Fan Xudong

Fan Xudong is a famous businessman in the Republic of China era and he devoted his whole life to initiate Chinese chemical industry. This book introduces the life experiences of Mr. Fan and shows readers his achievements in national chemical industry. Here are the main points of the book as follows. Mr. Fan's father passed away when he was young. He was forced to live in Japan for several tens of years because of the persecution of Qing Dynasty and returned to China in the Republic of China era. He made refined salt, which broke the situation that Chinese people had had harmful crude salt for hundreds and thousands of years. He made sodium carbonate, which broke the situation that Western countries had had a monopoly on sodium carbon industry and gained the world's respect. He set up the scientific research institution inside his company, which intrigues the development of Chinese scientific research. He founded acid factories, which made a breakthrough in Chinese chemical industry. He was strongly for resisting Japanese aggression, putting a lot of energy and money into it. He was patriotic and tried his best to reconstruct China after the war. He made such great achievements and had little properties. He didn't leave any properties to his family, but leaved precious treasure to the country.