Liao Cheng-zhi (English name)

Japanese: 廖承志 - りょうしょうし（英語表記）Liao Cheng-zhi

Born: August 8, 1908, Tokyo
Died June 10, 1983. Chinese politician in Beijing. His father was Liao Zhongkai and his mother was He Xiangning. He was born while his parents were studying in Japan, and studied at Xiao Xing Primary School. He returned to China in 1919. He joined the Kuomintang. He came to Japan again in 1927 and enrolled in Waseda University, dropping out in 1928. He joined the Chinese Communist Party and worked in Europe, returning to China in 1932 via the Soviet Union. He was arrested by the Kuomintang, but was released thanks to his mother's efforts, and later participated in the Long March. In 1945 he became a member of the Communist Party's Central Committee, and in 1949 he was put in charge of youth work and overseas Chinese work, and in 1958 he became chairman of the Committee for Asian-African Unity. In 1963 he became president of the China-Japan Friendship Association, and was involved in foreign relations, especially work with Japan. He participated in negotiations on the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China as one of the Chinese representatives. In 1964 he negotiated the LT trade memorandum with Tatsunosuke Takasaki. He was also an adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1972, and visited Japan in April 1973 as head of a delegation from the China-Japan Friendship Association after diplomatic relations between Japan and China were restored. In 1978, he was Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 5th National People's Congress. He was a member of the Central Committee at the 8th National People's Congress in 1956, the 10th National People's Congress in 1973, the 11th National People's Congress in 1977, and the 12th National People's Congress in 1982, and a member of the Politburo at the 1st Plenary Session of the 12th Central Committee in September 1982. He died suddenly after being named as a candidate for Vice President in 1983. He was one of China's foremost Japanophiles.

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Japanese:

[生]光緒34(1908).8. 東京
[没]1983.6.10. 北京
中国の政治家。父は廖仲愷，母は何香凝。両親の日本留学中に生れ，暁星小学校に学び，1919年帰国。国民党に入党。 27年再び来日，早稲田大学に入学し 28年中退。中国共産党に入党し，ヨーロッパで活動，32年ソ連を経て帰国。国民党に逮捕されたが母の尽力で釈放され，のち長征に参加。 45年共産党中央委員，49年から青年工作，華僑工作などの責任者となり，58年アジア＝アフリカ団結委員会主席。 63年中日友好協会会長となり対外関係，特に対日工作にあたっていた。中国側の代表の一人として日中国交正常化交渉などに参加。 64年には高碕達之助とLT貿易覚書を取決めた。 72年から外交部顧問でもあり，日中国交回復後の 73年4月中日友好協会訪日代表団団長として来日。 78年第5期全国人民代表大会常務委員会副委員長。 56年の八全大会，73年の十全大会，77年の十一全会と 82年の十二全大会で中央委員，82年9月 12期一中全会で政治局委員。 83年国家副主席の候補者とされたのち急死。中国きっての知日家。

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