Tong Shaosheng

Tong Shaosheng
Chinese: 童少生
Vice Governor of Sichuan
In office
1956–1967
Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the China Democratic National Construction Association
In office
1979–1984
Personal details
BornMarch 1903 (1903-03)
Baxian County, Chongqing, China
DiedMarch 21, 1984(1984-03-21) (aged 80–81)
Alma materSt. John's University, Shanghai

Tong Shaosheng (Chinese: 童少生; March 1903 – March 21, 1984), originally named Xian Chang, was a Chinese shipping executive and politician in the People's Republic of China. He served as Vice Governor of Sichuan Province and as Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the China Democratic National Construction Association (CDNCA). Tong was a prominent figure in China’s modern shipping industry and played an important role in inland waterway transportation during and after the Second Sino-Japanese War.[1]

Biography

Tong Shaosheng was born in Baxian County, Chongqing. He graduated in 1926 from St. John's University, Shanghai, after which he entered the shipping industry.[2] In his early career, he worked for several commercial and financial institutions, including the American-owned Jijiang Steamship Company in Chongqing, Ju Xingcheng Bank, and the Minsheng Company, where he served as manager of the business department.[3]

Around the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Tong participated in the innovative “three-stage navigation” operations on the Yangtze River led by Lu Zuofu, as well as the emergency evacuation and transportation efforts in Yichang. During the war, he worked at the Transportation Joint Office of the Trade, Industry, Mining, and Agricultural Products Adjustment Committee under the Military Affairs Commission of the Nationalist government, serving as chief of the Third Section of the Wuhan Transportation Joint Office.[4]

From 1938 onward, Tong held managerial and executive positions in several international shipping companies, including the American President Lines, the American Steamship Company, and the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company.[5] He also served as business manager or director of the Minsheng Company in Chongqing and Shanghai, eventually becoming its deputy general manager. In 1944, he accompanied Lu Zuofu to New York to attend an international trade conference and later traveled to Canada to negotiate loans for the purchase and construction of new vessels.[6]

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Tong continued his work in the shipping sector and public administration. He served successively as deputy general manager of the Minsheng Steamship Company, deputy director of the Yangtze River Shipping Administration, and a member of the People's Committees of Chongqing and Wuhan. Following the public–private partnership reform of Minsheng Company in 1956, he became its deputy general manager.[7]

Tong later held several senior political and economic posts, including Vice Governor of Sichuan Province concurrently serving as Director of the Provincial Department of Transportation.[8] He was also Vice Chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Sichuan Provincial People's Congress, Chairman of the Sichuan Yangtze Enterprise Company, and a director of China International Trust Investment Corporation.[9] In addition, he served as Standing Committee member of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce and Chairman of its Sichuan branch.[10]

Tong Shaosheng was elected as a deputy to the First through Fifth National People's Congress and served as a Standing Committee member of the Fifth and Sixth Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He died in Chengdu in 1984.[11]

References

  1. ^ 中国民主建国会卷 (in Chinese). 河北人民出版社. 2001. p. 382. ISBN 978-7-202-02489-8. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  2. ^ 吴艾生; 陈建智; 总编辑室, 重庆市地方志编纂委员会 (1992). 重庆名人辞典 (in Chinese). 四川大学出版社. p. 278. ISBN 978-7-5614-0547-5. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  3. ^ 王雨; 黄济人 (2007). 长河魂 (in Chinese). 作家出版社. p. 288. ISBN 978-7-5063-4093-9. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  4. ^ 潘君祥 (1996). 中国近代国货运动 (in Chinese). Chinese Literature and History Press. p. 334. ISBN 978-7-5034-0749-9. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  5. ^ 中国民主党派工作辞典 (in Chinese). 黑龙江教育出版社. 1994. p. 438. ISBN 978-7-5316-2483-7. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  6. ^ 薛启亮 (2001). 中国民主党派史丛书: 中国民主建国会卷 (in Chinese). 河北人民出版社. p. 382. ISBN 978-7-202-02489-8. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  7. ^ 中华人民共和国实录 (in Chinese). 吉林人民出版社. 1994. p. 749. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  8. ^ 中华人民共和国人物辞典 (1949-1989) (in Chinese). 中国经济出版社. 1989. p. 530. ISBN 978-7-5017-0400-2. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  9. ^ 中国近现代史大典 (in Chinese). Chinese Communist Party History Press. 1992. p. 1194. ISBN 978-7-80023-476-7. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  10. ^ 中国经济史硏究论丛 (in Chinese). 四川大学出版社. 1986. p. 170. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  11. ^ 政协全国委员会常委会名录 (in Chinese). 解放军出版社. 1995. p. 1057. ISBN 978-7-5065-2717-0. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
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