Mr. Hsu Jen-tsing was a Chinese government official, director of the Chapei Public Works, Brevet Counsellor of the Ministry of Finance, advisor to the Cabinet. He was also delegate to the National Conference of River Conservancy.
Background
Perhaps no other man had done more to improve the public utilities and sanitary conditions in Chapei than Mr. Hsu Jen-tsing, director of the Chapei Public Works, who also held the office of the Chief of Commissariat of the Yamen of the Military Governor of Sunkiang and Shanghai. Mr. Hsu was a native of Wuhsien, Jiangsu.
Education
After receiving preliminary education under the old literary examination system Mr. Tsing served as secretary to various high officials in North and South China as well as those along the Yangtsze Valley. Later he received a high course of education in finance and law and held several important positions in Giangdong Province.
Career
In 1913 Mr. Tsing was appointed by Admiral Tseng Jucheng, then Military Commissioner of Shanghai to join his commissariat. When General Yang Shan-teh succeeded Admiral Tseng upon the latter’s assassination, he appointed Mr. Hsu head of the department. In this capacity, Mr. Hsu has served since under Generals Lu Yung-hsiang and Ho Feng-lin to the satisfaction of both.
Since 1921, Mr. Hsu held the directorship of the Chapei Public Works concurrently and his work was appreciated by the residents in Chapei. Many improvements have been made in the municipal administration while new roads have been constructed to facilitate the communications.
Mr. Tsing repaired the banks of the Soocohw Creek and the road along the water front, constructed the Chun Hsin Road, remodelled Paoshan1 Road and widened the Ta Tung Road, which work drew a considerable amount of favorable comment. Along his new plans then were the reconstruction of the Sinza Road Bridge and the building of another reinforced concrete bridge across the Suzhou Creek at Kwan Fu Road where the district is thickly populated.
Many decorations were awarded Mr. Hsu by the Central government. The highest of these was the Second Class Chiaho. His official rank was that of the Chief of an Army Commissariat. He was also Brevet Counsellor of the Ministry of Finance, advisor to the Cabinet, the Director of Military Rehabilitation of Chekiang, the Governor of Chekiang and the Woosung Bureau of Commercial Development and delegate to the National Conference of River Conservancy. He was in Shanghai more than ten years and was well-versed in the diplomatic and political situation of the locality.