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11 Facts About Luo Haocai

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Luo Haocai was a Chinese legal scholar, Supreme Court judge, and politician.

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Luo Haocai served as professor and Vice President of Peking University, Vice President of the Supreme People's Court, Chairman of China Zhi Gong Party, and Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

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Luo Haocai's grandfather had moved to Burma and later settled in Singapore.

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In China, Luo Haocai studied at Zhiyong High School in Guangzhou and Wuxi No 1 High School in Jiangsu.

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Luo Haocai was admitted to Peking University Law School in 1956, and stayed on as a faculty member after graduating in 1960.

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Luo Haocai was Vice President of the Chinese Law Society and Vice Chairman of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese.

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Luo Haocai's proposed solution is a "theory of balance", which seeks to simultaneously protect and restrain both the power of the administrative organ and the rights of citizens.

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Luo Haocai's theory has become highly influential in China, although it is controversial.

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Luo Haocai joined the China Zhi Gong Party in 1992, and became its vice-chairman.

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Luo Haocai served in both positions for two terms.

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Luo Haocai died in Beijing in the morning of 12 February 2018, at the age of 83.