Liao Chengzhi

Mr. Liao Chengzhi was born in Huiyang County, Guangdong Province in September 1908 and died in June 1983. He served as Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National People's Congress.

1928	Joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the revolutionary work
Before 1949	Member of the CPC Southern Bureau
	Director General, Propaganda Department, Central Bureau of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan Provinces
	Secretary, Hong Kong United Front Work Committee
	Director, Xinhua News Agency
After 1949	Vice Minister, International Liaison Department, Central Committee of CPC (CCCPC)
	Vice Minister, United Front Work Department, CCCPC
	Vice Minister, Foreign Affairs Office, State Council (SC)
	Vice Minister and then Minister, Committee of Overseas Chinese Affairs, CCCPC
	President, Beijing Foreign Languages Institute
	President, Sino-Japanese Friendship Society
1977	Second Deputy Secretary, Leading Party Group, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
1978	Minister and Secretary of Leading Party Group, Office of Overseas Chinese Affairs, SC
	Minister, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, SC

He also served as Member of the Standing Committee of the Fourth National People's Congress (NPC), Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Fifth NPC, Alternate Member of the Seventh CCCPC, Member of the Eighth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth CCCPC and Member of the Political Bureau of the Twelfth CCCPC.