His years in southern Jiangxi In 1938, not long after he returned, Chiang took the post of assistant chief of security for Jiangxi Province and was also put in charge of training for new army recruits. The following year he became chief administrative officer of the fourth Jiangxi district, commander of public security and county executive of Gan County. He began his campaign to "build a new southern Jiangxi."
一九三八年，剛回國不久的經國先生出任江西省保安處副處長兼新兵督練處處長，次年，改任江西省第四區行政督察專員兼保安司令及贛縣縣長，開始「建設新贛南」