Wen Shaohe (1888 ~ 1968), born in Ba County, Chongqing, was a Hui nationality. His father, Wen Heting, is an Islamic country elder (president) and a former fine scholar. He is fond of poetry, has a collection of poems, is good at painting plums, is skilled in medicine, and is loyal to the elderly. His family is one of the prestigious families in the county. Wen Shaohe went to a private school at the age of six, then went to Kaizhi Primary School and Chongqing Fuzhong School to study, and then went from Chongqing to Chengdu to enter Sichuan higher education institutions, where he graduated in the second category (science). His classmate Ren Hongjuan (former president of Sichuan University) invited him to study in the United States, and Wen Shaohe planned to go abroad with him. Because he was an only child in the fashion department, he was left by his mother, which made it impossible. After he returned to Chongqing from Rong, he worked in education for a long time and worked as the headmaster of Baxian Middle School, trying to spread new knowledge. Hu Ziang, Zhou Qinyue, Jiazhong Li and other famous Democrats all studied in this school. Later, Wen Shaohe taught in Chongqing Lianzhong and Chuandong Normal School. From 1914 to 1921, he was appointed as a school inspector in Baxian County. Later, the school was renamed the Education Bureau and still served as the director. From 1922 to 1925, he served as the president of Baxian Education Association, and made many contributions to the development of local education sideline. In 1919, Wen Shaohe actively supported the work-study program in France when he was in Ba County. In that year, Chongqing established a work-study program branch in France. As a well-known person in education, he was elected as one of the main leaders of the branch. In 1928, the local authorities prepared to establish Chongqing University, and he was invited to be the preparatory committee member.
Wen's family was quite famous in Chongqing's raw silk export industry in the early years. Wen Shaohe's fourth uncle, Wen Yousong, and his cousin, Wen Xigu, all owned silk factories, which created an atmosphere for developing Chongqing's machine silk reeling industry and had a great influence on promoting the production of national silk industry. Wen Yousong was the head of Chongqing Raw Silk Gang, and was promoted as the president of Chongqing General Chamber of Commerce in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, so Wen Shaohe's family has a deep relationship with Chongqing's industrial and commercial circles. When he graduated from Chengdu and returned to Chongqing, Wen Yousong relied on him and invited him to work as the director (secretary) of the General Chamber of Commerce, helping to organize meetings and becoming Wen Yousong's right-hand man. As early as 1914, Wen Shaohe suggested that the General Chamber of Commerce set up a newspaper as a tool to promote the current affairs, which was approved and supported by the person in charge. After a period of preparation, Chongqing Business Daily was officially published on April 25, 1914 and became one of the famous newspapers in Chongqing in the early days. The first president of the newspaper was Zhou Wenqin, a former Qing Xiucai and a well-known figure in education. After Zhou left office, Wen Shaohe took over, which lasted for seven or eight years. He once wrote that the purpose of publishing Business Daily is to promote the development of industrial property rights economy. Its main contents are: spreading local industrial and commercial news, reflecting industrial and commercial opinions, stating industrial and commercial sufferings, publicizing important documents of the General Chamber of Commerce and accounting spirit, and opposing measures taken by local authorities to hinder economic development. When he presided over the newspaper, he did implement the above-mentioned policy of running a newspaper, which represented the interests of the industrial and commercial circles and was well received by the Chamber of Commerce.
In p>1922, the National General Chamber of Commerce convened a conference on China in Shanghai, and the Chongqing General Chamber of Commerce sent Wen Shaohe as a representative to attend. In advance, he collected and sorted out the opinions of Chongqing's industrial and commercial circles on China, and stated them one by one at the meeting. The content was practical and to the point, which attracted the attention of all parties. At the meeting, he met Zhang Taiyan, Zhang Jizhi, Liang Qichao, Huang Yanpei and other famous scholars and won their awards. After returning to Chongqing, I rushed to convey my reputation in the business world. In 1923, he became the director of the General Chamber of Commerce. When the Chongqing Silk Industry Association was reorganized in 1924, he was elected as the general director (later renamed as chairman) of the Silk Industry Association because of his efforts to revitalize the silk industry and expand its sales. In 1928, he was re-elected as the chairman of Chongqing Chamber of Commerce, and was re-elected for many times. At that time, Chongqing's "New Shu Newspaper" once praised Wen Shaohe for his "integrity, fairness and expectation, so he won all the votes in every chamber of commerce election".
