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ministrative Affairs in Chekiang. He stayed in that province for two years, having held a number of important positions. In July of 1912, Mr. Pien was elected Vice-Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Chihli. This honor conferred upon him by his fellow provincials was a recognition of the valuable service he rendered during the revolution which resulted in the establishment of the present Republic. Shortly afterwards, he became Speaker, which he is still today. For many years Mr. Pien has been an Advisor to General Yang I-teh, the Police Commissioner of Chihli. He was also an Advisor to Marshal Ts'ao Kun when the latter was High Inspecting Commissioner of Kiangsi, Honan, Szechuan and Kuangtung and latter of Chihli, Shantung and Honan. He has been and is still the Director-General of the Ling Ching Mining Corporation, Tientsin. In January 1921 the Peking Government called a conference to meet at Peking to study the local government question. It was convoked in May that year. Mr. Pien nominated by the civil authorities of the Chihli Province was appointed vice-president of that Conference. A branch office of the International Anti-Opium Association was established at Tientsin in 1919. Mr. Pien was elected its chairman. In that capacity he rendered much assistance, in carrying out the activities of the association in face of much opposition. In 1920 the American-British-Chinese Commercial Club was founded at Tientsin. Mr. Pien was one of its promoters and also its first chairman Mr. Pien is the sole proprietor of the Ho Pei Jih Pao, Tientsin. Mr. Pien was awarded the Fourth Class Paokuang Chiaho in 1919; the Fifth Order of Merit in 1920; the Second Class Chiaho in 1921; the Second Class Pao-kuang Chiaho; the Second Class Wenhu and the Second Class Tashou Chiaho, in 1922; and the Fourth Order of Merit and the First Class Tashou Chiaho in 1923.