation with others and put them under close study. The thesisstudied in detail the relationship between Yu and the development of these businessesand combed the economic activities. The author attempts to make an objective, just,as a matter of fact evaluation on Yu's economic activities by looking at hisinvolvement in economy and analyzing the causes to his success and failure inbusiness. Therefore, the study on People's history and economy history in theRepublic period will be enhanced.