Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Shen Pao-ch'ang

Mr. Shen Pao-ch'ang

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Mr. Shen Pao-ch'ang was born at Shao-hsing Hsien, Chekiang province, in 1880. He became a Provincial Graduate in 1903. Following this he entered the Government College of Law and Politics in Peking, and was graduated from it. In 1906 he was appointed Associate Justice of the Metropolitan Local Court. Subsequently for a time, he was Junior vice-president of the Board of Justice. After the establishment of the Republic, Mr. Shen was appointed a Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and subsequently he was sent to Japan at the head of a commission for the investigation of the Japanese legal system. In the end of 1913, Yuan Shih-kai, after having dissolved the Kuo-ming-tang and removed its members in the Parliament, organized a High Political Council. Mr. Shen was appointed a secretary of this Council. He served in a similar capacity to the conference called by Yuan Shih-kai in March 1914 for the sole purpose of revising the Provisional Constitution. In November 1914 he was appointed Magistrate of Shanghai. In 1919 he was appointed to be concurrently the Taotai or Prefect of the Hu-Hai Circuit, Kiangsu. He was awarded the Fourth Class Wenfu and the Third Class Paokuang Chiaho in June 1920, the Second Class Tashou Chiaho in January 1922 and the Third Class Wenhu in August 1923.