Background
Mr. Yang was born in Wutai, Shansi, China in 1888.
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Mr. Yang was born in Wutai, Shansi, China in 1888.
Ai-yuan Yang graduated from the Paoting Military Academy.
After graduating from the Paoting Military Academy, Ai-yuan Yang joined the Shansi Army under General Yen Shih-shan as a staff officer during the 1911 Revolution. Since 1915, he had successively served as regimient commander, brigadier-commander, division commander and military instructor of the Shansi and Suiyuan troops. He served as Commander of the 2nd Army Corps of the Northern Nationalist Forces under General Yen Hsi-ahan in 1927.
He was an assistant directing officer of the Right Wing of the Northern Nationalist Forces in 1928. When the Shanai Army was organized as the 3rd Nationalist Group Army, he was appointed Commander of the 3rd sub-Division Corps and concurrently assistant directing officer of the Right Wing in operation. He was a member of the Military Council of the Nationalist Government in 1928. He was general directing officer of the 3rd sub-Division Corps of the Nationalist 3rd Group Army in May, 1928, and Chairman of the Chahar Provincial Government in 1929. He participated in the Northern Military Coalition Government at Peiping, China in 1930. He was considered as reserve member of the Central Executive Committee of Kuo-mintang since 1931.