Background
Yin-Chu Ma was born in Chenghsien, Chekiang, China in 1884.
Yin-Chu Ma was born in Chenghsien, Chekiang, China in 1884.
He graduating from Peiyang University in Tientsin, China. Then he was sent to America to study as a government student, where he stayed for nine years and attended the following schools: Yale University (Bachelor of Arts in 1910) and Columbia University doing research in political economy, graduating with Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees and New York University, studying high accountancy and statistics.
Upon returning to China in 1915, Yin-Chu Ma joined the Peking Government University as professor of economics, chief of the department of economics and later dean of the University in 1915-1920. He was also an adviser to the National Commercial Bank and assisted in the founding of the College of Commerce of Southeastern University in Shanghai, China in 1920, chief of the issue department of the Bank of China in Peking in 1922 and concurrently taught in the Peking Government University.
Mr. Ma was a member of the Chekiang Provincial Government in 1928, member of the Legislative Yuan of the National Government and concurrently chairman of the Economic Committee of the Yuan since 1928. He was an author of several books on economics.