On this day 113 years ago, on July 26, 1912 (June 13, 1912 in the lunar calendar), Zhou Xuexi, the pioneer of new industry and commerce in North China, became the chief financial officer. Zhou Xuexi (1865-1947), named Zhian, was a native of Zhide (now Dongzhi) in Anhui, a famous industrialist in modern China. His father, Zhou Fu, served as the governor of Guangdong, Guangdong and Liangjiang. Zhou Xuexi first served as an official in Zhejiang, and later became an alternate Taoist in Shandong. In 1900, he entered Yuan Shikai's curtain and presided over Beiyang Industrial Industry. He was a powerful figure in Yuan Shikai's implementation of the New Deal. In 1903, he went to Japan to inspect industry and commerce, and after returning to China, he ran the Zhili General Administration of Craft and Craft. In 1905, he served as Tianjin Road, and in 1907, he served as the envoy of Changlu Salt Transportation, running commodity exhibitions, botanical gardens, Tianjin Iron Works, and higher industrial schools. The Luanzhou Coal Mine Company he founded joined forces with the British-invested Kaiping Coal Mine Company a few years later to form the Kailuan Mining Administration. After the founding of the Republic of China, on July 26, 1912, the Senate agreed to Zhou Xuexi as the Chief Financial Officer. Comments: In the history of modern industrial development in China, there has been a saying of "Nanzhang Beizhou", referring to Zhang Jian, the champion industrialist in the southeast of Gonggai, and "Beizhou", referring to Zhou Xuexi, the pioneer of new industry and commerce in North China.