Fang Chih

Dr Fang Chih
方治
The memorial to Fang Chih at Okinawa.
KMT Chairman of Fukien Province
In office 1927–1929
President	Chiang Kai-shek
Governor	Sa Chen-Ping Yang Shu-chuang
Constituency	Fukien Province (Fujian Province)
KMT Chairman of Anhwei Province
In office 1927–1929
President	Chiang Kai-shek
Governor	Ch'en Tiao-yuan Han Kuo-chun
Constituency	Anhwei Province (Anhui Province)
KMT Chairman of Tsingtao Municipality
In office 1927–1929 Serving with Ma Fu-hsiang (Mayor)
President	Chiang Kai-shek
Succeeded by	Chen Tiao-yuan
Constituency	Tsingtao (Qingdao)
Acting Minister of Information of the Republic of China
In office 1930–1937
President	Chiang Kai-shek
Constituency	Republic of China
Commissioner of Education for Anhwei Province and Hupeh Province
In office 1938–1939
President	Chiang Kai-shek
Governor	Liao Lei (Anhwei)
Constituency	Anhwei Province (Anhui Province) Hupeh Province (Hubei Province)
Chairman of the Transitional National Government Committee of the Ministry of Education
In office 1940–1940
President	Chiang Kai-shek
Constituency	Republic of China
KMT Chairman of Chungking Municipality
In office 1941–1946 Serving with Zhang Dulun (Mayor)
President	Chiang Kai-shek
Constituency	Chunking (Chongqing)
KMT Chairman of Shanghai Municipality
In office 1946 – 25 May 1949 Serving with K. C. Wu (Mayor)
President	Chiang Kai-shek
Preceded by	Wu Shao-hsu
Succeeded by	City taken by communists Chen Yi
Constituency	Shanghai
Secretary General & Acting Governor of Fukien Province and KMT Chairman of Fukien Province
In office May 1949 – 23 November 1949 (From Kinmen after 17 August 1949)
President	Chiang Kai-shek
Governor	Zhu Shaoliang Hu Lien
Vice President	Li Zongren
Preceded by	Zhu Shaoliang
Succeeded by	Fukien Province
Constituency	Fukien Province (Fujian Province)
Secretary General & Chairman of the Free China Relief Association
In office 1949–1972
President	Chiang Kai-shek
Preceded by	Organization Founded
Succeeded by	Ku Cheng-kang
President of the Sino-Ryukyuan Cultural and Economic Association
In office 1958–1988
President	Chiang Kai-shek Yen Chia-kan Chiang Ching-kuo
Preceded by	Organization Founded
Succeeded by	David Chang Hsi-cheh
Founder and Trustee of the Sino-Laotian Economic and Cultural Association
In office 27 August 1959 – 1988
President	Chiang Kai-shek Yen Chia-kan Chiang Ching-kuo
Preceded by	Organization Founded
National Policy Adviser to the President
President	Chiang Kai-shek Yen Chia-kan Chiang Ching-kuo
Preceded by	Various
Succeeded by	Various
Constituency	Republic of China
Personal details
Born	Fang Chih (1895-11-23)23 November 1895 Tongcheng, Zongyang County, Anhwei Province, Qing Empire
Died	28 March 1989(1989-03-28) (aged 93) Taipei, Taiwan Province, Republic of China
Resting place	Onna Village, Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan Coordinates: 26°26′47″N 127°48′19″E / 26.44639°N 127.80528°E / 26.44639; 127.80528
Citizenship	Republic of China
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Kuomintang
Alma mater	Tokyo Higher Normal School Tokyo Imperial University
Committees	KMT Central Executive Committee Central Advisory Commission Chinese National Committee for World Refugee Year
Military service
Allegiance	Republic of China
Service/branch	National Revolutionary Army
Rank	Secretary General Chief Executive
Unit	Beijing-Hangzhou Garrison Corps, General Headquarters Beijing-Shanghai Garrison Corps, General Headquarters
Battles/wars	World War II Chinese Civil War: Fall of Shanghai, Guningtou Korean War Burma Campaign

Fang Chih, also known as Fang Chi and Fang Zhi, (Chinese: 方治; pinyin: Fāng Zhì), courtesy name: Xi Kong (希孔), (23 November 1895 – 28 March 1989) was a Chinese party boss, provincial governor, diplomat, scholar, author and a high-ranking official of the KMT in the service of the Republic of China.

Fang Chih was born in Tongcheng, Zongyang County, Anhwei Province, Qing Empire in November 1895 to a family of the minor nobility with landed interests at Jiangning House, Liuhe County and at Tongcheng. His father was Fang Rong (zh: 方蓉, pinyin: Fāng Róng, courtesy: 方镜卿), the middle son of Fang Lanfen (zh: 方蘭芬, pinyin: Fāng Lánfēn), a Qing dynasty author whose woodblock print work from 1841, National Kansai Lineage in Six Volumes is kept at the National Library of China. He is a direct descendant of Fang Zhipu (zh: 方至朴, Fāng Zhìpǔ) and Fang Zhenru (zh: 方震孺, pinyin Fāng Zhènrú), an early Qing scholar, author, magistrate and Governor of Guangxi Province. He was also a descendant of Fang Bao (zh: 方苞, pinyin: Fāng Bāo), a distinguished Qing dynasty author who founded the Tongcheng school of literary prose.