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	Hangchow (1912–49) Tinghai (1949–50) Wenling (1953–54) Taipei (1954-55)
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 abolished after the ROC Forces, ROC government officials and local residents were evacuated from Tachen 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 Tachen 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 Tachen, Ichiangshan (Yikiangshan), Pishan, Taumenshan, Yüshan and Nanki.^[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commando raids into Zhejiang, occasionally penetrating as far as the area around Shanghai.^[4] The county governments withdrawn to the islands from the mainland included seven counties, namely Wenling, Linhai, Huangyan, Pinyang, Sanmen, Leqing and Yuhuan.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 1911	January 1912
2		Jiang Zungui 蔣尊簋 (1882–1931)	January 1912	August 1912	Unity Party
3		Zhu Rui 朱瑞 (1883–1916)	January 1912	1916	Republican Party
4		Lü Gongwang 呂公望 (1879–1954)	1916	1916

Military Governors (Zhejiangsheng Dujun)

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party
1		Yang Shande 楊善德 (1873–1919)	January 1917	13 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)	1924	August 1927	Zhili Clique

Governor

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party
1		Lü Gongwang 呂公望 (1879–1954)	1916	January 1917
2		Qi Yaoshan 齊耀珊 (1865–1954)	January 1917	24 June 1920
3		Shen Jinjiani 沈金鑒 (1875–1924)	24 June 1920	29 October 1922
4		Zhang Zaiyang 張載揚	29 October 1922	?
5		Xia Chao 夏超 (1882-1926)	1924	23 October 1926	Zhili Clique
	NRA
6		Chen Yi 陳儀 Chén Yí (1883-1950)	October 1925	July 1927	Zhili Clique
	NRA

Chairperson of the Provincial Government

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party
1		Chang Ching-kiang 張靜江 (1877–1950)	27 July 1927	5 October 1927	Kuomintang
2		He Yingqin 何應欽 Hé Yìngqīn (1890–1987)	5 October 1927	7 November 1928	Kuomintang
(1)		Chang Ching-kiang 張靜江 (1877–1950)	7 November 1928	4 December 1930	Kuomintang
3		Zhang Nanxian 張難先 (1873–1968)	4 December 1930	15 December 1931	Kuomintang
4		Lu Ti-ping 魯滌平 (1887–1935)	15 December 1931	12 December 1934	Kuomintang
5		Huang Shaohong 黃紹竑 (1895–1966)	12 December 1934	25 July 1936	Kuomintang
6		Pai Chung-hsi 白崇禧 (1893–1966)	25 July 1936	6 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 1936	2 December 1936	Kuomintang
7		Chu Chia-hua 朱家驊 Zhū Jiāhuá (1893–1963)	12 December 1934	26 November 1937	Kuomintang
(5)		Huang Shaohong 黃紹竑 (1895–1966)	26 November 1937	26 March 1946	Kuomintang
8		Shen Honglie 沈鴻烈 (1882–1969)	26 March 1946	22 June 1948	Kuomintang
9		Chen Yi 陳儀 Chén Yí (1883-1950)	22 June 1948	21 February 1949	Kuomintang
10		Zhou Yan 周喦	21 February 1949	6 December 1949	Kuomintang
11		Shi Jue 石覺 (1908-1986)	7 December 1949	13 May 1950	Kuomintang
12		Hu Tsung-nan 胡宗南 Hú Zōngnán (1896-1962)	19 October 1950	23 July 1953	Kuomintang
			Evacuated to Taiwan 23 July 1953.

See also

• Zhejiang Province
• Dachen Islands
• Yijiangshan Island
• Battle of Dachen Archipelago
• Battle of Yijiangshan Islands
• Fujian Province, Republic of China and Taiwan Province

References

External links

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