2. Zhang Jian [Ji Mfinn] (1853 July1~1926 August 24th), the word Ji Zhi,No. Si 'an. Originally from Tuzhushan, Changshu, Jiangsu Province, he was born in Changle Town, Zhiliting, Haimen, Jiangsu Province on May 25th (1853 July 1), and returned to Tongzhou, Beijing in the 12th year of Tongzhi (1873). Guangxu twenty years (1894) champion, China modern industrialist, politician, educator, calligrapher, one of the "five talented people in Jiangsu".
3. In the 20th year of Guangxu (1894), Zhang Jianzhong was the top scholar and was awarded editing by the Hanlin Academy. In the 21st year of Guangxu (1895), Zhang Zhidong ordered the establishment of Sheng Da Cotton Mill. In the first year of the Republic of China (19 12), the imperial edict on the abdication of the Qing emperor was drafted, and after the establishment of the Nanjing government, he became the chief industrial officer; In the same year, he was appointed director of the Beiyang government's General Administration of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce and director of the State Administration of Water Resources. In the 4th year of the Republic of China (19 15), Zhang Jian resigned angrily because Yuan Shikai accepted part of the requirements of "Article 21" proposed by Japan. In the 8th year of the Republic of China (19 19), Nantong Gengsu Theater was built. In 1 1 (1922), the crisis of cotton textile industry led to the complete collapse of Zhang Jian's career and the decline of Sheng Da cotton mill. 15 (1926) On August 24th, Zhang Jian died in Nantong at the age of 73.
4. Zhang Jian advocated "saving the country through industry". He was an early pioneer in the field of cotton textile in China. He founded more than 20 enterprises and more than 370 schools in his life, which made valuable contributions to the rise of modern national industries and the development of education in China.