张莲芬与早期中兴煤矿有限公司

张莲芬才识干练，娴熟矿务，外能结友排议，内可聚信同仁。他主政中兴公司17年，坚持中西兼用，由土到洋；招筹股银，筹建大井；采引西法，引进人才；划定矿界，收回矿权；厘定税银，核算成本；修筑铁路，建造船舶，排除重重干扰和困难发展中兴公司，体现了其立志振兴民族矿业的实业救国精神。

Zhang Lianfen and Early Zhongxing Coal Mining Co. Ltd.

Zhang Lianfen is talented and capable in mining business. He is good at establishing cooperative relationships with people both in and outside the company to push forward his work. During his 17 years of administration of Zhongxing Co. , he made great efforts in overcoming difficulties and obstructions to develop Zhongxing Co. by absorbing both Chinese and western essence, by securing financing, opening new mines, by learning from the advanced west, bringing in the talented people, defining the mining industries, regaining the mining rights, setting the tax, doing the cost accounting, constructing railways and building ships. All these efforts reflect his determination and spirit to save the nation by engaging in mining industry.