Background
Mr. Liang was born in 1900 in Sing-Chang, Chekiang, China.
Mr. Liang was born in 1900 in Sing-Chang, Chekiang, China.
Yuen-Li Liang received his preparatory education at Nanyang University, after which he was English editor for the Chung Hwa Book Company. Then he studied for three years at the Comparative Law School, from which he received his Bachelor of Laws degree and was elected to Phi Tau Phi, scholastic honor society. He also studied French and Latin at l'Universite l'Aurore.
While in the Law School he was for two years editor of the China Law Review in 1924-1926 and assistant editor in Min Pao, Peking, China in 1926.
Yuen-Li Liang was a tant editor in Min Pao, Peking, China in 1926, lecturer in political science and English constitutional history, prelegal department, Comparative Law School in 1926-1927. Also he was a chief editor, department of legal publications of Commercial Press in 1926-1927, was admitted to the Bar in 1927 and then appointed secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and chief of the bureau on April 1927.
Mr. Liand was a lecturer on China's international relations, Comparative Law School in 1927-1928. After that he was appointed secretary to the Ministry of Justice in April, 1928 and in this capacity was detailed to serve on the committee for the revision of the law of nationality, to represent the Ministry in the National Conferences on Education and Finance. He was also appointed judge in the civil division of the Shanghai Provisional Court on September 1928.
Yuen-Li Liang was a professor of law at the Comparative Law School teaching international law and Roman law in 1928-1929, lecturer in international law at Chih Tse University, Shanghai, China in 1928-1929, he was appointed secretary at the Chinese Legation, Washington, D.C in May, 1929 and served as technical adviser to the Chinese delegation at the 10th Assembly of the League of Nations in September 1929.
He served as technical adviser to the Chinese delegation at the conference on Codification of International Law at the Hague in March, 1930, Carnegie Teachers Fellow in international law, Harvard Law School in 1930-1931. He was Lecturer on China's international relations in 1931-1932 .
Also Mr. Liang was a Technical Adviser to the Chinese Delegation to the Extraordinary Assembly of the League of Nations in 1932, Counsellor of the Executive Yuan in 1933 , Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1934 and translator of "The Chinese Supreme Court Decision", translator into Chinese of Prof. Fenwick's work on International Law.