Background
He was born in Cheng-hsien, Chekiang, China in 1886.
He was born in Cheng-hsien, Chekiang, China in 1886.
In the course of his business and official career in Shanghai, Mr. Wang had successively held the following positions: member of the board of directors of the Shanghai Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, president of the Chapei Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, China, delegate of the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce to the Customs Tariff Revision Conference, chairman of the Provisional Government of Shanghai Special Municipality, member of the standing committee of the Finance Committee for Kiangsu and Shanghai Municipality, high adviser to the Ministry of Finance, counsellor to the Ministry of Agriculture and Mining, councillor of the Municipal Government of Shanghai, member of the standing committee of the Red Cross Society of China, chairman of the Chekiang Provincial Guild, member of the standing committee of the National Economic Conference and member of National Financial Conference and Communications Conference, director of the National Tobacco Special Tax Bureau, associate director of the wine and tabacco tax bureau of the Ministry of Finance and concurrently chief of the Kiangsu provincial rolled tobacco tax bureau, associate director of the rolled tabacco tax administration, associate director of the rolled tobacco and kerosine tax administration, director of the flour special tax bureau for Kiangsu and Chekiang Area of the Ministry of Finance, and chairman of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce of Shanghai Municipality, which last post he resigned in 1934, member of the National Economic Council and Chairman of the Chinese Ratepayers' Association.