Background
Mr. Li was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, in 1894.
Li Ying-lin graduated from the Lingnan University Middle School in 1914.
Mr. Li was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, in 1894.
Li Ying-lin graduated from the Lingnan University Middle School in 1914.
Mr. Li came back to Guangzhou in 1920 and joined the Guangzhou Y.M.C.A. as associate general-secretary and later acting general-secretary. He was also a director of the social survey bureau under the Guangzhou Government in 1926, vice-President of Lingnan University (formerly Canton College) in 1927. In addition to his duties at the said University, he then also served as an adviser to the department of reconstruction of the Guangdong Provincial Government and chairman of the council of Christain higher education in China.