Background
Chiang Tseng-yi was born in Haining, Zhejiang, China in 1877.
Chiang Tseng-yi was born in Haining, Zhejiang, China in 1877.
Mr. Chiang passed the imperial examinations with the degree of Chinshih in 1904.
Under the Manchu regime, he served in various capacities. After establishment of the Republic, Chiang Tseng-yi was appointed councillor of the Ministry of Communications in 1917-1918. Mr. Chiang served as a director of the department of the telegraphs and telephone establishment in 1919. Since 1920 he assisted in the organization of the Communications University. From 1924 till 1928 Chiang Tseng-yi took the post of a Director-General of the Telegraph Administration.
