Background
Mr. Chen was born in Wushing, Chekiang, China in 1896.
Mr. Chen was born in Wushing, Chekiang, China in 1896.
Chen Hsi-tseng received his military training at the Chiang Wu Military Academy of Chekiang.
After his graduation, Mr. Chen served successively as a special officer of the Whampoa Military Cadets' Academy, staff-officer of the Field Headquarters of the Eastern Expeditionary Army (against Chen Chiung-ming ), secretary to the Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the Nationalist Revolutionary Army, chief of the political affairs department of the Commander-in-Chief's Headquarters in the rear (in Guangdong).
Later Chen Hsi-tseng served as a superintendent of Telegraph Administration of Guangdong, member of the supervisory committee of the Kuomintang Headquarters in Shanghai, member of the Reorganization Committee of the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Co., director of Telegraph Administration of Shanghai, and Commissioner of Public Safety of Shanghai Municipality.
Then he became a Commissioner of Public Safety of the Hankou Municipal Government.