Chekiang Province, Republic of China

This article is about the former province of the Republic of China. For Zhejiang Province of the People's Republic of China, see Zhejiang.

Chekiang was a province of the Republic of China (ROC) created after the end of the Qing dynasty. It was conquered by the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1955.

Chekiang Province 浙江省
Province of the Republic of China
1912–1955
Map showing Chekiang Province under de jure ROC control.
Chekiang Province under ROC control, between 1949 and 1955.
Capital	Hangzhou (de jure)[a]
Area
• 1947	102,646 km2 (39,632 sq mi)
Population
• 1947	19,942,112
History
• Established	1912
• Territory captured by the PRC	1955
Preceded by Succeeded by Zhejiang Zhejiang
Today part of	China ∟ Zhejiang

The ROC abandoned Mainland China at the end of the Chinese Civil War, and Chekiang was reduced to coastal islands including Yushan, Toumenshan, Yijiangshan, Dachen, Pishan and Nanji.^[1] The ROC attacked the PRC from Chekiang, with raids on Zhejiang and occasionally areas near Shanghai.^[2] The province was seven organized into counties - Wenling, Linhai, Huangyan, Pinyang, Sanmen, Yueqing and Yuhuan. ROC President Chiang Kai-shek appointed General Hu Zongnan to establish the provincial government on the Dachen Islands in September 1951 to fight PRC. Chekiang was reorganized into four counties − Wenling, Linhai, Pinyang and Yuhuan − in 1952. Sanmen became the Yushan Administrative Bureau. The Zhuyu Administrative Bureau was also established. The administrative bureaus were intended to manage trade with Mainland China. In 1953, the administrative bureaus were abolished and the provincial government relocated to Taiwan in 1953.

In 1955, the PRC captured the remainder of Chekiang during the First Taiwan Strait Crisis. The PRC captured Yijiangshan in January.^[3] The ROC evacuated the Dachens in February,^[4] with the PRC occupying the Dachens by the end of the month. The Chekiang government was dissolved.

List of governors

  Non-partisan/ unknown   Unity Party   Republican Party   Military/ Warlords   Kuomintang/ National Revolutionary Army

Military governors

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party
1		Tang Shouqian 湯壽潛 (1856–1917)	4 November 1911 (nominated on 4 November 1911)[5]	1 January 1912[5]
			Served as provincial military governor (dudu 都督)[5]
2		Jiang Zungui 蔣尊簋 (1882–1931)	12 July 1912 (nominated on 16 January 1912)[5]	23 July 1912[5]	Unity Party
			Also served as head of the civil government during his tenure as military governor.[5]
3		Zhu Rui 朱瑞 (1883–1916)	23 July 1912[5]	11 April 1916[5]	Republican Party
			Served as provincial general (jiangjun 將軍) from 30 June 1914; also served as head of the civil government 23 July 1912 – 10 September 1913. Eventually fled the province.[5]
4		Qu Yingguang 屈映光 (1881–1973)	14 April 1916 (nominated on 12 April 1916)[5]	5 May 1916[5]
			Acting military governor. Also served as de facto head of the civil government from 10 September 1913 to 6 July 1916, and as "pacification commissioner" (xun'anshi 巡按使) from 25 May 1914[5]
5		Lü Gongwang 呂公望 (1879–1954)	6 July 1916 (nominated on 5 May 1916)[5]	1 January 1917[5]
			Also served as de facto head of the civil government, namely "provincial head" (shengzhang 省長) during his tenure.[5]
6		Yang Shande 楊善德 (1873–1919)	1 January 1917[5]	13 August 1919[5]	Anhui clique
			Died in office.[5]
7		Lu Yongxiang 盧永祥 Lú Yǒngxiáng (1867–1933)	14 August 1919[5]	20 September 1924[5]	Anhui clique
			Served as "provincial superintendent" (duban 督辦) from 20 June 1922.[5]
8		Sun Chuanfang 孫傳芳 Sūn Chuánfāng (1885–1935)	20 September 1924[5]	19 December 1926[5]	Zhili clique
			Sun initially served as "provincial supervisor" (duli 督理), and as "provincial superintendent" (duban 督辦) from 16 January 1925.[5] He mostly ruled through subordinates, most notably appointing Lu Xiangting as "military commander-in-chief" (de facto military governor) in January 1926.[6]
(9)		Lu Xiangting	25 January 1926[6]	?	Zhili clique
			Served as "military commander-in-chief" of the province.[6]
10		Jiang Zungui	19 December 1926[5]	29 December 1926[5]	Zhili clique
11		Meng Zhaoyue	29 December 1926[5]	17 February 1927[5]	Zhili clique

