Liao Hui (politician)

Liao Hui (simplified Chinese: 廖晖; traditional Chinese: 廖暉; pinyin: Liào Huī; Jyutping: Liu6 Fai1; born May 1942 in Hong Kong) is the former director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. Since March 2003, he has also served as the second vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), in charge of the affairs of the Communist Party of China in Hong Kong and Macau.

Liao Hui
廖暉
Director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office
In office
July 1997  September 2010
PremierZhu Rongji 1997–2003
Wen Jiabao 2003–2010
Preceded byLu Ping
Succeeded byWang Guangya
Personal details
BornMay 1942 (age 78)
Japanese Hong Kong
NationalityChinese
Political partyCommunist Party of China

Biography

Liao's ancestors were from Huiyang, Guangdong. Born in Hong Kong, he is the son of Liao Chengzhi, and the grandson of Liao Zhongkai and He Xiangning.

Liao was born in Hong Kong during his father's time with the Eighth Route Army office in colony, but fled to back to China with family following the Japanese invasion in December 1941.

He was a member of every Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from the 12th to the 17th, and the vice chairman of the 10th and 11th sessions of the CPPCC.

Further reading

  • Mayumi Itoh (2012). Pioneers of Sino-Japanese Relations: Liao and Takasaki. Palgrave-MacMillan ISBN 978-1-137-02734-4.
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