Mr. Shen Cheng-shih was born in 1889 and is a grandson of the late Sheng Pao-chen, famous Viceroy of Nanking and a son of the late Shen Yu-ching, Governor of Kueichow. Mr. Shen was educated in Peking for his preliminary instruction and went to England for his higher educational work in 1908. Here he pursued courses in engineering and received his degree at Cambridge University. On his return to China he joined the Ministry of the Navy and at the same time acted as a lecturer on engineering subjects at the Peking Government University. Later he became chief engineer for the public works department of the Peking municipality In 1923 he was appointed in charge of the secretarial department of the Peking Tramway Company. Since 1923 he has been associated with the British-American Tobacco Company, Ltd. He has always interested himself in commerce and industry and is well known in North China in this connection.
