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Mr. Fu Hung-chun, popularly known as Fu Yoong-ding, was the winner of the first prize in a competition announced by the China Weekly Review during 1924 for a "Most Practical Peace Plan for China."

Mr. Fu was born at the town of Li-li in Kiangsu Province and is 50 years of age. He received his education under several noted scholars, including Chang Yi-ling, secretary to the late Yuan Shih-k’ai. In 1903 he received his bachelor's degree at the annual examinations of his native Li-li Magistracy and in 1906 he organized the Jen Primary School in his native village. In recognition of his educational work he was elected chairman of the Li-Li Educational Association in 1913 when he held concurrently the office of the principal of the First High School in Li-Li and of the head of the Third Primary School of the same place.