He was born in Wuxing , Zhejiang , China ( modern Huzhou ) . Chen Guofu joined the Tongmenghui in 1911 . He participated in both the revolution against the Qing dynasty and the " second revolution " against Yuan Shikai . He restarted his political career in 1924 , being nominated as member of the Kuomintang Central Audit , as well as head of the Department of Organization and president of the Central Financial Committee . Together with his younger brother Chen Lifu , he organized the CC Clique or Central Club Clique of the Kuomintang . He was chairman of the government of Jiangsu from 1933 to 1937 . It was Chen who suggested to open the dikes of the Yellow River to halt the Japanese advance during the Second Sino-Japanese War ; resulting in the 1938 Yellow River flood . He left for Taiwan in December 1948 and died there on August 25 , 1951 , in Taipei , Taiwan
1938 Yellow River flood
1938 Yellow River flood
Chen Guofu