136 years ago today, on July 3, 1889 (June 6, 1889 lunar calendar), Chinese journalist, editor, and newspaper publisher Hu Zhengzhi was born. Hu Zhengzhi (1889-April 14, 1949) was Lin, the character Zhengzhi, and the word line. A native of Chengdu, Sichuan. One of the founders of Xinji "Ta Kung Pao", served as the general manager and deputy editor-in-chief. Born into an official family in 1889, in 1906, Hu Zheng's father died of illness in Wuhe County. When he took office as the governor of Wuhe County, Hu Zhengzhi, who was 17 years old, could not drop out of school halfway and left the Anqing Provincial College of Higher Education and helped his coffin back to Sichuan. In 1907, he went to Japan to study at his own expense and returned to China in 1911. In 1912, he applied for a job as a Japanese translator for the Shanghai "Grand Republic", and later succeeded as editor and chief writer, editing and distributing special telegrams, and writing editorials. He was posted to Beijing in 1915 and quickly attracted the attention of the industry with his news. In 1916, Wang Zhilong of the Anfu Department took over the Ta Kung Pao and was hired as manager and editor-in-chief. He began to reform the "Ta Kung Pao" and fired the original reporters. At the same time, Lin Baishui, Liang Hongzhi, Wang Esun, etc. were hired as special interviewers to send messages to Tianjin by phone every day, or send manuscripts by express mail, so the news was greatly improved. At the same time, the layout was reformed, the old-style books were abandoned, and the Western-style columns were used instead. The layout design was continuously improved. After a series of events, such as Zhang Xun's restoration and the New Culture Movement, many weighty reports and At the same time, he also paid close attention to international trends. In 1918, he lived in Europe as a reporter for Ta Kung Pao to cover the Paris Peace Conference, and was also the only Chinese reporter to attend the meeting. He resigned shortly after returning to China in July 1920, and later organized the Guowen News Agency in Shanghai. In September 1926, Wu Dingchang, Zhang Jiluan, and Hu Zhengzhi jointly formed Xinji Company to take over Ta Kung Pao. In April 1945, the founding meeting of the United Nations was held in San Francisco, USA. He attended the meeting as a member of the Chinese delegation as a representative of the Chinese press and a political participant of the National Political Participation Association, and signed the UN Charter. In 1948, Hu Zhengzhi personally presided over the resumption of the Hong Kong edition of Ta Kung Pao. In April, Hu Zhengzhi suddenly fell ill and flew back to Shanghai for medical treatment. He died in Shanghai on April 14, 1949, after a year in bed. It is generally believed that only Zhang Jiluan of the three giants who created the new book Ta Kung Pao was famous for his articles, but without Hu Zhengzhi's management and Wu Dingchang's capital, the success of Ta Kung Pao would have been unimaginable. Of the three, Hu Zhengzhi presided over Ta Kung Pao for the longest time, from 1926 to 1949, and if you add 1916 to 1919, it will last for 27 years. Hu's contributions are often summarized as management. But in recent years, academics have also begun to re-examine his early role in running Ta Kung Pao alone. In Hu Zheng's life, there are two things that are the most controversial among later generations. First, he applied to the Nationalist government for the development of Ta Kung Pao for a public exchange of 200,000 US dollars, which was accused by many people of being subsidized by the Kuomintang. Second, when the peace talks between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were about to break down, Chiang Kai-shek wanted to open a "National Congress" and formulate a "Constitution". Hu Zhengzhi, as a social sage, participated in the meeting.