Liao Luyan (; 1913 – 19 November 1972) was a Chinese politician who served as

Minister of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

from 1954 to 1970. He was a delegate to the

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and

2nd National People's Congress The 2nd National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1959 to 1964. It held four sessions in this period. Background Since the succeeding Congress was to be the first to be elected under the 1954 Constitution of the People's Republic of ...

. He was a representative of the

7th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party The 7th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was convened April 23 - June 11, 1945, in Yan'an, Shaanxi. It took place near the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War during a period of uneasy truce between the Kuomintang and Communist pa ...

. He was a member of the 3rd and 4th National Committee of the

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. He was an alternate member of the

8th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 8th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from 1956 to 1969. It was preceded by the 7th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. It held 12 plenary sessions in this period of 13 years. It was the longest-servin ...

Biography

Liao was born Liao Guang'ao () into a family of merchants, in

Nanjing Nanjing or Nanking is the capital of Jiangsu, a province in East China. The city, which is located in the southwestern corner of the province, has 11 districts, an administrative area of , and a population of 9,423,400. Situated in the Yang ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...

, in 1913. Before graduating from high school in 1929, he was expelled by the school for participating in student movements. In 1930, he enrolled at Beiping Army Medical University and participated in the Leftist Writers Alliance during his time at school. He joined the

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(CCP) in 1932. In July 1932, he led and organized the student movement in Beiping. In August, he was arrested and imprisoned by the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...

for betrayal. In November 1936, he was rescued by the party organization and was sent to

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Shanxi Shanxi; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi is a Provinces of China, province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi a ...

province to serve as an editor in the editorial office of the Taiyuan Counter-Japanese Military and Political Training Committee. At the end of 1939, he was transferred to Yan'an and appointed deputy director and Section Chief of the Friendship Department of the

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. He was a member of the Friendly Forces Working Committee of the CCP Central Committee in August 1942 and subsequently director of the Party Affairs Group of the Party Affairs Research Office of the CCP Central Committee in the Spring of 1944. In April 1946, he became director of the Party Affairs Research Office of the CCP Central Research Bureau. Two months later, he served as a member of the Central Committee of the CCP's Legal Issues Research Committee. In June 1947, he participated in the

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in the Shanxi-Chahaer-Hebei Liberated Area. At the end of 1947, he was chosen as the secretary of

Liu Shaoqi Liu Shaoqi ( ; 24 November 189812 November 1969) was a Chinese revolutionary and politician. He was the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1954 to 1959, first-ranking Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communis ...

, a member of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee and secretary of the Secretariat of the CCP Central Committee. He became secretary-general of the Policy Research Office of the CCP Central Committee in 1948. After the founding of the Communist State in 1949, he was made deputy director of the Counselor's Office of the

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. He was elevated to deputy secretary-general of the State Council in August 1952. He was appointed

minister of agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

in September 1954, in addition to serving as deputy director of the 7th Office of the State Council. In September 1964, he was transferred to

Shijiazhuang Shijiazhuang; Mandarin: ; formerly known as Shimen and romanized as Shihkiachwang is the capital and most populous city of China's Hebei Province. A prefecture-level city southwest of Beijing, it administers eight districts, three county-le ...

, capital of

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province, and appointed

party secretary In politics, a party secretary is a senior official within a political party with responsibility for the organizational and daily political work. In most parties, the party secretary is second in rank to the party leader (or party chairman). In s ...

, the top political position in the city. During the

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, he was brought to be persecuted and suffered

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. He died on 19 November 1972, at the age of 59.

References

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