Background
He was born in Wusih, Kiangsu, China (Jiangsu, China) in 1889 .
He was born in Wusih, Kiangsu, China (Jiangsu, China) in 1889 .
He was graduated from the Nanyang University in Shanghai, China.
Upon graduation, Ping Miao joined the Whampoa Military Academy in Canton, China as a radio instructor. Then he became an ardent follower of Dr. Sun Yat-sen and active in Kuomintang Party affairs, commissary of the 1st regiment of the Whampoa Military Cadets' Corps during the "First East River Campaign" against Chen Chiungming and later commissary of the 3rd division during the 2nd "Second East River Campaign".
When the Nationalist Northern Punitive Expedition was started in 1926, he was appointed chief of the political bureau of the reserve regiments. He also worked as superintendent of the military commissariat of the eastern branch and Financial Commissioner of Kiangsu and was a member of Kiangsu Provincial Government in 1927.
Mr. Miao was also Commissariat-General of the Nationalist Generalissimo's Headquarters in 1928 and a member and concurrently Commissioner of Civil Affairs Department of the Kiangsu Provincial Government in 1928-1930, member of the Central Executive Committee of Kuomintang since 1929.