Li Pingshan
Li Ping-shan [1], was a Hong Kong shipping industrialist and founder of the Grand Marine Shipping Company, a well-known Hong Kong shipping firm in the 1970s and 1980s[2].
Life
Li was born in Shanghai with ancestral roots in Ningbo, Zhejiang. He graduated from the Law Department of Soochow University, specializing in international commercial law and maritime law[2]. He joined the Eastern Navigation Company under C. Y. Tung. In 1948, he moved to Hong Kong and became legal advisor to China Navigation Company, serving as Tung's legal confidant[2]. He also managed Fuxing Shipping Company on Tung’s behalf[3], and later served as director of the Hong Kong Fuxing Shipping Company. In 1972, he founded Grand Marine Shipping Company in Hong Kong, which later went public and became one of the prominent shipping companies in the city. Li served as its chairman[4].
His eldest son, Dennis Fu Ping Li, is a well-known Hong Kong shipping entrepreneur who succeeded his father as chairman of Grand Marine Shipping[5], and also served as a board member of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals[6]. He married Yang Ying-hua, second daughter of veteran Kuomintang politician Yang Guanbei. His brother-in-law, Patrick Hsu (husband of Yang’s eldest daughter Yang Changqing), is the son of Xu Jizhuang, head of the Farmers Bank of China, and grandson of Xu Qingfu, a magnate of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang financial clique[5].
References
- ↑ Obituary of Li Ping-shan. Wah Kiu Yat Po. 1979-04-11. Page 2 of Section 3.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E5%B9%B3%E5%B1%B1#cite_ref-Tung_Li_2-0
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E5%B9%B3%E5%B1%B1#cite_ref-3
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E5%B9%B3%E5%B1%B1#cite_ref-4
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E5%B9%B3%E5%B1%B1#cite_ref-Dennis_Li_5-0
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E5%B9%B3%E5%B1%B1#cite_ref-Dennis_Li_5-0