Background
He was son of the late Shen Yuching, Governor of Kweichow.
He was son of the late Shen Yuching, Governor of Kweichow.
Mr. Shen studied in Peking. He went to St. Katherine's College, Cambridge, England, where he passed in mechanical sciences tripos in 1912 and took his Bachelor of Arts degree.
On returning to China he joined the Ministry of Navy and at the same time lectured on engineering subjects at the Peking Government University in 1913-1917. Later he was appointed chief engineer of the Public Works Department of the Peking Municipality, in charge of the secretarial department of the Peking Tramway Company in 1923.
Since 1923 Cheng-shih Shen was associated with the British-American Tobacco Co. (China), Ltd., director of the British-American (China) Tobacco Securities Co., Ltd. and director of the Da Sung Cotton Mills at Nantungchow.