Harry Ying-Cheng Kiang was born on February 13, 1914 in Dongtai, Jiangsu, China. He obtained a B.A. degree from National Central University in China in 1940, an M.A. from Stanford University in 1945, and a doctorate from Columbia University in 1955. He also studies at Clark University from 1945 to 1946.
Dr. Kiang served three years as the editor of geography for the Committee of History and Geography of the Ministry of Education in China. He taught for thirty-three years at San Francisco State, Eastern Illinois and Northeastern Illinois Universities. At Northeastern Illinois University, Dr. Kiang founded and served as the first director of the Master's Program in Urban Land use Planning. Also, he served as acting chairman of the Department of Geography at Taiwan Normal University, and visiting scholar at the Institute of Geography, Beijing. He also taught at Shanghai Teachers and Beijing's Capital Normal Universities.
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Since 1979 when the United States recognized the People's Republic of China, Dr. Kiang has devoted himself to the Institute of China Studies, a non-political organization solely for the purpose of promoting China studies.
An expert on urban geography, Dr. Kiang published four books in Chinese, seven books in English, and numerous articles, and served as a consultant to the Editorial Board of Urban Remote Sensing Application in Shanghai. He was invited by former President Gerald R. Ford to a White House Conference in 1975 elected by the Association of American Geographers for the Geographers on films Program in 1995. His biography was included in a book, Three Famous Ones from Dong-Tai, Jiangsu, China - Famous Towns, Famous Products, and Famous People, published in 2000