Xiao Jiagan, style name: Songling, born in Wuzhen, is a famous modern industrialist and a pioneer in China's national dairy industry. Xiao Jiagan has been diligent and eager to learn since childhood. He graduated from Wuzhen Zhicai Primary School in 1916; After the May Fourth Movement, he aspired to save the country through industry and applied for the Department of Business Administration at Fudan University in Shanghai. He taught at Fudan and Qunzhi schools successively. In 1930, he resigned from his teaching position and raised 80000 yuan to establish West Lake Condensed Milk Co., Ltd. Both factories and pastures are managed scientifically, with a particular emphasis on the adoption of advanced technology. All dairy products are of comparable quality to imported products, not only best-selling domestically, but also exported to Southeast Asian countries.

The July 7th Incident broke out, and the Japanese army approached Hangzhou. In order to prevent factories and pastures from falling into enemy hands, Xiao Jiagan resolutely buried the factory equipment deep underground and sent the cows to the mountain farmers (who agreed not to slaughter or give the enemy). He wept and evacuated the workers, bid farewell to Hangzhou, and then traveled to Zigong, Sichuan. At that time, the local salt production technology was backward. He diligently studied and improved the technology, invented a vacuum salt making machine for stoves, and produced salt has a purity of 99.6%, a productivity increase of 50 times. He was granted a national patent, marking the beginning of the mechanized production of refined rock salt in the area and has been used to this day (as recorded in the National Salt Industry Classic).

In order to develop the national dairy industry, Xiao Jiagan has repeatedly risen and fallen and worked hard. In 1951, he raised funds to establish Hangzhou United Dairy Factory. After the public-private partnership, the factory was merged into Hangzhou Minsheng Pharmaceutical Factory, and Xiao Jiagan was transferred to Hangzhou Light Industry Bureau as an engineer. In 1957, he was transferred to the Industrial Department of Heilongjiang Province to prepare for the construction of Yakeshi Dairy Factory. In the same year, he was mistakenly classified as a rightist. In February 1979, correction was given to restore political reputation.