Background
Mr. Wang was born in Taishan, Kwangtung, China (Taishan, Guangdong, China) in 1888.
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Mr. Wang was born in Taishan, Kwangtung, China (Taishan, Guangdong, China) in 1888.
He studied civil engineering at the University of Michigan, U.S.A., graduating in 1911 with C.E. degree (civil engineer).
Chin-chih Wang returned to China in 1912 and was appointed assistant chief surveyor of the Canton Public Works and senior assistant engineer of the Szechuen-Hankow Railway in 1913-22. Then he joined the Chihli River Commission as an office engineer and later the PekingSuiyuan Railway as district engineer, assisted in the rendition of Kiao-tsi Railway in Shantung, China and was appointed member of the valuation commission of the said railway.
Mr. Wang became senior engineer of the same Railway for five years until 1927 when he left the Railway and organised a partnership with Theodore |Boehnert, a firm of civil engineers and architects at Tsingtao. From 1928 till 1930 he worked as a senior technical expert of the Ministry of Railways of the National Government. After that he was appointed principal technical assistant to J. J. Mantell on Investigation of Government Railways in 1929-30, assistant Chief Engineer of the Nanking-Shanghai and the Shanghai—Hangchow—Ningpo Railways in 1930-31.
Chin-chih Wang also took such positions as Chief Engineer of the Peiping-Hankow Railway in 1931, President of Association of Chinese and American Engineers in 1933-34, member of Special Commission for the Investigation of Dyke Work Expenditure of Hupeh Province in 1938, director of the Association of Chinese and American Engineers, vice-president of the Tsingtao Lions Club and a member of the General Committee of the Tsingtao International Club.
