Liao Chengzhi

Liao Chengzhi
Liao in the late 1940s[1]
Director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office
Personal details
Born(1908-09-25)25 September 1908
Okubo, Tokyo, Japan
Died10 June 1983(1983-06-10) (aged 74)
Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
RelationsLiao Zhongkai (father)
He Xiangning (mother)
Liao Mengxing (sister)
ChildrenLiao Hui

Liao Chengzhi (Chinese: 廖承志; pinyin: Liào Chéngzhì; 25 September 1908 – 10 June 1983) was a Chinese politician.[2] He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1928, and rose to the position of director of the Xinhua News Agency; after 1949, he worked in various positions related to foreign affairs, most prominently president of the Beijing Foreign Languages Institute, president of the Sino-Japanese Friendship Society, and Minister of the Office of Overseas Chinese Affairs.[3]

  1. ^ 曾任新华社社长的廖承志. Xinhua News (in Chinese (China)). 2006-11-02. Archived from the original on February 9, 2007. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
  2. ^ Yu, Xuzeng (2006). 廖承志的传奇人生. Dangshi Bocai (in Chinese (China)) (10). Archived from the original on 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
  3. ^ "Curriculum Vitae of Mr. Liao Chengzhi". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. 2005. Retrieved 2008-01-08.

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