Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Lao Ching-an

Mr. Ginarn Lao

勞做 安

(Lao Ching-an)

Mr. Ginarn Lao, a son of Mr. Lo King Kee was born at Shanghai in 1893, and was educated first in the Preparatory Department of the St. John's University and later was graduated from Nanyang College in 1913. In 1914 Mr. Lao went to America to study engineering and commerce at Lehigh and New York universities. He returned to China in the fall of 1918 and joined the Yangtse Trading Co., Hankow, and was sent back to America in 1919 as the representative of the company to make connections and to sell wood-oil for the firm. In 1920 he was appointed Secretary of the Chinese delegation to the International Red Cross Conference held at Geneva, Switzerland. Upon returning from the Conference he was invited to join the Bark of Canton, Ltd., Hongkong, in its foreign department. In 1921 he was appointed by the Board of Directors of the bank to be the New York agent to open up an office in New York City, which is now located at. No. 1 Wall Street. While in New York he was also a director of the China Society of America. In the summer of 1922 he returned to China and was appointed secretary of the foreign department at the head office of the Bank of Canton. In 1923 he was transferred to the Shanghai Branch as accountant and assistant manager of the exchange department, which office he is still holding.