Liao Chengzhi

Liao Chengzhi
Liao in the late 1940s
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. 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.