Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Li Shih-wei

Mr. Li Shih-wei

李士偉字伯芝

Mr. Li Shih-wei was born at Yungpinghsien, Chihli in 1895. In 1901 he was sent by the Chihli government to Japan to pursue a higher education. He graduated at Waseda University in 1906, and in the same year returned to China. His official rank in the late Manchu regime was that of industrial Taotai. After his return to Chihli he was appointed a secretary to the Viceroy of Pei-yang. Later he became superintendent of the Peiyang Normal School. After some time he became assistant director of the Bureau of Education for the whole of Chihli, and was concurrently appointed to be in charge of the preparation for the self-government of the province, and assisted in the organization of the bureau for the preparation of the establishment of a legislative council. He was a member of the Nanyang Industrial Promotion Association, and Director-General of the Ching Shing Mining Company for many years and is a director of the Chee Hsin Cement Company, of the Peking Water Works, of the Hua Hsin Spinning and Weaving Company, and of the Tung Wei Industrial Company. He is also chairman of the Board of Directors of the United Association of Mining Industries; Assistant Director General of the Chinese Industrial Bank; general manager of the Chinese-Japanese Industrial Company. He has been high advisor to the President, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce. After the establishment of the Republic in 1912, he was made a member of an advisory bureau in the President's Office. In 1913 he was appointed mining adviser to the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce. In May 1914 he became a member of the Tsang-chengyuan or Legislative Council in place of Parliament. In April 1915 he resigned in order to become Governor of the Bank of China. In April 1916 he was relieved from the governorship of the Bank.