Chen Jintao

Chen Jintao
陳錦濤
Born1870
Died1939(1939-00-00) (aged 68–69)
NationalityChinese
EducationColumbia University
Yale University
Occupations
  • Banker
  • economist
  • professor
Known forFounder of Bank of China
Chen Jintao
Chinese陈锦涛
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Jǐntāo
Wade–GilesCh’en Chin-t’ao

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]

  1. ^ 中国银行简介 .中国银行官网
  2. ^ 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.