Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Ch'ien P'ei-yu

Mr. Pei-Yu Chien

钱伯嵌字伯涵

Mr. Pei-Yu Chien, was born in 1896 in Kiangyin, Kiangsu. After having finished his elementary school work, he went to Peking where he entered Tsing-hua College. After the Revolution of 1911, he became a student in Peking University of the Methodist Mission. He entered the Customs College, Peking, in 1914 and was graduated in 1918. He was then appointed to a position in the Chinese Maritime Customs in Tientsin where he stayed for three years. During his stay in Tientsin, Mr. Chien acted also as one of the editors of the Yin Shih Pao, or Social Welfare. In 1921, he was appointed the representative of Social Welfare to the Second Press Congress of the World held in Honolulu and then proceeded to Washington, D. C., to cover the Disarmament Conference for his paper. After the Washington Conference he attended the School of Journalism of the University of Missouri, the oldest and best-known institution of its kind in the States. While he was in school, he won several prizes on account of his literary attainments. He returned to China in June 1923, after receiving the degree of Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Missouri. Besides connected with a number of newspapers in Peking and Tientsin, he is now contributing editor of the China Weekly Review, Shanghai, and assistant editor of the North China Star, Tientsin.

Mr. Chien joined the editorial staff of the North China Star, an American daily newspaper in Tientsin, in June, 1924 and after six months, he resigned to enter governmental services in Peking. He was appointed the Secretary to the Chinese Chief Inspector of the Salt Revenue Adminstration, Ministry of Finance, which position he is still holding. Mr. Chien is still connected with the China Weekly Review in Shanghai as its contributing editor from the Capital and has contributed a number of interesting articles from semi-official sources.