Liu Yaozhang

{{Short description|Chinese journalist and politician (1897–1993)}}

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Liu Yaozhang ({{zh|t=劉瑤章}}; November 1897 – 28 May 1993) was a Chinese journalist and politician.

Liu was a native of Anxin County, Zhili. He earned a degree in philosophy at Peking University, and began working in mass media; successively as an editor for {{ill|Social Welfare (newspaper)|lt=Social Welfare|zh|益世報}} in Beiping, a chief editor of the same publication in Tianjin, and later for the Central News Agency.劉瑤章先生逝世，人民日報1993年7月8日

Liu joined the Kuomintang in 1925, and held membership in the {{ill|National Political Assembly|zh|國民參政會}}, the {{ill|Central Committee of the Kuomintang|zh|中國國民黨中央委員會}}, as well as positions on the Hebei branch of the Kuomintang, and the Hebei Provincial Provisional Senate. In 1946, he sat on the National Constituent Assembly, and was appointed Mayor of Beiping in June 1948. Liu and Fu Zuoyi surrendered Beiping to Communist forces in 1949.

In the People's Republic of China, Liu served in several positions within the {{ill|Central Ministry of Water Resources|zh|中央人民政府水利部}} and its successor, the Ministry of Water Resources. In 1954, Liu joined the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, and was elected to its third, fifth, and sixth central committee, as well as a standing member of its Central Supervisory Committee. He served on the second through seventh convocations of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Liu died in Beijing on 28 May 1993.