Background
Mr. Chen was born in Amoy (now Xiamen), Fujian, China.
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Mr. Chen was born in Amoy (now Xiamen), Fujian, China.
Chen Wen-ling received his early education at the Ming Li Middle School at Gulangyu (Kulangyu), and later at the Anglo-Chinese College at Fuzhou, Fujian.
At the age of 16, he joined the Great Northern Cable Co., at Shanghai, where he was employed for six years. Mr. Chen went to Germany for military education from 1922 till 1925. He returned to China in 1925 and during the agitations following the May 30th Incident of that year, he served as commander of the student army at Amoy (Xiamen). Chen Wen-ling was sent to Germany by Gen. Ling Ku-keng, then garrison commander of Amoy (Xiamen), as student at the Baumer Aero-Academy.
He was a director of the Naval Air Establishment at Amoy (Xiamen), since 1931.