Central bank site

Central bank site

No. 193, Yanjiang Middle Road, is the central bank founded by Sun Yat Sen himself on August 15, 1924. The building is two stories high and of reinforced concrete structure. The exterior wall of the main hall is made of granite. Two stone lions of western style are set on both sides of the door. The business hall is entered by stepping up the stone steps. Over the hall, there is an oval light transmission shed top caisson. Along the corridor around the caisson, there are imitation European style slinko style columns and Roman style columns. The rest of the exterior walls are painted with washed stone rice, and the walls are decorated with ellipses The top of the building is a low parapet, and there is a wall around the building. After the door at the top of a new shelter. Now the building is well preserved.

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Time of establishment

In January 1924, the first cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was realized, and the revolutionary government was set up in Guangzhou. At that time, financial turmoil, financial difficulties, Sun Yat Sen on the one hand to build the Huangpu Military Academy, on the other hand to set up the central bank.

On August 15 of the same year, the central bank announced the establishment of the Bank of China at the former site of the Bank of China in front of Nandi, Guangzhou (now the site of the Guangzhou Branch of the people's Bank of China). Members of the first board of directors: Hu Hanmin, Liao Zhongkai, Deng zeru, ye gongchuo, Sun Ke, Lin Yunxin, Song Ziwen, president Song Ziwen. Under the leadership of the Ministry of finance of the people's Republic of China, the branches of the central bank have successively set up three exchange and issuance offices in Guangzhou and 11 branches in the province.

Business scope and main business

The business scope and main business of the central bank are as follows: issuing currency, ordinary and place name exchange certificates to support the Northern Expedition; recasting the 13-year-old silver coin and Issuing the 17-year-old silver coin; exchanging various currencies; acting as an agent for the national treasury and provincial treasury; handling the deposits and remittances of various organs, groups and individuals; lending money, mainly for temporary turnover of organs and groups Loans. In 1927, after the establishment of the national government in Nanjing, the central bank was set up in Shanghai. The Central Bank of Guangzhou was renamed Guangdong central bank in March 1929 and Guangdong Provincial Bank in January 1932.

After the Japanese invasion of Guangzhou, the original branches of the central bank retreated one by one. After the surrender of Japan in August 1945, the Guangzhou Branch of the Central Bank of China (now Changdi is the building of Guangdong pharmaceutical company) resumed business, and Feng Chenggong was the manager. Later, in 1946, the bank moved to Nanti, now No. 193 Yanjiang Middle Road, Guangzhou Branch of the people's Bank of China. It has the right to issue banknotes in order to consolidate finance and coordinate with the advancement of military politics

In 1993, Guangzhou municipal government announced it as a municipal cultural relics protection unit, and in July 2002, Guangdong provincial government announced it as a provincial cultural relics protection unit.

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