Is there any relationship between Peace Hotel and Du Yuesheng?

Peace Hotel has nothing to do with Du Yuesheng. As of July 23, 2021, Shanghai Peace Hotel does not belong to personal assets. It belongs to Shanghai Jinjiang Hotel Group and is a state-owned enterprise.

The Peace Hotel is more like a business card in Shanghai's history and culture. Many celebrities come to this hotel. The engagement ceremony of Soong Meiling and Chiang Kai-shek was held here. Lu Xun once met Sir Malan here and so on. The hotel is more like a museum, condensing the important things that happened in modern Shanghai in this hotel.

Du Yuesheng

Du Yuesheng, whose original name was Du Yuesheng, was later renamed Yong and nicknamed Yuesheng at the suggestion of Zhang Taiyan. He was a native of Chuansha, Jiangsu (now Pudong New Area, Shanghai) and a member of the Shanghai Youth Gang in modern times. .

At the age of 14, he first started working as an apprentice in a fruit shop in Shiliupu, Shanghai. Later, he entered the "Huanghuang Rong Mansion", the leader of Shanghai Youth Gang at that time. In July 1925, Du Yuesheng established the "Sanxin Company" to monopolize the shipment of opium in the French Concession. In April 1927, Du Yuesheng, Huang Jinrong and Zhang Xiaolin organized the Chinese Communist Party. In 1929, Du Yuesheng was appointed Director of the Board of Directors, which was the highest position for Chinese in the French Concession.

In 1929, Du Yuesheng founded Zhonghui Bank and became involved in Shanghai's financial industry. In April 1949, Du Yuesheng went to Hong Kong to spend his remaining years. On August 16, 1951, Du Yuesheng died of illness in Hong Kong at the age of 63.