Background
Mr. Wu was born in Yutien, Hopei, China in December 12, 1896.
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Mr. Wu was born in Yutien, Hopei, China in December 12, 1896.
Mr. Wu received his Chinese classical education under his father's tutelage at home. He was graduated from the Yutien Higher Primary School and the Middle School of Tsunhua. He also studied preparatory course of civil engineering in Peiyang University in 1917 and graduated from Chiaotung University in 1920, specializing in railway administration.
Shao-tseng Wu received Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Michigan in 1923 and Master of Arts degree from the same University in 1924, specializing in railway transportation. He also received Doctor of Philosophy degree from the Wharton School of Commerce and Finance of the University of Pennsylvania in 1929, specializing in railway economics.
Shao-tseng Wu was an author of 'Railroad Valuation and Fair Return'. He served in the Traffic Department of the TientsinPukow Railway in 1921, in the Accounts Department of Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad in 1924-1925, inspected railways in European countries in 1930. He was a member of the National Railway Association of China, the National Highway Construction Association of China, the Accounting Society of China, and the Economic Society of China.
From 1930 to 1932, Mr. Wu served as Professor of Economics at the Railway Administration College of Chiaotung University in Peiping, China and concurrently assistant to the Dean lecturer on Transportation at Yenching University, was a lecturer on Railroad Valuation at the Railway Administration College of Chiaotung University in Shanghai, China, expert attached to the Ministry of Railways and concurrently officer of the Railway Through Traffic Administration, member of the Standing Committee on Fares, Rates and Classification of Goods, member of the Committee on Transportation of Goods at Railway Risk, Chief of the Accounts Division of the office of the Accountant General of the Ministry of Railways, office r of the Operation and Traffic Department of the Ministry of Railways, ex-office member of the Committee on Unification of Railway Accounts and Statistics, and member of the Purchasing Commission of the Ministry of Railways.
Since December 1932, Shao-tseng Wu was serving as the Associate Managing Director of the Nanking-Shanghai and Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Railways Administration, for a while concurrently Chief of its General Department, and since August 1934, concurrently acting as Managing Director.
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