Background
Mr. Chen was born in Wuhsing, Zhejiang, China in 1879.
Mr. Chen was born in Wuhsing, Zhejiang, China in 1879.
After finishing his Chinese classical education in China, he went to Japan in 1898 to study military science, where he was graduated from the first class of the Japanese Military Officers' College in Tokyo.
Since his return from Japan, Chen Chi-tsai successively served as instructor of the Liang-kiang Military Training School, head instructor of the Hunan Military School, counsellor in the Liang-kiang Military Training Bureau, chief-of-staff of the 9th Occupation Army, commissioner of the Military Council, chief of the staff office in the Headquarters of the Tutuh of Kiangsu, director-general of the military surveying bureau and counsellor to the President.
He joined the Kuomintang while studying in Japan and participated in many revolutionary movements. After the success of the 1926 Revolution, he was successively appointed member of the Chekiang Division of the Central Political Council, chairman of the Finance Commission for Chekiang, chief member of the Finance Commission for Kiangsu and Shanghai Special Municipality, member of the Chekiang Provincial Government and concurrently commissioner of finance for Chekiang, superintendent of Shanghai Customs, member of the Huai River Conservancy, member of Kiangsu Provincial Government and concurrently commissioner of finance for Kiangsu.
Later Chen Chi-tsai was appointed General-Comptroller of the National Government.