Han nationality, a native of Xidun, Xinhui, Guangdong Province, entered St. Paul's College in Hong Kong in his early years. 1874 studied in Britain at his own expense, studied law at London College, obtained the qualification of doctor and barrister, and became the first doctor of law in modern China.
1896 was appointed by the Qing government as the ambassador to the United States, Spain and Peru, and signed the Sino-Mexican Trade Treaty, the first equal treaty in modern China. After the outbreak of the Revolution of 1911, he served as the foreign minister of the military government of the Republic of China, presided over the North-South peace talks, and forced the Qing Dynasty to abdicate. After the establishment of the Nanjing Provisional Government, he became the Chief Justice.
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The Sino-Mexican Trade Treaty is the first equal treaty signed by China since the Opium War. On February 12, 2005, Wu signed the China-Mexico Trade Treaty on behalf of the Qing government and the Mexican government in Washington. The official exchange of letters between the two sides came into effect.
The contents of the Sino-Mexico Trade Treaty include five clauses, namely, the tariff equality between China and Mexico, the right to give up foreign use, the punishment of the perpetrators by the local officials of the other side, and the Mexican people sharing interests and enjoying legal equality with other foreigners in Mexico, thus safeguarding China's sovereignty and national dignity.