Background
Chien Chung-kai was born in Ching-hsien, Zhili, China, in 1881.
Chien Chung-kai was born in Ching-hsien, Zhili, China, in 1881.
Mr. Chung attended the Tianjin (Tientsin) Naval College and later was graduated from the Tianjin University (Peiyang University).
Chien Chung-kai joined the 1911 Revolution and assisted the revolutionists in the overthrow of the Manchu House, also was a member of the Lower House of the 1st Parliament representing Zhili (Chihli) in 1913. Mr. Chien joined the Southern Government at Canton as a member of the Extraordinary Parliament in 1917. He was a director of the government salt bureau of the Peking (Beijing) Government in 1922 and was a chairman of the budget committee of the Lower House of the Parliament upon its reconvocation in 1922-1923.