at that time, the chamber of commerce always focused on raising money from warlords and handling commercial disputes. Wen Shaohe, on the other hand, has always held the aim of education, but he still hasn't slackened his ambition since he joined the Chamber of Commerce. After he met Huang Yanpei in Shanghai in 1922, he often wrote back and forth and benefited a lot. Especially for the development of vocational education, we have a further understanding and urge the Chamber of Commerce to set up schools and cultivate business talents. In 1925, "Chongqing Chamber of Commerce Private Business Vocational Middle School" was opened. Representatives from various industries were elected by the Municipal Chamber of Commerce to form a board of directors, with Wen Shaohe as the principal and teaching in person. Later, he served as the chairman of the school for many years. In 1932, at his initiative, another ordinary middle school was founded, named "Chongqing Chamber of Commerce Private Middle School", and the board of directors was still formed by the Chamber of Commerce, with him as the principal. In 1934, the two schools were approved by the Education Department of Sichuan Province, and were named Yishang Vocational School and Tonghui Middle School (the latter two merged and renamed Chongqing No.3 Middle School). At this time, the school is developing day by day, the number of students is increasing, and the school building is not enough for application. Wen Shaohe got the consent of the boards of the two schools, allocated funds, bought land for the 11 abbots in the teaching hall of Lianglukou in Chongqing today, built a new school site, and moved in in 1935. The two schools adopt a two-in-one system and form a board of directors to take charge of the school affairs of the two schools. Most of the teaching staff of the two schools are in charge of the affairs of the two schools, and they get a salary, which saves manpower and financial resources and has quite characteristics in administration. The commercial vocational schools offered western-style courses such as books, statistics, accounting, etc., and trained new accounting talents, which was suitable for the needs of the industrial and commercial circles at that time. Most of the graduates were employed by various enterprises. From the founding of the school to 1944, Wen Shaohe presided over the school affairs for twenty or thirty years, and made certain contributions to promoting vocational education and training business talents.
and then participated in the preparation of Chongqing University.
during his tenure in the chamber of commerce, he attached great importance to the development of public utilities. In 1929, he initiated and participated in the establishment of Chongqing Water Supply Company on behalf of the business community, and was enthusiastic about the preparatory work, and was promoted to be the vice chairman of the company's supervisory Committee. In 1932, he, Zhao Zisheng, Wang Yunsong and others also assumed the actual responsibility of running the water supply company. In 1943, he was promoted to be the resident director of the company's Standing Committee and presided over the daily affairs. Before War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the traffic in Chongqing was inconvenient and deeply blocked. In order to develop highway traffic, he once proposed that the city chamber of commerce organize "Baxian Automobile Road Co., Ltd." as the general manager. The merchants spread shares on the import and export goods, raised funds to build two highways, Chongqing-Bi (Chongqing-Bishan) and Chongqing-Beibei (Chongqing-Beibei), and bought a batch of cars, driving from Buxinggang to Ciqikou. He was elected as the general manager and worked hard to open up a new situation.
As a general rule, the person in charge of the Chamber of Commerce must be an amateur businessman. Wen Shaohe was originally from the education field and never worked in industry and commerce. Therefore, after he joined the Chamber of Commerce, he made great efforts to develop in industry and commerce. At the end of the 2th century, I set up a joint venture with others to set up "Yixin Toothbrush Factory" in Shanghai, but I closed it soon because of my inexperience, improper employment and poor management. After serving as the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, he set up a "Tongde Brand" in partnership with others to engage in mountain products trade. Because he was not familiar with the business, he immediately declared failure, losing tens of thousands of yuan and had to borrow money to pay off debts.
