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In the 26th year of the Guangxu reign (1900), the Governor of Fujian, Chongshan, approved the establishment of the "Fujian Official Money Bureau" in Fuzhou, casting silver horns. In the 28th year of the Guangxu reign (1902), the Longdu branch approved the establishment of the Fujian Official Bureau, manufacturing copper coins and the "Guangxu Yuanbao" Longyang. In 1906, it was renamed "Du Branch Mint Mint Factory" during the Xinhai Revolution. Sun Daoren, the Governor of Fujian, appointed Chen Yangming to take over the former Qing official silver bureau and restore the Mint Factory. He was the first to forge "Fujian Tongbao" coins and "Fuzhou Governor's Office" coins. After the failure of the "Second Revolution" during the reign of the Beiyang warlords, Li Houji seized the military and political power in Fujian Province and ordered the closure of the Fujian Mint. He also relocated most of the personnel and machinery to the Fujian Manufacturing Bureau. The Fujian Mint located in Cangxiazhou, Nantai, was completely closed, leaving behind the name "Yinju Li" which has been used to this day. In the early fourth year of the Republic of China (1915), Li Houji reopened the Provincial Mint within the Fujian Manufacturing Bureau (located in Huangdian, Yuancuo Township, Hongshan Bridge, western suburbs of Fuzhou, commonly known as the Hongshan Bridge Mint). Firstly, the "Chinese Yuan Bao" copper coins were continued to be minted using the coin molds left by the Fujian Mint. In 1929, the Fujian Mint Committee submitted a proposal to the Provincial Government Finance Department to mint the "Huanghuagang Commemorative Silver Corner", which was approved to be minted by the Fuzhou Hongshanqiao Mint. In March of the twelfth year of the Republic of China (1923), Sun Chuanfang and Zhou Yinren, the commander-in-chief and deputy commanders of the Fujian Aid Army, led the Second and Twelfth Divisions of the Beiyang Army to enter Fujian through Shanguan in eastern Jiangxi. During Sun Chuanfang's reign in Fujian, the Hongshanqiao Mint only minted silver coins with a value of 2:1 cents, known as the "Chinese Guihai".