Gu Weijun, whose real name is Shaochuan (1888 65438+1October 29th-1985 65438+1October/0/4), Han nationality, is from Jiading County, Jiangsu Province (now Jiading District, Shanghai). 19 12 used to be the English secretary of President Yuan Shikai, and later served as the Prime Minister of the Republic of China. He used to be the ambassador of the National Government to France and Britain, the chief representative to the United Nations, the ambassador to the United States, and the vice president of The Hague International Court of Justice. Known as "the first diplomat of the Republic of China"; 1972 Zhang attended the UN General Assembly and was invited to visit. 1985 died in new york, USA. At that time, Li Luye, Permanent Representative of People's Republic of China (PRC) to the United Nations, went to offer condolences. Gu Weijun's oral memoirs of more than 6 million words are important materials for studying China's modern diplomacy.

19 17 The United States joined the Allies in World War I and instigated China to join the Allies. Gu Weijun believed that this would help to improve China's position in the world, so he took an active part in Washington and secretly sent a telegram to the Beijing Central Government urging him to join the war.

Gu Weijun participated in the Paris Peace Conference in 19 19, and he touched the hearts of representatives of all countries with the phrase "China can't give up Shandong", just like "Christians can't give up Jerusalem".

19 19 and 192 1 participated in the Paris Peace Conference and the Washington Conference as members of the China delegation. At the Paris Peace Conference, the issue of Shandong's sovereignty was debated. Only through a wonderful debate did China's indisputable sovereignty over Shandong be clarified, which made a contribution to safeguarding the rights and interests of the Chinese nation.

From 1922 to 1926, he served as foreign minister, finance minister and acting prime minister of Beiyang government. During this period, in May 1924, on behalf of the Russian government, he signed the Sino-Russian Outline Agreement on Solving Outstanding Cases with the Soviet Union.

193 1 After the September 18th Incident, he participated in the Litton investigation team of the League of Nations as a representative of China to investigate the Japanese imperialist aggression in northeast China.

From 65438 to 0932, he served as ambassador to France, Britain and the United States and representative to the League of Nations. June 1945, attended the San Francisco Conference, participated in drafting the Charter of the United Nations and signed it on behalf of China; Later, he served as the representative of the Kuomintang government to the United Nations.