Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Sung Fa-hsiang

Mr Far-san T. Sung

宋發祥字致長

(Sung Fa-hsiang)

Mr. Far-san T. Sung was born at Hsing-hua Hsien, Fukien province, in 1883. He studied at Anglo-Chinese School, Hsinghua, 1896-1900. In August 1900 he went to America and studied Science at Ohio Wesleyan University, 1900-5, graduating with the degree of B. Sc; at the University of Chicago, 1905-7, graduating with the degree of B. Sc. also. He received M. S. degree from the Ohio Wesleyan in 1906. In August 1907 Mr. Sung returned to China. He passed the Imperial Examination for returned students and obtained the degree of Chu-Jen. He was a teacher in the Fukien Provincial College, 1907; Professor of Chemistry, Peking Government University, 1908-12; Technical Expert of the Ministry of Finance, 1913; Co-Director of the Assaying Office, Ministry of Finance, 1912-13; Director of Soochow Mine, 1913; Co-Director of the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, 1914; Inspector General of Mints, Ministry of Finance, 1914-16; Director of Nanking Mint, 1917; Advisor to Tuchun of Kiangsu, 1915-16; private English secretary to the late President Feng Kuo-chang, 1917-18; political advisor to the President's Office, 1919. Mr. Sung has promoted quite a number of industrial enterprises, of which the Paoting Electric Works is one. In co-operation with Mr. Ling Ping-chang, a leading merchant at Foochow, he founded the Fukien Industrial Company in 1920; and with Mr. Chiang Tien-to, the Sino-Scandinavian Bank in Peking, in the spring of 1921. He was a councillor-at-large of the Ministry of Finance in 1920 and again from 1922 to 1924. In April 1923 he was awarded the Second Class Chiaho Decoration. In May 1923 he was appointed a member of the Commission for the Consolidation of Domestic and Foreign Debts. In September 1924 he became manager of the Peking Office of the Sino-Norwegian Bank which position he is still holding.