Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Hsieh En-lung

Mr. Hsieh En-lung

謝恩隆字孟博

Mr. Hsieh En-lung was born in Canton in 1884. He studied at the Queen's College, Hongkong, during 1900-1904 and then at the Peiyang University, Tientsin, during 1904-1906. In June 1906 Mr. Hsieh went to America. From 1906 to 1909 he studied Agriculture at the Massachusetts Agricultural College and was graduated from it with the degree of B. Sc. He obtained the degree of B. A. from Boston University in 1909. He was elected to Phi Kappa Phi in June of the same year. Subsequently Mr. Hsieh took post-graduate work in Cornell University and in 1910 he was graduated with the degree of M. S. Then he went to Germany and spent sometime in the Leipzig University. Mr. Hsieh returned to China in June 1912. That year he was appointed Technical Expert to the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce. As a Chinese delegate he attended the International Dry Farming Congress at Lathbridge, Alberta, Canada, in 1912. Upon his return he wrote a comprehensive report. Mr. Hsieh was editor-in-chief of the Journal of Agriculture and Forestry from 1912 to 1915. While in the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce he was Chief Compiler of the Translation and Compilation Bureau and associate editor of the Journal of Agriculture and Commerce. In 1914 Mr. Hsieh was appointed Principal Expert of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce. In October 1920, Mr. Hsieh left the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce and in November he was appointed Principal Technical Expert of the Ministry of Communications. In the latter Ministry he was at different times chief of different sections either in the Railway Department or in the Telegraph Department. In December 1921, Mr. Hsieh was awarded the Third Class Chiaho. In 1922 he was one of the Chinese delegates to the Sino-Japanese Postal Conference. From May 1921 to May 1922, Mr. Hsieh concurrently held the position of Departmental Chief in the Office of the High Industrial Commissioner and also that of Chief editor of the Journal of Industrial Development published that office. Mr. Hsieh is at present serving as a Principal Technical Expert of the Ministry of Communications, member of the General Affairs Section of the Department and also a member of the Office of Technical Affairs. Mr. Hsieh is the author of Report on Tobacco Industry in Shantung and Chinese Tea, written in 1915.