Chen Cheng, a general, was the second governor under the sheng chu-hsi system. After he resigned to become Political and Military Administrator for Southeast China, he was succeeded by K.C. Wu, a civilian with a PhD in political science from Princeton University in the US, who was appointed to win favor from the Americans.
第二任省主席陳誠辭去主席職務，專任東南軍政長官，省主席則任命在美國普林斯頓大學得到政治學博士學位的吳國楨接掌，以爭取美國的支持。