Background
Mr. Hsu was born in Lanchi, Zhejiang, China, on January 1, 1902.
Mr. Hsu was born in Lanchi, Zhejiang, China, on January 1, 1902.
Hsu Pei-yuan graduated from the Middle School of Hangzhou Christain College in 1922, and the following year he graduated from the Preparatory School of Southeastern University (1923). In 1926 Mr. Hsu graduated from the College of Commerce of Southeastern University. He was sent to the United States by the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee to pursue advanced study, and took research courses in Graduate Schools of Chicago University and Universities of Illinois and California, during 1930-1933.
Mr. Hsu was a teacher in Ningbo Commercial School in 1926. He was an editor-in-chief of Hangzhou Ming Kuo Daily News from 1929. Hsu Pei-yuan served as a chief secretary of Zhejiang Provincial Headquarters of Kuomintang since the spring of 1928. The same year he was appointed secretary of Kwangtung and Guangxi Geological Survey Society and concurrently editor of Canton Ming Kuo Daily News. In 1929 Hsu Pei-yuan became a secretary in the Ministry of Communications.
He also served as an assistant general manager of China Electric Company and concurrently member of Planning Committee of the Publicity Committee of C.E.C. since 1933. Mr. Hsu held the post of a deputy director General of Postal Remittances and Savings Banks, and concurrently member of Purchasing Commission of Ministry of Communications, and the Planning Committee of the Publicity Committee of C.E.C. in 1934.