Background
Mr. Kung was born in Qufu, Shandong, China, in 1889.
government official river conservancy worker
Mr. Kung was born in Qufu, Shandong, China, in 1889.
Kung Shiang-yung graduated from the Imperial College of Languages, Peking.
Mr. Kung served successively as Director-General of the National Income Tax Bureau under the Ministry of Finance of the Peking Government. He was an advisor to the Supervisor's Office for the Puyang Section of the Yellow River Conservancy Work. Mr. Kung worked as a director of the Yungting River Flood Relief Administration Bureau, director of the Yungting River Flood Prevention Service Station and head of its Dredging Station. Kung Shiang-yung was a member of the Yangtze River Commission under the Ministry of Communications and concurrently head of its General Affairs Department as well as a member of the technical committee attached to it chief accountant of the Treasurer's Department of the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company.
Kung Shiang-yung acted as a head of the Business Department of the Hankou (now Wuhan) Bureau of Inspection and Testing of Commercial Commodities under the Ministry of Industry. He was a member of the National Flood Relief Commission, member of the Technical Committee of the River Conservancy Work under the Ministry of Interior. Mr. Kung also was known to be a member of the Yellow River Commission. Later he held the following posts: member of the National Yellow River Flood Relief Commission and General Supervisor as well as Director of the Engineering Department for labor relief work, executive member of the Yellow River Flood Relief Funds Administration Commission and member of the Standing Committee of the River Conservancy Commission under the National Economic Council.