Wen Shaohe lived a simple life and behaved rigorously. He kept a diary every day all his life and never stopped (all diary manuscripts were destroyed by Neem in the ten-year robbery). He loved poetry and was good at calligraphy. He also has a high reputation among Hui compatriots. In his early years, he founded Jingyi Primary School (now Zhongxing Road Primary School) in Ganziba (now Caijiashibao, Zhongxing Road, Chongqing Central District) where Hui people live in concentrated communities, and cultivated Hui children. The school has an outstanding reputation. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, when the Liangyang Highway was built, he took an active part in the people's government and properly handled the matter of moving the graves of Hui compatriots, which was deeply praised.
In p>1938, when Wen Shaohe was the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, according to the regulations of the national party and government organs, as usual, officials from the Ministry of Social Affairs of the Kuomintang government introduced and filled in the form and joined the Kuomintang. In 1938, when the Kuomintang government was preparing to hold a national convention, he was promoted as the representative of the National Congress of Sichuan Business Group II. On the other hand, in order to resist Japan and save the nation, Qiluyu, one of the leaders of the early Chongqing underground organization of China * * * Production Party, initiated the organization of "Salvation Society" in 1936. In November of the same year, he joined other groups to hold a "memorial meeting for the death of Mr. Lu Xun" in the auditorium of the Municipal Chamber of Commerce. Wen Shaohe tried his best to sponsor, attend the memorial meeting and give a eulogy.
In p>1946, during the old CPPCC, Huang Yanpei and other Democrats held a forum in Chongqing to promote the peaceful and democratic movement, and the news was published in Xinhua Daily the next day. In order to attack this symposium, the Kuomintang Municipal Party Committee drafted a notice in advance to slander China's merger, and asked them to sign it and publish it in the newspaper. When the city party department sent someone to send this "notice" to Wen Shaohe, Qiu Xiufu signed it. He thought about it for a long time, then deleted the untrue words that distorted and attacked the China * * * production party one by one, and said to the bearer, "If you want to publish it, just publish it according to my deleted manuscript."
Outside p>1949, Chongqing was near liberation. As a representative figure in the industrial property sector, Wen Shaohe, together with several heads of chambers of commerce, was guided by the underground party in eastern Sichuan to try his best to maintain social order. According to the instructions of the underground party, he took delaying measures and refused the order of the pseudo-garrison headquarters to force the chamber of commerce to hand over 3, gold coins. On the day of Chongqing's liberation, he crossed the river with three other business people to Haitang Creek to welcome the vanguard troops of the People's Liberation Army into the city. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, he participated in the planning of the China Democratic National Construction Association and served as the crowd work of the Municipal Federation of Industry and Commerce.
At the meeting in Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in p>195, President Mao Zedong met the participants and shook hands repeatedly as soon as they met, calling them "Mr. Wen Shaohe". Meeting for the first time, that is, so understanding and so cordial, Wen Shaohe was both respectful and moved. In 196, at the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Conference, President Liu Shaoqi gathered around 7-year-old people for a discussion and paid a cordial tribute, and each of them gave a big apple. At a time when the country was in economic difficulties, Wen Shaohe was invited to attend, and he was so respectful to the * * * production party and had deep feelings. Under the leadership of the * * * production party, he actively participated in the socialist revolution and socialist construction, especially the socialist transformation of the private industrial property industry by the party, and actively supported and worked hard to implement it, making a useful contribution to the completion of this arduous overseas Chinese affairs.
after liberation, he successively served as chairman of Chongqing Committee of Democratic National Construction Association, vice chairman of Chongqing Federation of Industry and Commerce, vice chairman of Chongqing CPPCC, vice mayor of Chongqing Municipal People's Government, chairman of Chongqing Huimin Cultural Association, member of Southwest Ethnic Affairs Committee, member of Sichuan Provincial Working Committee of Democratic National Construction Association, vice chairman of Sichuan Federation of Industry and Property Rights, vice chairman of Sichuan Federation of Industry and Commerce, member of Standing Committee of All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, member of Central Committee of Democratic National Construction Association of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and member of Chongqing Municipal Committee.