Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Lu Hsueh-pu

Mr. Lu Hsueh-p'u

威望溥字鉴泉

Mr. Lu, Hsueh-p’u was born at Tung Hsiang Hsien, Chekiang, in 1879. Mr. Lu obtained the literary degree of Chu Jen or M. A. in 1901 through competitive provincial examinations. Immediately after his successful examinations, he was awarded the rank of magistrate. In the last days of the Tsing dynasty Mr. Lu served as chief of the Foreign Affairs Section at Nanking when Tuan Fang was Viceroy of Liang Kiang, and held the same position in Tientsin upon his chief's transference to the North to become Viceroy of Peiyang. Later, he was appointed secretary to the Commissioner of Education in the province of Fengtien. In October, 1912, he was appointed junior secretary of the Ministry of Finance. Shortly afterwards he was asked to act concurrently as chief of the First Section of the Loan Department. In July, 1913, he was appointed to act as Chief of the Loan Department, and in January 1914 he was appointed Chief of the Confidential Affairs Section in the Bureau of Expenditure. In July of 1914 Mr. Lu was promoted to be Director of the Loan Department which position he has been successfully holding for the past six years. During this important period he participated in all important financial transactions, such as the negotiations for the Reorganization Loan of 1913, the successful issue of domestic loans in 1914 and the readjustment of all short term foreign debts in 1915. In May 1919 Mr. Lu was ordered to act as Vice-Minister of Finance. In December 1920 he was appointed Co-Director of the Internal Loan Bureau. In February 1921 Mr. Lu was conferred the Second Class Paokuang Chiaho. In March 1921 he was relieved of the Directorship of a Department in the Ministry of Finance. In December 1921 he was appointed Vice-Minister of Finance. In May 1922 Mr. Lu was relieved of the Vice-Ministership and in August 1922 he resigned from the post of Co-Director of the Internal Loans Bureau. Since his retirement front official work Mr. Lu has been active in banking enterprises.