He was dismissed from his position within the party and resigned from his position as mayor. Eight months later, he held a work meeting with the mayor of the entire region
According to the Guangxi News Network, the sixth plenary meeting of the 12th Committee of the CPC of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the mid year work conference of the whole region were held in Nanning on August 9, 2023.
The plenary session reviewed and approved the review report of the Discipline Inspection Committee of the Communist Party of China Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Comrade Liao Liyong's serious violations of discipline and law, and confirmed the punishment of revoking Comrade Liao Liyong's position within the party made at the 109th meeting of the 12th Party Committee Standing Committee of the Autonomous Region.
This is the first official disclosure of Liao Liyong's serious violations of discipline and law.
According to the Regulations of the CPC on Disciplinary Actions, disciplinary actions against Party members are divided into: warning; Serious warning; Revoke party positions; Stay with the party for inspection; Dismissal from the Party.
Revocation of disciplinary action within the Party refers to the revocation of disciplinary action taken by a Party member who has been elected or appointed by an organization within the Party. For those who hold two or more positions within the Party, the Party organization should clarify whether to revoke all of their positions or one or several positions when making disciplinary decisions. If it is decided to revoke one of its positions, the highest position held must be revoked. If it is decided to revoke two or more of their positions, they must be revoked in sequence starting from the highest position they hold. For those who hold positions in non party organizations, it should be suggested that non party organizations take corresponding measures in accordance with regulations.
For those who should be punished with revocation of their party positions but have not held any party positions, they shall be given a serious warning. At the same time, those who hold positions in non party organizations should be advised to revoke their non party positions.
If a party member is punished with revocation of his/her position within the party, or is given a serious warning in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, he/she shall not hold any position within the party or recommend to non party organizations positions that are equivalent to or higher than his/her original position within two years.
Liao Liyong has served as the Mayor of Beihai City and the Mayor of Nanning City.
According to the public resume, Liao Liyong was born in November 1971 and has served as the Deputy Secretary and Secretary of the Nanning Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League. In December 2003, Liao Liyong was appointed as the Secretary of the Chongzuo Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League, and in 2007, he was appointed as the Deputy Secretary of the Guangxi Autonomous Region Committee of the Communist Youth League.
In 2012, Liao Liyong was appointed as the Secretary of the Fuchuan County Committee of Hezhou City, and also served as the Director of the Management Committee and Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Hezhou China Resources Circular Economy Industry Demonstration Zone. In 2014, he became a member of the Standing Committee of the Hezhou Municipal Committee, and the following year, he also served as the Minister of the Organization Department of the Hezhou Municipal Committee.
In 2017, Liao Liyong was transferred to the position of Deputy Secretary of the Fangchenggang Municipal Party Committee. In July 2020, he was transferred to the position of Deputy Secretary of the Beihai Municipal Party Committee. In January 2021, he was appointed as the Acting Mayor of Beihai City. In February 2021, he was appointed as the Mayor of Beihai City.
In December 2021, Liao Liyong was transferred to the position of Deputy Secretary and Acting Mayor of Nanning City. He was appointed as the Mayor of Nanning City in January 2022 and resigned from his position in December 2022.