Liang Lingguang was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician.
18 Facts About Liang Lingguang
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Liang Lingguang was one of the pioneering reformist leaders who propelled Guangdong's economic rise in the 1980s.
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Liang Lingguang was born in November 1916 in Wufeng Town, Yongchun County, Fujian, Republic of China.
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Liang Lingguang moved to Xiamen, Fujian, where he worked as an editor at the magazine Pinghua and published articles condemning Japanese aggression.
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In 1935, when the December 9th Movement broke out in Beijing against Japanese encroachment in North China, Liang Lingguang joined Jinan students to petition the Kuomintang government in Nanjing to actively resist Japanese aggression.
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When Japan launched its full-scale invasion of China in July 1937, Liang Lingguang returned to China to join the resistance.
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Liang Lingguang enlisted in the New Fourth Army and fought in the guerrilla war in northern Jiangsu province.
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Liang Lingguang was later appointed county magistrate of Nantong and fought many battles against the forces of Japan and the puppet Wang Jingwei regime, even temporarily taking over the Japanese-occupied county seat of Haimen.
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Liang Lingguang fought in major battles including the Battle of Huangqiao, the Huaihai campaign, the Yangtze River Crossing Campaign, the Shanghai Campaign, and the Battle of Fuzhou.
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Liang Lingguang was dismissed during the Cultural Revolution, but was restored to the party standing committee in early 1975, and appointed deputy director of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee.
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In November 1977, Liang Lingguang was transferred to the national government to serve as Minister of Light Industry.
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In November 1980, at the beginning of the reform and opening era, Liang Lingguang was transferred to Guangdong together with Ren Zhongyi, to replace Xi Zhongxun and Yang Shangkun, who had been transferred to Beijing.
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In March 1983, Liang Lingguang was promoted to Governor of Guangdong, succeeding Liu Tianfu.
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Liang Lingguang concurrently served as President of Jinan University, which had been reestablished in Guangzhou.
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Liang Lingguang stepped down as governor in July 1985 and was succeeded by Ye Xuanping.
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From 1985 to 1988, Liang Lingguang served as Director of the Guangdong Provincial Advisory Commission, and concurrently as the first chairman of China Travel Service Group Corporation of Hong Kong.
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Liang Lingguang was a member of the 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and a member of the 2nd, 5th, 6th, and 7th National People's Congresses.
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Liang Lingguang died on 25 February 2006 in Guangzhou, aged 89.