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WHO'S WHO IN CHINA
Mr. Yen Chih-i
嚴智怡字慈約
Mr. Yen Chih-i was born at Tientsin, Chihii province, in 1882, in a noted family. His father, Yen Hsiu, was a Hanlin and Cabinet Minister under the Ching regime. He received his early education from Putung Middle School and the Nankai College. Then he went to Japan was graduated from the High Technical College, Tokyo. After the establishment of the republic, he was made a secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Industry, and was sent on several special Industrial Missions to the Yangtze and southern provinces; among other being special delegate for the Min-
