Background
Mr. Yang Moi-nan was born in Heungshan, Guangdong in 1873.
Mr. Yang Moi-nan was born in Heungshan, Guangdong in 1873.
In 1888 Mr. Yang came to Shanghai as an apprentice in business serving first an the navigation department of Butterfield and Swire and becoming eventually a compradore of one of the company’s steamships.
During the early days of the Republic Mr. Yang was agent of his company at Chefoo. In 1918 he was transferred to Shanghai to take charge of the Chinese interests in the shipping department.
Mr. Yang was a member of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and an advisor to the Ministry of Communications. He was a director of the Good Roads Movement, the Canton Guild, the Commission on the Chefoo-Weihsien Railway, the Chefoo Municipal Council, the Chefoo Chamber of Commerce and the International Famine Relief Committee. He was also honorary president of the Chefoo Y. M. C. A. and of the Anti-Opium Association.