Background
Chen Foo-chun was born in Meizhou, Guangdong, China in 1886 and brought up in Kaifeng, Honan province.
Chen Foo-chun was born in Meizhou, Guangdong, China in 1886 and brought up in Kaifeng, Honan province.
Mr. Chen went to Batavia to engage in educational work among the overseas Chinese Community in 1906. He began to be interested in business in 1911, promoting the sale of Chinese commodities in Dutch East Indies. For ten years, Mr. Chen was engaged in the manufacture of medicine and toilet articles and in the publishing business.
He was an enthusiastic welfare worker among the Chinese community in Java, being a director of the Chinese Guild, of Chinese Chamber of Commerce and of various Chinese schools in Java.