Chia was educated at Hubei Military Academy. Chinese government records indicated that he was a member of the Examination Yuan, serving as minister at the Ministry of Personnel.[3] On June 11, 1949, he was appointed Secretary General of the Executive Yuan by Yan Xishan.[4]
Diplomatic papers at the U.S. State Department revealed that he was appointed by the acting President Li Zhongren in March 1949 along with a number of new Cabinet personnel.[4] The list was published by Chung Yang Jih Pao.[5]
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^Chinese Ministry of Information (1947). China Year Book. New York: The Macmillan Company. p. 577.
^ abUnited States Department of State (1949). Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, Volume VIII. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 382.
^Foreign Relations of the United States, 1949: The Far East: China, Volume VIII. Washington, D.C.: State Department Historical Office. 1976. p. 192.