Liu Lantao

Liu Lantao (; 17 November 1910 – 31 December 1997) male, born in Mizhi, Shaanxi Province, was a senior leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Advisory Committee, vice-chairman of the fourth, fifth and sixth Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, alternate secretary of the eighth Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and deputy secretary of the Central Supervision Commission.

Biography

Early life Liu was born in Shaanxi Province in 1910. After participating in the May Thirtieth Movement of 1925 at the age of 14, Liu joined the Communist Youth League of China in 1926 and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in September 1928 at the age of 17. Liu and fellow communist Liu Zhidan organized a resistance movement to the Kuomintang in northern Shaanxi. In August 1930, Liu was captured and imprisoned. After his release, he went to Hebei Province, where he was betrayed, captured a second time and imprisoned in Beiping alongside An Ziwen and Bo Yibo. In September 1936, he was rescued from prison by the underground organization of the CCP and dispatched to the Suidong area to carry out work against the Empire of Japan. Due to being wanted by the government of the Republic of China, he was transferred to the position of Deputy Secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the CCP.