On this day, 54 years ago, on April 26, 1971 (April 2, 1971 in the lunar calendar), Song Tse-wen, President of the Executive Yuan of the National Government and Minister of Finance during the Republic of China, died of illness. On April 26, 1971, Soong Tzu Wen died of illness. Song Ziwen was from Wenchang, Guangdong. Born in Shanghai on January 27, 1895 (21st year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty). In his early years, he studied at St. John's University in Shanghai. After graduation, he went to Harvard University and Colombia University in the United States for further study and obtained a doctorate in economics. In 1925, he served as Minister of Finance of the Guangdong Revolutionary Government. The following year, he was elected as an executive member of the Kuomintang Central Committee and Minister of Commerce and Civil Affairs. After the confluence of Ning and Han in 1927, he served as Minister of Finance of the Kuomintang government, President of the Executive Yuan, President of the Central Bank, and President of the Bank of China. After the Pacific War, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Special Envoy to the United States. In June 1945, Jiang Jingguo went to the Soviet Union to negotiate and sign the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance. In 1947, he served as Chairman of the Guangdong Province Government and Director of the Guangzhou Pacification Office. Song was dependent on the United States, supported Chiang Kai-shek, and controlled financial power. He was a typical representative of China's bureaucratic bourgeoisie. Together with Chiang Kai-shek, Kong Xiangxi, Chen Guofu and Chen Lifu, they are collectively called the "Four Great Families". He went to France in early 1949 and lived in the United States for a long time. He died of illness on April 26, 1971. Song Ziwen inspected Hainan Island