After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Liang served as the first Mayor of Xiamen, Vice Governor of Fujian, and later Minister of Light Industry (1977–1980).

[2] When the Empire of Japan occupied Northeast China in 1931 following the Mukden Incident, Liang participated in anti-Japanese activities organized by the underground Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and was expelled by his high school.

He moved to Xiamen, Fujian, where he worked as an editor at the magazine Pinghua (平话) and published articles condemning Japanese aggression.

On the train to Nanjing, he met fellow petitioner Zhu Hanzhang (朱含章), a Jinan University student who later became his wife.

There he taught at Zunkong Middle School (尊孔中学) founded by his brother Piyun,[1] and organized anti-Japanese groups such as the Selangor Anti-Imperialism Union under the guidance of the Malayan Communist Party.

[4] After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Liang was appointed the first Mayor of Xiamen, Fujian, and worked to restore industrial production after the end of the civil war.

[6] From 1985 to 1988, Liang served as Director of the Guangdong Provincial Advisory Commission, and concurrently as the first chairman of China Travel Service Group Corporation (CTS) of Hong Kong.