Li Ziliu | |
|---|---|
| 黎子流 | |
| 12th Mayor of Guangzhou | |
| In office 1990–1996 | |
| Preceded by | Yang Ziyuan |
| Succeeded by | Lin Shusen |
| Member of the National People's Congress (7th & 8th) | |
| In office October 1988 – March 1998 | |
| Constituency | Guangdong |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 January 1932 Shunde, Guangdong, China |
| Died | 25 December 2022 (aged 90) Guangzhou, Guangdong, China |
Li Ziliu (Chinese: 黎子流; 4 January 1932 – 25 December 2022) was a Chinese politician who served as Mayor of Guangzhou from 1990 to 1996.
Biography
Li was born in Shunde, Guangdong, Republic of China on 4 January 1932,[1] to a peasant family and he studied for only two years in a primary school. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1953. During the Cultural Revolution between 1966 and 1969, he was listed as "rightist", tortured by the Red Guards and sent to prison for two years. In 1974, Li was appointed the Communist Party Secretary of Shunde County. In 1983, he was appointed as the party secretary of Jiangmen City. During his term of service, he drove the construction of the bridge linking Jiangmen and Zhongshan to improve the city's transportation network. In 1990, he was appointed Mayor of Guangzhou. He facilitated the construction of highways to Baiyun Airport and the Guangzhou Metro during his term of service.[2]
After his retirement in 1996, Li established an agricultural company called Shunde New Century Farm in Shunde. Henderson Land, New World Development, Sino Group, and Ka Wah Group in Hong Kong invested in the company.
Lai died of Cardiovascular disease on December 25, 2022, at the age of 90.[3] Before his death, he was reported to have contracted COVID-19 on December 15.[4]
References
- ↑ 广州百科全书 (in Chinese). 中国大百科全书出版社. 1994. ISBN 978-7-5000-5240-1.
- ↑ 黎子流：回归农业 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 周甫琦 (2022-12-25). "广州市原市长黎子流12月25日在广州逝世". 南方日报. Archived from the original on 2022-12-25.
- ↑ "廣州市前市長黎子流據報因染新冠在家逝世享年91歲". 26 December 2022.