Background
He was born in Kiukiang, Kiangsi, China (Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China) in 1897.
魏違明字伯聰
He was born in Kiukiang, Kiangsi, China (Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China) in 1897.
Tao-ming Wei attended Middle School in 1917 after which he studied at the Peking French College.
After that he went to France in 1919 entering the University of Paris, from which he graduated with the degree of Doctor of Law in 1925.
After getting the Degree of Doctor of Law Mr. Tao-mlng returned to China in 1926, he opened a law office in Shanghai and in 1927 was appointed chief secretary of the Ministry of Justice of the National Government. Some years later he was promoted to be vice-Minister in charge of the Ministry's affairs. Soon after that he became a member of the standing committee of the National Reconstruction Commission.
Then he went to Europe and America to study constructive affairs on behalf of the Government, returned to China in August, 1928 and served as a member of the National Educational Foundation Fund Committee, member of the Boxer Indemnity Committee, a member of the Central Political Council was later appointed Minister of Justice and a member of the Sino-Italian Boxer Indemnity Committee.
He also took a position of a mayor of Nanking in 1929. Mr.Tao-ming soon became a director of The China Times, The China Evening News and The Shun Shih News Agency in 1935.