Liang entered special class for gifted youths (Chinese: 少年班) at Fudan University in Shanghai in 1985 and studied for one year before leaving for attending the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States.
He received a master of arts in computer science from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1989 and a doctor of philosophy in economics from Stanford University in 2011.
From 1991 to 1999, Liang worked for Oracle Corporation in the US and China, in technical and managerial roles, rising to head of Oracle China's ERP consulting division.

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