From uncertain beginnings and through many difficulties, development and consolidation, evangelisation had effected the building of churches, schools, hospitals and a body of European and Chinese people united in an Anglo-Chinese Christian world. CMS activities in the 20th Century The Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui, or Anglican-Episcopal Province of China, was established on 26 April 1912 by the merger of the various mission activities of the Church of England, the Episcopal Church of the United States, Anglican Church of Canada and other Anglican provinces into one autonomous jurisdiction. There was a gradual transfer of responsibility from the CMS to the Anglican church which occurred in the 1920s and 1930s; although it was not until 1937, with the invasion of China by the Japanese, that substantial authority was given to the Chinese clergy. Some CMS missionaries returned after the end of World War II. CMS missionaries remained active in Fujian, Guangxi and in Hunan and other places until the communist revolution in China after which they all left China. See also Anglicanism in Sichuan History of Christian missions List of Protestant missionaries in China Protestant missionary societies in China during the 19th Century Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui or Anglican-Episcopal Province of China Notes Religious organizations established in 1799 Church of England missions Church of England missionary societies Evangelical Anglicanism Christian organizations established in the 18th century Anglican organizations Anglican organizations established in the 18th century Christian missionary societies Christian missions in China Protestant missionaries in China 19th-century Protestantism Alumni of Trinity College, Ningpo