He successively served as the mayor of the city of Liupanshui, then Party Secretary of the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture.
Liao was abruptly removed from office in October 2013, and was subject to a corruption investigation by the party's internal disciplinary body.
He remained in that position until July 2005, when he was transferred to Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture and appointed the Party Secretary.
[3] It was later announced that Liao would be investigated by the CCP's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) for "serious violations of laws and regulations".
[5][6] That Liao, known locally as an anti-corruption crusader, would himself fall from grace due to corruption surprised many in the communities which he served; it was said to have further eroded public trust of government authorities.
[7] In April 2014, the CCDI concluded that Liao took a "large amount of bribes" and abused the powers of his office; the case was then moved onto prosecution by the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
"[9] Liao is married to Wang Li (王丽), a Vice-President of the company that runs the Guizhou-Guangxi Railway.