page_title: Rong Desheng
hierarchical_section_title: Rong Desheng
caption_attribution_description: 中文: 本是荣德生女婿李国伟的住宅，建于1928年。1946年起荣德生住在此处知道1952年逝世。1989年夏李国伟的子女将本宅捐给无锡市人民政府，市政府接收后交市工商联使用，并拨款修缮。2006年6月列为江苏省文物保护单位。2008年工商联将其辟为锡商馆。
context_page_description: Rong Desheng, born Rong Zongquan, was a prominent Chinese industrialist from Wuxi. He and his older brother Rong Zongjing established the Rong Family Corporation in Shanghai, which became the largest domestic company in the industries of cotton textile and flour during Republic of China. After Rong Zongjing's 1938 death during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Rong Desheng took over the business empire and adamantly refused to sell his company to the Japanese despite immense financial pressure and death threats.
  After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Rong Desheng was kidnapped twice by gangsters backed by corrupt Kuomintang government officials who tried to extort money from him. When the Kuomintang was defeated in the 1949 Chinese Communist Revolution, Rong Desheng decided to remain in mainland China and cooperate with the Communist Party of China. He was one of few capitalists well-treated by the communists. His son Rong Yiren would become a Vice President of the People's Republic of China in the 1990s. Another son, Rong Yixin or Paul Yung was a Senior Vice President of China National Aviation Corporation when he died in plane crash on Basalt Island in Hong Kong in 1948.
context_section_description: Rong Desheng (榮德生; 4 August 1875 – 29 July 1952), born Rong Zongquan (榮宗銓), was a prominent Chinese industrialist from Wuxi. He and his older brother Rong Zongjing established the Rong Family Corporation in Shanghai, which became the largest domestic company in the industries of cotton textile and flour during Republic of China (1912–49). After Rong Zongjing's 1938 death during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Rong Desheng took over the business empire and adamantly refused to sell his company to the Japanese despite immense financial pressure and death threats.
  After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Rong Desheng was kidnapped twice by gangsters backed by corrupt Kuomintang government officials who tried to extort money from him. When the Kuomintang was defeated in the 1949 Chinese Communist Revolution, Rong Desheng decided to remain in mainland China and cooperate with the Communist Party of China. He was one of few capitalists well-treated by the communists. His son Rong Yiren would become a Vice President of the People's Republic of China in the 1990s. Another son,  Rong Yixin or Paul Yung was a Senior Vice President of China National Aviation Corporation when he died in plane crash on Basalt Island in Hong Kong in 1948.
caption: Former residence of Rong Desheng in urban Wuxi.
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