Huang Naishang’s achievements

School running

Huang Naishang actively promoted the establishment of three new schools, Yinghua, Gospel and Peiyuan, and taught new knowledge in the Methodist Association.

Immigration

In 1900, Huang Naishang organized a large-scale immigration of Fuzhou people to Sibu, Sarawak, in order to solve the livelihood problems of farmers and workers in Fuzhou, and established a new Fuzhou reclamation farm in Sibu. The Fuzhou ethnic group in Sibu flourished. to date.

Operating newspapers

Huang Naishang participated in running newspapers six times in his life, namely "Sion Messenger", "Sing Chew Star", and "Fujian Daily News" ("Fujian Daily") ), "Zuohai Gongdao Bao", "Fu Bao" and "Shen Bao".

Water Conservancy

While in the government and after leaving office and returning to his hometown, Huang Naishang promoted many public welfare undertakings such as education, water conservancy, and industry. For example, funds were raised to build the 26-mile-long "Fu Douzhen" irrigation project in Minqing.

Ban Smoking

During the Xuantong period, Ding Yihua, president of the All Nations Anti-Smoking Association, came to Fujian to advocate a ban on smoking. Huang Naishang summoned Christians in central Fujian to assist in the ban, and united with church leaders across the province to write to the King of England, requesting Put an end to the export of opium to China to preserve diplomatic relations between the Republic of China and Britain.

There is also a theory that Wong Nai Sang's departure from Sibu was related to his refusal to open the opium trade in Sibu.

Fujian

In his early years, Huang Naishang worked as a part-time translator of the Old Testament Book of Daniel in Fuzhou. Later, he edited two volumes of "Fuzhou Phonetic Common Character Textbook", which combined the 15 phonetic symbols, 36 letters and 17 Latin letters in "Qilin Bayin", and then used Latin letters to spell Fuzhou dialect. Huang Naishang can also speak Hokkien.