Mr. Wang Ch'ih-ch'ang
王治昌学青
Mr. Wang Ch'ih-ch’ang was born at Tientsin, Chihli province, in 1877. He studied law at the Peiyang University, Tientsin. Before graduation from that University, he went to Japan, where he entered Waseda University taking a Commercial Course and was graduated with the degree of B. C. He was awarded the degree of Chu-jen, or Provincial Graduate in commerce by the Ching government. Mr. Wang began his official career as a member of the Board of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce. For a time before the establishment of the Republic, he was professor in the College of Commerce at Tientsin. In 1912 Mr. Wang became a Junior Secretary of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce in charge of the Foreign Trade Section. In December 1913 this Ministry and the Ministry of Agriculture of Forestry were amalgamated into the Ministry of Agricul-
