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Chen Jintao | |
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陳錦濤 | |
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| Born | 1870 |
| Died | 1939 (aged 68–69) |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Education | Columbia University Yale University |
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| Known for | Founder of Bank of China |
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| Chinese | 陈锦涛 | ||||||||
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Chen Jintao (Chinese: 陳錦濤; pinyin: Chén Jǐntāo; 1870–1939) was a Chinese technocrat who founded the Bank of China.[1] 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. Chen was responsible for innovations and improvements in printing and engraving, as well as for various currency reforms.[2]
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.[2]
- ^ 中国银行简介 ．中国银行官网
- ^ a b Boorman, Harvard L., editor, Biographical Dictionary of the Republic of China, “Ch’en Chin-t’ao”, Columbia University Press, New York, 1967. I:170:173.