Liang Boqi
Liang Boqi (; 1918 – December 25, 2013) was the wife of Zhao Ziyang, the third premier of the People's Republic of China from 1980 to 1987, vice chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1981 to 1982, and CCP general secretary from 1987 to 1989. In 1918, Liang Boqi was born in Nanzhuang, Chengguan Town, Neihuang County. When she was in middle school, she studied in Kaifeng and Wuhan. After the July 7th Incident in 1937, Liang Boqi dropped out of school and returned to her hometown. In April 1938, she participated in the Anti-Japanese Movement led by the CCP. She served as the "Team" Southern Hebei Sub-division Captain and concurrently serving as the Deputy Director of the Propaganda Department of the Women's Salvation Congress in the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region. In January 1939, Liang Boqi was sent by the CCP organization to Hua County, Henan Province, as the director of the Women's Salvation Congress, becoming the first full-time female cadre in the Hua County Committee of the CCP and the Hua County Anti-Japanese Democratic Government. At that time, the Huaxian party organization of the CCP was under the leadership of the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Prefectural Committees of