Liang Huiling (; born August 1962) is a Chinese politician, currently serving as governor of Heilongjiang and chairwoman of the . Liang was a delegate to the

11th National People's Congress The 11th National People's Congress () met for a 5-year term, from 2008 to 2013. It held five annual two week plenary sessions during this period. It succeeded the 10th National People's Congress. There were 2,987 deputies elected to the 11t ...

and is a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress. She was a member of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. She was a representative of the

19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party The 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (commonly referred to as ''Shíjiǔ Dà''; ) was held at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, between 18 and 24 October 2017. 2,280 delegates represented the party's estimated 89 milli ...

. She is a representative of the

20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), commonly referred to as ''Èrshí Dà'' (), opened in Beijing on 16 October 2022 and closed on 22 October 2022. The CCP Congress endorsed the membership list of the Central Commissi ...

and a member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Early life and education

Liang was born in

Yicheng County Yicheng County () is a county in the prefecture-level city of Linfen, in the south of Shanxi Province, China. The county spans an area of , and is home to 323,517 people as of 2019. Geography Yicheng County is located in southern Shanxi Prov ...

(now Yicheng),

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The pr ...

, in August 1962. After resuming the college entrance examination, in 1979, she entered Central China Normal University, where she majored in Chinese language and literature. After university in 1983, she taught at Xiangfan No. 5 Middle School for only five months.

Political career

Liang joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Ci ...

(CCP) in October 1985. In December 1984, Liang became deputy secretary of Xiangfan Municipal Committee of the

Communist Youth League of China The Communist Youth League of China (CYLC), also known as the Young Communist League of China or simply the Communist Youth League (CYL), is a youth movement of the People's Republic of China for youth between the ages of 14 and 28, run by th ...

, rising to secretary in June 1994. In February 1995, she was appointed

deputy party secretary In modern Chinese politics, a Deputy Party Committee Secretary (; also translated as Deputy Party Secretary, deputy party chief, vice party chief) serves as the lieutenant to the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary, and thus the deput ...

of Gucheng County, and held that office until June 1997. Beginning in 1997, Liang served in several posts in

Xiaogan Xiaogan () is a prefecture-level city in east-central Hubei province, People's Republic of China, some northwest of the provincial capital of Wuhan. According to the 2020 census, its population totaled 4,270,371, of whom 988,479 lived in the built ...

, including vice mayor (1998–2000), head of the Organization Department of the CCP Xiaogan Municipal Committee (2000–2003), deputy secretary (2003–2008), acting mayor (2006), and mayor (2006–2008). In July 2008, Liang was made president and party branch secretary of Hubei Women's Federation, replacing . In August 2011, Liang was appointed party secretary of

Ezhou Ezhou () is a prefecture-level city in eastern Hubei Province, China. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 1,079,353, of which 695,697 lived in the core Echeng District. The Ezhou - Huanggang built-up (''or metro'') area was home ...

, a post he kept until January 2013, when she was promoted to vice governor of Hubei. Liang was appointed head of the

United Front Work Department The United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (UFWD; ) is a department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) which is officially tasked with " united front work". For this endea ...

and president of the Hubei Provincial Federation of Trade Unions in April 2015 and was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Hubei Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. Liang was transferred from her job in Hubei province to

north China North China, or Huabei () is a geographical region of China, consisting of the provinces of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia. Part of the larger region of Northern China (''Beifang''), it lies north of the Qinling–Huai ...

Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and ...

province in December 2016. She was appointed secretary of Hebei Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Hebei Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. She concurrently served as director of the Hebei Provincial Supervisory Commission since January 2018. Liang was party branch secretary of the

Red Cross Society of China The Red Cross Society of China () is the national Red Cross Society in the People's Republic of China. Origins and history before 1949 The Red Cross Society of China was founded as the Shanghai International Red Cross Committee on March 10, 1 ...

in October 2018, in addition to serving as executive vice president. In June 2021, Liang was named chairwoman of the , confirmed in the following month.

References

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