Yuan Geng, formerly known as Ouyang Rushan, was born in Baoan County, Guangdong Province on April 23rd, 2007. The primary school diploma was changed to Ouyang Shan and changed to Yuan Geng after joining the Party. In the early days of liberation, it was mistakenly written as Yuan Geng in the passport for going abroad, and it has been used ever since. As a teenager, he accepted progressive ideas, pursued revolutionary truth and actively participated in anti-Japanese national salvation activities. Joined China 1939 in March. Yuan Geng has served as the director of the Liaison Office of Dongjiang Column, the colonel of Dongjiang Column Hong Kong Kowloon Brigade, the deputy director of the office of the Chief of Staff of the Fourth Division-Second Column, the head of the artillery regiment of Guangdong and Guangxi Columns, the director of the Chinese Communist Party Office in Hong Kong, the consultant of Ho Chi Minh, the executive deputy director of China Merchants, and the party secretary of Shekou Industrial Zone. Yuan Geng participated in the battles of Huangtan, Nanma Linqu, Changwei and Jinan. Yuan Geng is the former executive vice chairman of China Merchants Group, the founder of China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone, China Merchants Bank, Ping An Insurance and other enterprises, the main founder of China Merchants' second glory in a century, and an important explorer of China's reform and opening up. In recognition of Yuan Geng's efforts in promoting China-Hong Kong relations and the economic development between Hong Kong and China, especially its great contribution to the shipping industry in Hong Kong, it was awarded the gold bauhinia star by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2003. Yuan Geng passed away in Shekou, Shenzhen at the age of 99 in the early morning of October 3, 2016 65438+1.