Zhou Shutao

A successful industrialist in his own right, he managed Huzxin Textile Co. (华新纺织公司) and Qixin Cement Co. (Wade–Giles: Chee Hsin; Chinese: 启新洋灰).

[2] Due to his favorable view of the communist party and cooperation, he was appointed the first deputy mayor of Tianjin in 1950.

Since then, he was elected or appointed to numerous organizations that included:[1]: 61 He began to collect books in 1912 and to donate in 1949.

[1]: 95  He donated the entire rare book collection (善本书) to National Library of China in 1952.

His other books, Chinese and foreign, thread - bound (线装) to Tianjin Library and Nankai University.