Huang Yizhu

Huang Yizhu (1868-1945), a native of Nan'an, Fujian, was a modern Chinese entrepreneur, overseas Chinese leader, and the founder of Zhongnan Bank. Huang Yizhu was born in Louxia Township, Jintao Town, Nan'an, Fujian. My ancestors have been farming for generations. He began to learn the art of barbering at the age of 12, and then went overseas with his countrymen, successively to Singapore and Indonesia, and finally moved to Sanbaolong and ran the sugar industry. On April 5, 1919, Huang Yijia returned to Gulangyu Island to settle down and founded the Xiamen Water Company and took over the Xiamen Telephone Company. In June 1921, he founded the Central South Bank in Shanghai and became the largest shareholder of the bank. He died in Shanghai before Japan surrendered in 1945.