Background
He was born in Sui Chung, Liaoning, China in 1887.
He was born in Sui Chung, Liaoning, China in 1887.
Mr. Tao graduated from the High Police College at Mukden.
Ching-chien Tao was chief of precincts of the Mukden Police Administration, sectional chief in the Heilungkiang Police Administration chief of police of Manchuli, director of the police bureau of the Eastern Special Area, director of the Mukden Police Administration. For his meritorious services, he was given the rank of Brigadier-General.
He retired from police service in 1926 when he was appointed director of the tax bureau at Hailung, Liuho and Huinan in Liaoning, director of the Public Works Bureau of Tientsin Municipality since Nov. 1930.