38 Facts About Xu Qian

Xu Qian or George Hsu was a Chinese politician and jurist.

Xu Qian made important contribution to the judicial system of modern China.

Xu Qian was sent abroad to inspect European and American legal affairs, and participated in the judicial reforms of the late Qing Dynasty.

Xu Qian was active in the politics of both the Beiyang government and the Nationalist government for many years.

Xu Qian contributed a lot to the establishment and improvement of China's modern judicial system.

Xu Qian was born in the city of Nanchang, Jiangxi, on June 15,1871.

Xu Qian lost his father at the age of four and was raised by his mother.

Xu Qian had an arrogant attitude towards the teachers, and the Jinshi Hall teacher Cao Rulin once could not bear it and asked the supervisor Zhang Hengjia to resign.

The teacher Zhang Zongxiang recalled that after a certain criminal law examination, he received a letter from Xu Qian beginning "My dear friend", considered a disrespectful way for a student to address his teacher.

In 1907, Xu Qian graduated and was made counselor in the Ministry of Justice, where he presided over the Law Compilation and Inspection Office and participated in the formulation of new laws.

Xuantong In April 1910, Xu Qian was sent to Washington, DC in the United States together with Xu Shiying to participate in the eighth session the Universal Conference on Reforming the Prison and Judicial System.

Xu Qian claimed that he joined the Church to save the country.

In 1918, Xu Qian initiated the organization "Christian Salvation Congress" and was elected as an executive member.

In July 1917, Sun Yat-sen launched the Constitutional Protection Movement, and Xu Qian went south to Guangzhou in July to serve as the secretary-general of Protection Military Government.

Xu Qian was the representative before leaving to attend the government affairs meeting of the military government of protecting France.

Later, Xu Qian was appointed Minister of Justice by the law-protecting military government controlled by the Guangxi warlords.

In 1919, Xu Qian left Guangzhou to go to Shanghai to meet with Sun Yat-sen.

From that point on, Xu Qian became the liaison between Sun Yat-sen and Feng Yuxiang, and he often visited Feng Yuxiang's army.

In September 1922, Xu Qian served as the chief justice under Wang Chonghui's "cabinet of good men".

In October 1924, Xu Qian was invited by Feng Yuxiang to Beijing to attend the state conference, and persuaded Feng Yuxiang, the "Christian general", with the idea of "Christian salvation".

Under the leadership of Li Dazhao, Xu Qian participated in the National Assembly Movement and the May 30th Movement in 1925.

In January 1926, the 2nd National Congress of the Kuomintang was held in Guangzhou, and Xu Qian was elected as a member of the Central Executive Committee and a member of the Standing Committee.

Xu Qian is a member of the National Government and Minister of Justice.

On March 7,1926, the Sino-Russian University was established and Xu Qian became its director.

Xu Qian fled to the Soviet embassy in Beijing, then secretly fled to the Soviet Union via Outer MongoliaKulun.

In Kulun, Xu Qian met Feng Yuxiang and convinced Feng Yuxiang to join the Kuomintang.

Xu Qian attended the meeting as one of the five members of the presidium of the meeting, and discussed the National Government's platform and the strengthening of the central and local government matters.

In December 1926, Xu Qian went to Wuhan to serve as the chairman of the Central Executive Committee there.

On March 10,1927, the Central Committee of the Kuomintang held a plenary session in Hankou where Xu Qian made a speech announcing the establishment of the Wuhan National Government.

Xu Qian was elected as a member of the presidium, its Standing Committee, the Central Political Committee, the Military Commission, the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Finance Committee, and the Standing Committee of the National Government Committee.

Xu Qian served as director of the Military Tribunal of the Military Commission and as the school council member for the Whampoa Military Academy.

Xu Qian made important contributions to the implementation of the new judicial system and the recovery of the British concession in Hankou.

Xu Qian was placed on a watch list for his involvement with the Wuhan government.

Xu Qian was not allowed to sit on the special committee on the grounds that he "favored the Communist Party".

Soon, Xu Qian moved to Kowloon and resumed his career as a lawyer.

At its Fourth Plenary Session in February 1928, Xu Qian was suspended from the Central Committee.

Xu Qian had helped planned this move in Hong Kong, and participated in the temporary Fuzhou people's congress.

In January 1934, the Fujian People's Government collapsed, and Xu Qian returned to Hong Kong.