Background
Mr. Yao was born in Tsinan, Shantung, China in 1875.
姚鉉字景庭
Mr. Yao was born in Tsinan, Shantung, China in 1875.
Hung Yao studied law in Japan in 1902-1905.
He served as secretary to the various government organs in Chihli (Now Hopei) and Shantung after his return from Japan in 1905 . He was counsellor to the 3rd and 4th Army Corps of the Cheng-Wei Chun (Fengtien Army) and appointed member of the Hopei Provincial Government and concurrently Commissioner of Finance in November 1930, which positions he held for several years.