Ping Chuan is another name for Suan-Chang Wang. In 1949, the then Taiwan Provincial Governor, Chen, Cheng enacted the famous land reform policy, The 375 Arable Rent Reduction plan, which had been initiated and championed by Ping Chuan Wang.The year 2017 is his one hundredth birthday anniversary. This memoir,“Ping Chuan 375”, briefly documents his short life. Born in penury and raised by a poor, illiterate, rural widowed mother, throughout his childhood he experienced extreme poverty with little food and clothes and no education. Later, through his own efforts and a focused determination to strive upward, he eventually became the secretary to Chen, Cheng.He was a true public servant, devotedly loyal to his country and his countrymen. He conceived and developed the 375 rent reduction policy to improve the lives of poor farmers and to stabilize agricultural communities. The main purpose of this book is to celebrate and commemorate his short but fruitful life: his birth, his devotion, his achievements, his integrity, his beliefs and his passing.
