Background
Mr. Yang was born in Anyao, Szechuan, China in 1897.
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Mr. Yang was born in Anyao, Szechuan, China in 1897.
Lien Yang graduated from the Chi-Chuan Middle School, Chengtu and of the Chengtu Foreign Languages College. Later he attended the National Peking University at Peking, majoring in education, and was gratuated in 1924 with Bachelor of Arts degree. Prior to his entering university, he taught for two years at various schools in Chengtu, and after graduation he taught at several schools by General Chen Tiao-yuan.
In 1926, he was invited to the Penghu Middle School, where he became principal for half a year. Later he was appointed secretary of the Department of Education of the Chekiang Provincial Government in 1927 and later became dean of the Chekiang Provincial First Middle School at Hangchow. Also he was commissioned by the Chekiang National University to go to the United States to investigate education in 1929. He was then appointed by the Ministry of Education to investigate education in Europe and America and returned to China travelling through England, Germany, France and Russia.
Upon his return, he was appointed Director of the Department of Social Education of the Ministry of Education, professor of education at the National Peking University in 1931. In 1932 he was appointed by the Ministry of Education to organize the Chinese Educational Mission to Europe and was charged with the duty of investigating middle school education. After studying educational conditions in England, Germany, France, Italy, Russia and four other European countries, he returned to China and was appointed an expert of the Ministry of Education, appointed by the National Government a member and concurrently Comissioner of Education of the Anhwei Provincial Government in 1933.