You Mijian

You Mijian (October 21, 1897 - December 12, 1971), formerly You Bai, was a Taiwanese politician. He was born in Wanchai Village, Wanchai Village, Xinli Nationality, Neihu Village, Qixing County, Taipei Prefecture, Taipei Prefecture under Japanese rule (today's Taipei City Baohuli, Neihu District), a member of the Chinese Kuomintang, and former mayor of Taipei City. Close to Confucius and Song dynasties.

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Personal details
Nationality	Template:JPN-EMP（1897年－？） Republic of China（？－1971年）
Political party	Template:Kmt

Life

In 1897, he was born in a farmhouse in Wanchai Village of the Xinli ethnic group in Neihu Village, and he is the oldest in the line. His ancestral home is Erdu Xiuzhuan, Zhao'an County, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province. He is the 6th generation descendant of Taiwan. He has been farming for generations, and his grandfather, Hongkuan, once served as a local protector. His father's name is Shi Neng, and his courtesy name is Yikang. In addition to being engaged in agriculture, he runs a grocery store. His mother's surname is Lin, whose name is Chou. She was born into a scholarly family in Nangang.

In 1910 (13 years old), he attended Songshan Public School. In 1914 (17 years old), he was admitted to the Taiwan Governor's Mandarin School (now Taipei City University of Education). After graduation, he served as a disciplinarian at the Public School Affiliated with the Chinese Language School in 1918 (Japanese pre-war teacher rank). The same year, he transferred to the Menga Public School as a disciplinarian. In 1920, he served as an instructor at Laosong Public School for two years, and in 1921, he returned to Songshan Public School to serve. In 1923, he was promoted to teach at Chengde College. At 27, he went to Japan to study in the Department of Political Economics of Nihon University. He later graduated from the Department of Political and Economics of Sciences Po in Paris, France.

In 1927, he went to Peking and worked in a printing factory. In 1929, he moved to Nanjing and served as an English teacher at Sanmin Middle School. He met military scientist Jiang Fangzhen (Baili), who recommended joining the Chinese Kuomintang and introduced him to the Central Military Academy as a significant political instructor. Job. The Chiang family also acted as a matchmaker for him, and in 1931 they married Ms. Wang Shumin, who was Wang Geng's sister.

In 1932, he served as Gu Weijun's secretary and then went to the Embassy in France, where he gained Gu's trust. In his spare time, he studied at the University of Paris. In the winter of 1934, he resigned and returned to China and was re-elected as the general affairs section chief of the Institute of Applied Chemistry of the Ordnance Industry Administration; in 1935, he transferred to the Hunan Provincial Department of Finance for inspection and concurrently served as a professor at Hunan University. In 1937, he was transferred to the director of taxation in Shaoyang (Baoqing), Hunan. After taking office, many reforms were made, such as abolishing the tax package system and replacing it with direct tax collection, which doubled the tax revenue. Therefore, he was promoted to the chief of the first section of the Finance Department.

In 1939, he resigned from office and went to Hong Kong to serve as the associate director of the Overseas Chinese Industrial Company and the manager of the Yangon Branch of Myanmar. He often traveled between Yunnan, Myanmar, and Hong Kong to transport and replenish wartime supplies. In February 1941, he was elected as a standing committee member of the Taiwan Revolutionary League. At the end of the same year, the Japanese army captured Hong Kong. To cover the internal migration of officials, he infiltrated the refugee group. Unexpectedly, he was intercepted by the Japanese military police in Shenzhen, interrogated alone, whipped to extract a confession, and severely injured under torture. After escaping danger, he temporarily lived in Kunming, Yunnan; the following year, he moved to Chongqing.

At the beginning of 1943, he was appointed Director of General Affairs of the Floral Gauze Control Bureau of the Ministry of Finance, Director of the Inspection Office, and Director of the General Radio Station. In May of the same year, he was appointed as a member of the Taiwan Design Committee and provided many suggestions for Taiwan's financial and economic measures after its recovery.

After Taiwan was regained in 1945, he returned to Taiwan as the Taiwan District's financial Commissioner to handle the takeover matters. He arrived at Keelung Port on October 17 of the same year. Since Neihu villagers had already heard about it from the newspapers, they gathered at the pier to warmly welcome the event, which was unprecedented. You Mijian quickly found his parents from the crowd and hurried forward, kneeling and crying; this moved the onlookers. When he returned to his hometown in Neihu, the village decorated him with lanterns, performed plays, set tables, and held a grand welcome party.

In March 1946, You Mi-jian was appointed by Chen Yi, the Chief Executive of Taiwan Province, as the Commissioner of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of China and concurrently as the Mayor of Taipei City, Taiwan Province (now Taipei City). During his tenure, he took advantage of his position to purchase nearly 200 Nissan buildings and once used Zhongshan. The base of Tianli Church on North Road was donated to Huang Chaoqin, the base of Dazheng Park and the former site of the Railway Hotel was donated to Li Wanju, and the Wuteng Hospital was donated to Su Shaowei's wife, Tan Surong and retired in 1950. In 1945, when Yu Mi-chien was the mayor of Taipei City, he invited celebrities in Taiwan's cultural circles to raise funds to establish the Taiwan Oriental Publishing House. In March 1946, he was appointed a member of the Taiwan Provincial Government. The same year, he concurrently served as a professor at National Taiwan University, chairman and principal of Tamkang Middle School. He later served as chairman of the Taiwan Provincial Education Association. The Taiwan Cultural Association was founded in the same year and divided into three departments: literature, music, and fine arts. Well-known figures in the art world were appointed as committee members.

After his resignation as mayor of Taipei was approved on February 5, 1950, he was employed as a professor in the Department of Economics at National Taiwan University. However, he still served as a representative of the National Assembly and spared no effort to promote Taiwan's tourism, so he is known as the "Father of Taiwan's Tourism Industry." In 1950, he was appointed as the design committee member of the Executive Yuan. He was later transferred to the chairmanship of Taiwan Paper Industry. He also served as the Central Design Committee member of the Chinese Kuomintang, the chairman of the Mandarin Daily, the chairman of the Renji Relief Home, the president of the Taiwan branch of the World Red Swastika Society, and the president of the China National Red Swastika Society. President of the Tourism Association of the Republic of China, etc.

He died of illness on December 12, 1971, at his home at No. 28, Lane 97, Section 1, Xinsheng South Road, Taipei City. He was 75 years old.

Family

His second wife, Wang Shumin, has the eldest son Bingmao (born to the first wife), the second son Jingxi, the third son Zongxi, and the fourth son Fuxi.

References

Edited by Zhang Yanxian, Zhuang Yongming, and Li Xiaofeng, "Chronicles of Modern Taiwanese Celebrities (1)", published by Zili Evening News Cultural Publishing Department in 1987, ISBN 9575960866