Background
Mr. Hsieh En-lung was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong province in 1884.
Mr. Hsieh En-lung was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong province in 1884.
Mr. Hsieh studied at the Queen’s College, Hong Kong, during 1900-1904 and then at the Tianjin University, Tianjin, during 1904-1906.
In June 1906 Mr. Hsieh went to America. From 1906 to 1909 he studied Agriculture at Massachusetts Agricultural College and graduated from it with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He obtained the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Boston University in 1909. He was elected to Phi Kappa Phi in June of the same year.
Subsequently Hsieh En-lung took post-graduate work in Cornell University and in 1910 he graduated with the degree of Master of Science. Then he went to Germany and spent sometime at Leipzig University.
Mr. Hsieh returned to China in June 1912. That year he was appointed Technical Expert to the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce. As a Chinese delegate he attended the International Dry Farming Congress at Lathbridge, Alberta, Canada in 1912. Upon his return he wrote a comprehensive report.
Hsieh En-lung was editor-in-chief of the Journal of Agriculture and Forestry from 1912 to 1915. While in the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce he was Chief Compiler of the Translation and Compilation Bureau and associate editor of the Journal of Agriculture and Commerce.
In 1914 Mr. Hsieh was appointed Principal Expert of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce. In October 1920, Mr. Hsieh left the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce and in November he was appointed Principal Technical Expert of the Ministry of Communications. In the latter Ministry he was at different times chief of different sections either in the Railway Department or in the Telegraph Department.
In December 1921 Hsieh En-lung was awarded the Third Class Chiaho. In 1922 he was one of the Chinese delegates to the Sino-Japanese Postal Conference. From May 1921 to May 1922, Mr. Hsieh concurrently held the position of Departmental Chief in the Office of the High Industrial Commissioner and also that of Chief editor of the Journal of Industrial Development published by that office.
Mr. Hsieh was also serving as a Principal Technical Expert of the Ministry of Communications, member of the General Affairs Section of the Department and also a member of the Office of Technical Affairs.