Background
Chiang Chien-jen was born in Fenghua, Zhejiang, China.
Chiang Chien-jen was born in Fenghua, Zhejiang, China.
Mr. Chiang received his early education at his home town. Later he attended the Whampoa Military Cadets Academy, Canton, 1925.
When the Northern Punitive Expendition started in 1926, he assisted Gen. Chiang Kai-shek at the front and developed into a skillful officer. Chiang Chien-jen was appointed chief secretary and also member of the supervisory committee of the party affairs department of the Nationalist Army Headquarters at Nanking in 1927.
Mr. Chiang was a chief of the political training department of the 26th Nationalist Army since August 1927. He fought in Shantung and participated in the campaign that resulted in the defeat and elimination of Chang Chung-chang in 1928. Between 1929 and 1930 Mr. Chiang served as a chief of the political training department of the 6th division of the Nationalist Army and concurrently member of the project committee of the central political training department.