Background
He was born in Hingi, Kweichow, China in 1885.
He was born in Hingi, Kweichow, China in 1885.
After receiving his early education at home, Mr. Wang was sent to Japan, where he attended the Central University, specializing in political economy.
Upon his return to China, Po-chun Wang became publisher of the Ta Kung Ho Pao (Great Republic) at Shanghai. When Szechuen and Kweichow rebelled against Yuan Shih-kai, he participated in the revolutionary movement and was appointed an official in Kweichow. He was elected representative of Szechuen and Kweichow to the Revolutionary Military Government of the Southwest at Canton and attended the internal peace conference at Shanghai as a delegate of the Southern Government in 1919.
When the conference broke up, he returned with Dr. Sun Yat-sen to Canton and became Minister of Communications of the Canton Military Government. When Dr. Sun was elected President by the Extraordinary Parlia-ment, Mr. Wang was appointed Civil Governor of Kweichow. Following the success of the 1926 Revolution, he was appointed Minister of Communications, which position he held until 1932. Concurrently he served for a time as President of First Chiao Tung University (formerly Nanyang University) in Shanghai, was a member of the Central Political Council, since 1928, member of the State Council, since 1928, member of the Central Executive Committee of Kuomintang in 1929.
Po-chun Wang founded the Great China University in Shanghai in 1924. This university had an enrollment of two thousand students, and is one of the best institutions for higher learning in the country. He was a President of the University since 1926 and concurrenty chairman of the Board of Trustees of the institution.