Chekiang Province, Republic of China

Chekiang Province (1912–55)
浙江省
Former province

Map of Chekiang Province
Coordinates: 29°00′N 120°00′E / 29.000°N 120.000°E / 29.000; 120.000Coordinates: 29°00′N 120°00′E / 29.000°N 120.000°E / 29.000; 120.000
Capital
County
List
  • 7 counties (1950)
  • 4 counties and 2 administrative regions (1951)[1]
Area
 • Total 17 km2 (7 sq mi)
Population (1954)
 • Total 1,700
Chekiang Province of the Republic of China, between 1949 and 1955.

Chekiang Province, Republic of China (1912–1955) was a former province in the Republic of China that abolished after the ROC Forces, ROC government officials and local residents were evacuated from Dachen to Taiwan in 1955 following the military defeat of ROC by People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army forces during the Battle of Dachen Archipelago.[2]

After the Chinese Civil War, the Kuomintang-led Republic of China government lost its control in Mainland China and only held several east coast islands off Mainland Chekiang Province, including Dachen, Yijiangshan, Pishan, Toumenshan, Yushan Island and Nanji.[3] After losing the mainland, the Nationalists used the islands to stage commando raids into Zhejiang, occasionally penetrating as far as the area around Shanghai.[4] The county governments withdrawn to the islands from the mainland included seven counties, namely Wenling, Linhai, Huangyan, Pinyang, Sanmen, Leqing and Yuhuan. Chiang Kai-shek, the late President of the Republic of China, appointed Hu Zongnan, the general of the ROC Armed Forces, to establish the "Government of Chekiang Province" on the Dachen Islands on September 1951. Its purpose was to fight against the mainland which was controlled by the Communist Party of China.

In 1952, the Chekiang Government reorganized the seven counties into four counties, which were Wenling, Linhai, Pinyang and Yuhuan. Sanmen county was reorganised as "Yushan Administrative Bureau", and "Zhuyu Administrative Bureau" was also established. These administrative bureaus were originally intended to be used as the "special region" for direct economic trading with Mainland China, however they were abolished one year later. In 1953, the Chekiang Government office moved to Taiwan. In 1955, the People's Liberation Army conquered Yijiangshan Island during the Battle of Yijiangshan Islands. The Republic of China evacuated the military garrison and civil residents from Dachen and Nanji to the island of Taiwan with the assistance of the United States Seventh Fleet. The Chekiang Government in Taiwan was abolished soon afterwards, and the People's Republic of China successfully occupied the offshore islands, establishing control over the whole of Zhejiang Province.[5][6]

List of Governors

  Non-partisan/ unknown   Unity Party   Republican Party   Military/ Warlords   Kuomintang/ National Revolutionary Army

Military Governors (Zhejiangsheng Dudu)

№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Political Party
1 Tang Shouqian
湯壽潛

(1856–1917)		 November 1911January 1912
2 Jiang Zungui
蔣尊簋

(1882–1931)		 January 1912August 1912 Unity Party
3 Zhu Rui
朱瑞

(1883–1916)		 January 19121916 Republican Party
4 Lü Gongwang
呂公望

(1879–1954)		 19161916

Military Governors (Zhejiangsheng Dujun)

№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Political Party
1 Yang Shande
楊善德

(1873–1919)		 January 191713 August 1919 Anhui Clique
Died in office.
2 Lu Yongxiang
盧永祥
Lú Yǒngxiáng
(1867–1933)		 ?1924 Anhui Clique
3 Sun Chuanfang
孫傳芳
Sūn Chuánfāng
(1885–1935)		 1924August 1927 Zhili Clique

Governor

№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Political Party
1 Lü Gongwang
呂公望

(1879–1954)		 1916January 1917
2 Qi Yaoshan
齊耀珊

(1865–1954)		 January 191724 June 1920
3 Shen Jinjiani
沈金鑒

(1875–1924)		 24 June 192029 October 1922
4 Zhang Zaiyang
張載揚

 29 October 1922?
5 Xia Chao
夏超

(1882-1926)		 192423 October 1926 Zhili Clique
NRA
6 Chen Yi
陳儀
Chén Yí
(1883-1950)		 October 1925July 1927 Zhili Clique
NRA

Chairperson of the Provincial Government

№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Political Party
1 Zhang Renjie
張靜江

(1877–1950)		 27 July 19275 October 1927 Kuomintang
2 He Yingqin
何應欽
Hé Yìngqīn
(1890–1987)		 5 October 19277 November 1928 Kuomintang
(1) Zhang Renjie
張靜江

(1877–1950)		 7 November 19284 December 1930 Kuomintang
3 Zhang Nanxian
張難先

(1873–1968)		 4 December 193015 December 1931 Kuomintang
4 Lu Diping
魯滌平

(1887–1935)		 15 December 193112 December 1934 Kuomintang
5 Huang Shaohong
黃紹竑

(1895–1966)		 12 December 193425 July 1936 Kuomintang
6 Bai Chongxi
白崇禧

(1893–1966)		 25 July 19366 September 1936 Kuomintang
Refused to take office; Director of Civil Affairs Department Xu Qingfu acted as Chairperson.
(5) Huang Shaohong
黃紹竑

(1895–1966)		 6 September 19362 December 1936 Kuomintang
7 Zhu Jiahua
朱家驊
Zhū Jiāhuá
(1893–1963)		 12 December 193426 November 1937 Kuomintang
(5) Huang Shaohong
黃紹竑

(1895–1966)		 26 November 193726 March 1946 Kuomintang
8 Shen Honglie
沈鴻烈

(1882–1969)		 26 March 194622 June 1948 Kuomintang
9 Chen Yi
陳儀
Chén Yí
(1883-1950)		 22 June 194821 February 1949 Kuomintang
10 Zhou Yan
周喦
 21 February 19496 December 1949 Kuomintang
11 Shi Jue
石覺
(1908-1986)		 7 December 194913 May 1950 Kuomintang
12 Hu Zongnan
胡宗南
(1896-1962)		 19 October 195023 July 1953 Kuomintang
Evacuated to Taiwan 23 July 1953.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 蔣經國巡視大陳島 (Chinese Version)
  2. ↑ 國民政府的浙江省政府 (Chinese Version)
  3. ↑ 三軍渡海攻占一江山島 (Chinese Version)
  4. ↑ Domes, Jurgen. Peng Te-huai: The Man and the Image, London: C. Hurst & Company. 1985. ISBN 0-905838-99-8. p.66
  5. ↑ 1955: US evacuates Pacific islands
  6. ↑ Tachen Island Evacuation History

Wikisource "Cheh-kiang". Encyclopædia Britannica. 6 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 23.

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