Background
Huang was born in 1895, in Rong County, Guangxi, China.
Huang was born in 1895, in Rong County, Guangxi, China.
After the 1911 revolution he attended Guangxi Military Cadre Training School in Guilin along with Bai Chongxi, and Li Zongren.
Later he rose to commanded the Model Battalion, a modern professional military formation equipped with machineguns. In the confused power struggles following the Ao-Gui Wars, local military figures began to carve out territory in Guangxi and dominate lieutenant In the southwest were the opium trails from both Yunnan and Guizhou that ran through Baise and then down the river to Nanning, from whence opium usually went out through Wuzhou, where the trade was financed.
Later he became chairman of the government of Zhejiang from 1934 to 1935 and Hubei from 1936 to 1937.
Again from 1937 to 1946 he became chairman of the government of Zhejiang and commander of the 15th Army of the National Revolutionary Army. During World World War II, Huang was named deputy commander-in-chief of the 2nd War Zone.
He and Zhang Zhizhong agreed to accept the cease-fire conditions submitted by the Communist Party. During the Anti-Rightist Movement, Huang Shaohong was labeled a rightist.
Later, during the Cultural Revolution, he was again determined to be a "rightist." Unable to stand the persecution of the Red Guards, he committed suicide at home on August 31, 1966, in Beijing.
During the Chinese Civil War in the peace talks in March 1949, Huang was one of the Kuomintang delegates. When the Kuomintang leadership turned them down later, Huang fled to Hong Kong and declared his revolt from the Chinese Nationalist Party and joined the Chinese People"s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in September 1949. He was also a member of the Standing Committee of the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee.
After the war, he was named head of the Supervisory Committee and elected member of the Legislative Yuan (parliament). After the founding of the People"s Republic, Huang was elected a member of the State Council, National People"s Congress, and CPPCC.