Research On Yu Qiaqing’s Charitable Activities

Yu Qiaqing was a famous national capitalists and philanthropist in the modern China. He was born in a poor family. When he was little, he went to Shanghai to learn to do business. He was a comprador capitalist with strong economic power and has created business in Shanghai and participated in the Chinese Anti imperialist Patriotic Movement in modern Shanghai. What’s more, eventually became a big celebrity by helping the revolution in Shanghai.When he was successful in business occasion, he was enthusiastic in philanthropy and carried out charitable activities and services. Thus, he made full use of their own grasp of the economic, political and social capital and coordinated the relationship among individuals, organizations, governments and society. Because of different historical background, historical situation, and he was keen charity’s life can be divided into two periods before and after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. Before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he used fellow group and its influence to carry out charitable activities, to construction of homeland, service association, involving social assistance, culture and education, transport and water conservancy, there are temporary and normality Charity Activity points. Overall after the outbreak of the war, because location is divided into different "silos Shanghai" and the rear two periods in refugee relief, rescue the wounded, “smooth sell” food mainly to wartime conduct rescue and transportation of the war as the main content charitable activities.He is enthusiastic about charity activities, with his own concept of charity and social belief influence and personal interests, value pursuit and family environment for the growth of mold, also can not ignore the influence of personal area and modern social reality. In the event, reflects his multi-level charitable activities of moral purpose, revealing his stick to the concept of charity, highlighting the unique ways and characteristics of his charitable activities engaged in charity.Study Yu Qiaqing’s charitable activities, not only for his status and contribution in Ningbo, Shanghai area of modern philanthropy development in an objective and fair evaluation, analysis of the entire Zhejiang philanthropist groups, compensate for the lack of charity study of the history, but also provide a reference for today’s merchant class in our charitable activities, the development of philanthropy also has positive practical significance.