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General Hsieh Chih-heng was born at Lu Lung Hsien, Chihli province. General Hsieh became Resident Director of the Office of the Municipal Works in Peking in July 1920. In September of the same year he received the appointment of “Tu Hu Fu Shih.” In October 1920 General Hsieh was given the brevet rank of Lieutenant General. In January 1921 he was awarded the Second Class Wenfu. In January 1922 General Hsieh was appointed Inspector-General of the Metropolitan Police and concurrently Co-Director of the Office of Administration of Metropolitan Municipal Works. In May 1922 he was made a Lieutenant General. In October 1922 General Hsieh was awarded the Fifth Order of Merit and in November the Second Class Tashou Chiaho. In February 1923 he was made a Chiangchun or Member of the College of Marshals with the special two-word “Ping Wei". In March 1923 he received the First Class Wenfu. In November 1923 General Hsieh was given the brevet rank of a Full General. He is still the Inspector General of the Metropolitan Police.