1On June 4th, 930, the Ahava office was established in Nanjing, and Xu Zushan, director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was appointed as Commissioner, Zhu Shiquan as director of investigation and Wu Wei as director of affairs. On July 2nd, Xu Zushan arrived in Ahava with his assistant to prepare for the handover.
At that time, the situation in Shandong was unstable and the ownership was unpredictable. The British Foreign Office wants to return it in a year. On September 2 1 day, Zhang Xueliang, the Northeast Army, changed its flag to support the Nanjing government, led the troops into the customs and occupied Beiping. Therefore, in order to prevent Shandong warlords from making trouble, Nanjing government decided to mobilize the Northeast Navy to receive Ahava. On September 23rd, Wang Jiazhen, Vice Foreign Minister from Northeast Army, was appointed as the Commissioner to receive Ahava, and Xu Zushan was appointed as the Commissioner of Ahava Management Office. 1 01at 00: 00 on October 8th1,Wang Jiazhen and others led 300 marines to Weihai Port from Qingdao Port by two ships, Haichen and Zhenhai. The British ship Petersfield saluted them at 15. 10: 50, the acceptance ceremony was held in front of the office of the Chief Executive of Wei Ying. Johnston, the chief executive of the British army, read the special covenant and agreement, then raised the national flag of the Republic of China and played the national anthem of the Republic of China. Chinese and British warships each saluted 2 1 to express their congratulations. 1 1: 30, the ceremony is over. As a courtesy, Wang Jiazhen invited Johnston to have lunch before he left. Johnston said in Chinese, "No! There are no two kings in the sky, and it will be your world after noon. " 1 1: 45, Johnston left Victoria with his entourage and British troops stationed in Victoria on two warships and returned to China via Hong Kong. Ahava, ruled by Britain for 32 years, has finally returned to the embrace of the motherland.