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Mr. Li Shih-wei was born at Yungpinghsien, Chihli in 1895. In 1901 he was sent by the Chihli government to Japan to pursue a higher education. He graduated at Waseda University in 1906, and in the same year returned to China. His official rank in the late Manchu regime was that of industrial Taotai. After his return to Chihli he was appointed a secretary to the Viceroy of Pei-yang. Later he became superintendent of the Peiyang Normal School. After some time he became assistant director of the Bureau of Education for the whole of Chihli, and was concurrently appointed to be in charge of the preparation for the self-government of the province, and assisted in the organization of the bureau for the preparation of the establishment of a legislative council. He was a member of the Nanyang Industrial Promotion Association, and Director-General of the Ching Shing Mining Company for many years and is a director of the Chee Hsin Cement