Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Yu Jen-feng

Mr. Yu Jen-feng

俞人風字朝梧

Mr. Yu Jen-feng was born at Tientsin, in 1872. He was graduated from the Railway Department of the Peiyang Military Academy. After his graduation he joined the Peking-Mukden Railway as an assistant engineer. Later he was promoted to be a sectional engineer of the Peking-Suiyuan railway, and concurrently acted as traffic manager of it. Then he was transferred to the Canton-Hankow railway. At first he was assistant engineer and later became engineer of the line. From the Canton-Hankow line he was transferred to the Tientsin-Pukow railway where he became assistant managing director. In 1912 Mr. Yu became a 'Principal Technical Expert in the Railway Department of the Ministry of Communications in charge of a Section. Later he was appointed traffic manager of the Peking-Kalgan and also Kalgan-Suiyuan railways. In July 1915 he became managing director of the Peking-Hankow Railway. After his resignation from the Peking-Hankow Railway he became a director of the Public Works Department of the Metropolitan Municipal Administration. In June 1917 he was awarded the Third Class Wenkum In August 1917 he was appointed again as a Principal Technical Expert of the Ministry of Communications. Later he became concurrently President of the Railway Administration College, Peking. While in the Ministry he was also a member of the organization committee of the North-West Motor Traffic Service; chairman of the organization committee of the Tsangchow-Shihchiachuang Railway. From December 1918 to February 1919 Mr. Yu was associate managing director and also chief engineer of the Tientsin-Pukow Railway. In March 1919 he was awarded the Third Class Wenfu. In June 1919 he was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Commission on Railway Technics. In February 1920 he received the Third Class Chiaho. In July 1920 he was appointed managing director of the Peking-Hankow Railway. He was commissioned to be member of the following committees. On Famine Relief in September 1920; on Railway Finance in November 1920; on Railway Sanitation in January 1921; on Railway Locations in February 1921 and on Communication Interests in connection with the Rehabilitation of Shantung in February 1921. He received the Second Class Chiaho in November 1920 and the Second Class Wenfu in March 1922. In April 1922 he was appointed associate director-general of the Chinese Eastern Railway Administration, Harbin. This position he is still holding.