Liao Shaohua is a former Chinese politician who spent most of his career in southwest China's Guizhou province.
19 Facts About Liao Shaohua
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In Qiandongnan Prefecture, Liao developed a reputation for being a low-key competent official.
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Liao Shaohua oversaw a tough local anti-corruption campaign that saw over a dozen local officials charged and sentenced to prison.
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Liao Shaohua engaged with ordinary residents by responding to inquiries and petitions online.
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Liao Shaohua became Party Secretary of Zunyi in July 2012, which eventually earned him a seat on the provincial party Standing Committee, making Liao one of the province's highest-ranked officials.
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Liao Shaohua was abruptly removed from office in October 2013, and was subject to a corruption investigation by the party's internal disciplinary body.
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Liao Shaohua was convicted on charges of abuse of power and bribery, and sentenced to 16 years in prison.
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Liao Shaohua began work in August 1982 and he joined the Chinese Communist Party in December 1984.
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Liao Shaohua served as the President of Guizhou Youth Federation between February 1998 to May 1998.
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Liao Shaohua remained in that position until July 2005, when he was transferred to Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture and appointed the Party Secretary.
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Liao Shaohua oversaw a tough local anti-corruption campaign, personally handling some 50 cases of corruption, leading to the conviction and jail sentences for over a dozen local officials.
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Liao Shaohua was known to have engaged with residents online.
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Liao Shaohua responded to every message, and was said to have addressed the concerns of residents in over half of the cases.
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Liao Shaohua was appointed as the Party Secretary of the Communist revolutionary heartland of Zunyi in July 2012, and he was named a Standing Committee member of the CCP Guizhou Committee in January 2013, catapulting him to "sub-provincial level" office.
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On October 28,2013, Liao Shaohua was scheduled to preside over a meeting of the municipal party leadership.
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Liao Shaohua did not show up and the meeting was cancelled without explanation.
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That Liao Shaohua, known locally as an anti-corruption crusader, would himself fall from grace due to corruption surprised many in the communities which he served; it was said to have further eroded public trust of government authorities.
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Liao Shaohua was tried at the Xi'an People's Intermediate Court in 2015.
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Liao Shaohua is married to Wang Li, a Vice-President of the company that runs the Guizhou-Guangxi Railway.