Civil governors

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party
1		Lü Gongwang 呂公望 (1879–1954)	1916	January 1917
2		Qi Yaoshan 齊耀珊 (1865–1954)	January 1917	24 June 1920
3		Shen Jinjian 沈金鑒 (1875–1924)	24 June 1920	29 October 1922
4		Zhang Zaiyang 張載揚 (1874–1945)	29 October 1922	?
5		Xia Chao 夏超 (1882–1926)	1924	23 October 1926	Zhili clique
	NRA
6		Chen Yi 陳儀 Chén Yí (1883–1950)	October 1925	July 1927	Zhili clique
	NRA

Chairperson of the Provincial Government

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party
1		Zhang Renjie 張靜江 (1877–1950)	27 July 1927	5 October 1927	Kuomintang
2		He Yingqin 何應欽 Hé Yìngqīn (1890–1987)	5 October 1927	7 November 1928	Kuomintang
(1)		Zhang Renjie 張靜江 (1877–1950)	7 November 1928	4 December 1930	Kuomintang
3		Zhang Nanxian 張難先 (1873–1968)	4 December 1930	15 December 1931	Kuomintang
4		Lu Diping 魯滌平 (1887–1935)	15 December 1931	12 December 1934	Kuomintang
5		Huang Shaohong 黃紹竑 (1895–1966)	12 December 1934	25 July 1936	Kuomintang
6		Bai Chongxi 白崇禧 (1893–1966)	25 July 1936	6 September 1936	Kuomintang
			Refused to take office; Director of Civil Affairs Department Xu Qingfu acted as Chairperson.
(5)		Huang Shaohong 黃紹竑 (1895–1966)	6 September 1936	2 December 1936	Kuomintang
7		Zhu Jiahua 朱家驊 Zhū Jiāhuá (1893–1963)	12 December 1934	26 November 1937	Kuomintang
(5)		Huang Shaohong 黃紹竑 (1895–1966)	26 November 1937	26 March 1946	Kuomintang
8		Shen Honglie 沈鴻烈 (1882–1969)	26 March 1946	22 June 1948	Kuomintang
9		Chen Yi 陳儀 Chén Yí (1883–1950)	22 June 1948	21 February 1949	Kuomintang
10		Zhou Yan 周喦 (1895–1953)	21 February 1949	6 December 1949	Kuomintang
11		Shi Jue 石覺 (1908–1986)	7 December 1949	13 May 1950	Kuomintang
12		Hu Zongnan 胡宗南 (1896–1962)	19 October 1950	23 July 1953	Kuomintang
			Evacuated to Taiwan 23 July 1953.

See also

• Zhejiang Province
• Dachen Islands
• Yijiangshan Islands
• Battle of Dachen Archipelago
• Battle of Yijiangshan Islands
• Fujian Province, Republic of China and Taiwan Province

Notes

1. • Hangzhou (1912–37)
   • Jinhua (1937–38)
   • Yongkang (1938–41)
   • Songyang (1941)
   • Yongkang (1941–42)
   • Songyang (1942)
   • Yunhe (1942–45)
   • Hangzhou (1945–49)
   • Dinghai (1949–50)
   • Wenling (1953–54)
   • Taipei (in exile, 1954–55)