"Light Burlin King" Hu Xiyuan

Hu Xiyuan and his wife Yu Sen Ling

Hu Xiyuan (1897-1981), Ningbo, Zhejiang, an industrialist and inventor. In 1921, it was successfully made in Shanghai in Shanghai. In 1923, the first Chinese bulb factory -China Yapar Lighting Factory was founded in 1923. In 1945, he participated in the founding of the Democratic Institute and was elected executive director. Enjoy the reputation of the "Bullet King".

"It must be allowed to use the electric bulb manufactured by the Chinese by themselves"

Hu Xiyuan had a great interest in electric bulbs during his childhood. In the future, he often imagined how to make electric bulbs. When he saw the fire, the new light source of the bright light bulb will linger in his mind.

When Hu Xiyuan was studying in Middle School at the age of 15, he used different voltage electric bulb test resistance to voltage. The university was admitted to Zhejiang Higher Professional School for motor major. The outbreak of the May 4th Movement has stimulated his strong desire and determination to engage in electric bulbs. Facing the tens of millions of electric lights decorating the city, none of them were made by the Chinese themselves. Hu Xiyuan felt a kind of unbearable national humiliation in his heart.

"The first electric bulb created by the Chinese itself was born"

In 1921, after graduating from Hu Xiyuan University, he returned home, gave up the opportunity to employment, drilled into major libraries, looking for technical materials for electric bulbs, and acquired applicable old materials and technical equipment on the market. The room is used as a laboratory, and the trial production of electric bulbs is began because of the badness.

During the development, Hu Xiyuan was assisted by Zhou Zhilian, a retaining engineer who graduated from the Department of Machinery Department of Nanyang University, and Zhong Xun, an engineer who graduated from Nanyang Road Mining School. While testing, they accumulated while exploring, and experienced a series of failures and frustrations such as light bulbs, leakage, broken wires, cores, cracks, burning, and explosions. After continuous trial system, improvement plan, improvement process, and selection of raw materials. On April 4, 1921, in the simple laboratory of Hu Xiyuan, the homemade electric bulb finally emitted. Boom) Born.

Founded China's first electric bulb factory- "China Yapu Ear Bullet Factory"

In the summer of 1921, Hu Xiyuan raised 30,000 yuan as the original capital and purchased two sets of old machines making electric light bulbs in Japan. The production of electric bulbs was started on No. 242 in Tangjia, Fujian Road, Beijing, Shanghai. "Sanhai".

In November 1922, Hu Xiyuan borrowed a lot from Yichang Qianzhuang and Siming Bank to make a full set of equipment for making electrical light bulbs in electrical appliances factories in German merchants. In 1923, Hu Xiyuan expanded the plant, hired Op as an engineer, and hired some Chinese experts as a consultant to take the word "Asian" of the German "Asian Commander" and the word "Pu" of the Dutch "Philips" to encourage themselves to electric light bulb industry in the future The cow "ear". With the name of the "Yaper" factory, the word "domestic product" is added before the trademark "Yaper", the "OPPEL" is the foreign language trademark, and the word "Ya" is the Chinese trademark. Named "China Yapo Ear Bullet Factory".

"Chinese people use Chinese goods, starting from me." Hu Xiyuan has always been active advocates and practitioners. In the year of the Yaper Factory, he participated in the China National Perox Store Conference and was elected as a executive member. In November 1924, Hu Xiyuan, as one of the representatives of domestic goods groups, was accepted and met by Sun Yat -sen.

Since then, Hu Xiyuan has established a second factory in Xiaosha Du Road, Shanghai, and has founded the third factory in Shanghai West. "Yaper" quickly developed to the production capacity of 200,000 light bulbs in Nissan.

The "Yaper" company has made steadily production and sales under the guidance of Husiyuan's independent and independent management policy. On the eve of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the "Yaper" company had four major factories, ranking first in the national electrical industry at that time. As a result, Hu Xiyuan has become a well -known figure in the modern Chinese electrical industry.

In 1937, the "August 13th Incident" occurred, and war burned to Shanghai, China's largest industrial and commercial city. Hu Xiyuan was busy in eastward, and organized the company to relocate the company. He first set up a new house in Baixiang Street, Chongqing Agent Chamber of Commerce, Chongqing. In October, Hu Xiyuan led employees to take advantage of the "Fuyuan" by the company, "Fuyuan", moved to Chongqing in November, and established the China Yaper Electrical Appliances Factory Office at 116 Baixiang Street. Hu Xiyuan held eight different factories of different natures during Chongqing.

In September 1945, Hu Xiyuan was in Chongqing with many industrialists, and three times were met by Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai. Mao Zedong asked about the situation and requirements of industry and commerce in detail, and praised them their contributions to the development of national industrial and commercial. Zhou Enlai said to Hu Xiyuan: "The Yapo Ear Light Bubble Factory moved within the war, which made a strong contribution to the war zone lighting and helped the War of Resistance Against the War."

On October 19 of the same year, Hu Xiyuan served as the chairman of the Star Five Gaog Club at the Southwest Industrial Building. Zhou Enlai asked Zhou Enlai to give a speech on "Current Economic Popularity". Zhou Enlai's issues from the five aspects of the development of industrial construction, capital, development, taxation, and labor and capital indicate the situation and tasks faced by the post -war economic development economy after the war. Frankly illustrate the policy and policy and policy of the Communist Party of China on the development of economic construction. policy.

After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, on December 31, 1945, Hu Xiyuan brought the factory to Shanghai. "Yaper" continued to manufacture a low -priced light bulb and actively developed a new light source. In 1946, it was a trial to successfully systematically produce the first domestic fluorescent tube.

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