Background
He was born in Foochow, Fukien, China.
He was born in Foochow, Fukien, China.
Hsiao-hsiang Shen graduated from both the Fukien Provincial Law College and Fukien Private Law College and received the degree of Bachelor of Laws from the latter institution.
Mr. Shen started his law practice in 1922 in Foochow. He was a delegate to the National Judicial Convention, member of the executive committee and assistant director of publicity department of the National Bar Association, chairman of Second National Bar Conference held at Hankow on April 1930, special attorney for the Supreme Court in Nanking, China, member of the executive committee, Fukien Library Association, president and managing editor of the Bureau for the Translation and Compilation of Legal and Political Subjects, member of Shanghai Bar Association
Then he transfered his practice from Foochow to Shanghai and organized the Dah Lien Law Firm.