Background
He was born in Taishan, Kwangtung, Chinese in 1892.
He was born in Taishan, Kwangtung, Chinese in 1892.
Mr. Liu studied at Iolani High School and Hawaiian University in Hawaii.
Wei-tse Liu was a member of Tungmengl ui (predecessor of Kuomintang) and engaged in revolutionary activities while abroad, editor of Chinese Liberty News in Honolulu. Since return to China, he served successively as chief of general affairs section of the Canton Municipal Government, Chief Secretary to the Governor of Kwangtung, Director of the Canton Telephone Administration, Commissioner of Canton Municipal Finance Bureau, Director of the Salt Administration of the National Government and concurrently Director of the Salt Inspectorate, Special Finance Commissioner of Kwangtung, Counsellor of the Ministry of Railways of the National Government, ManagingDirector of the Peiping-Hankow Railway, Director of the Business Department of the Ministry of Railways and concurrently President of the Joint Commission for the Administration of the Peiping-Hankow and Nanking-Shanghai-Ningpo Railways, vice-Minister of Railway and vice-Minister of Industry.