Chen Jintao
Chinese financier and politician
Chen Jintao (Chinese: 陳錦濤; pinyin: Chén Jǐntāo; Jyutping: Can4 Gam2tou4; 1870–1939) was a Chinese technocrat who founded the Bank of China. He was chief financial officer and head of currency reform in the Republic of China (1912–1949) and served as finance minister for warlords in Beijing, Nationalists in Nanjing, and the Nanjing Regime.2
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Born Jun 20, 1871, died Jun 12, 1939.1
About
Chen was responsible for innovations and improvements in printing and engraving, as well as for various currency reforms.
He graduated from Columbia University and Yale University and served as an economics professor of Tsinghua University. He is regarded as one of China's most skilled economists and bankers in the 20th century.
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Companies
- Bank of ChinaFounder10
Early life and education
Chen was born in Nanhai in Guangdong Province in 1870, the son of a merchant from Hong Kong.
He graduated from Queens College in Hong Kong. He received a master's degree in math from Columbia University in 1902. He received a doctorate in political economy from Yale University in 1906.
When he returned to China, he received the highest score in an imperial exam for students returning from abroad. For this reason, he is sometimes referred to as China’s “first foreign scholar.”
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Career
Occupation: economist.6
- Date not recordedWorked at Tsinghua University4
- Date not recordedFounded Bank of China5
Personal life
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- 10WikidataBank of China, Founder
- 11Wikimedia CommonsChen Jintao photo by 佐藤三郎, Public domain