Liu was born in
Teng County (now Tengzhou),
Shandong, in December 1940. He enlisted in the
People's Liberation Army (PLA) in December 1958 and joined the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1960. In 1992, he graduated from the
PLA Nanjing Political College. In December 1994, he became deputy political commissar of
Guangzhou Military Region, rising to political commissar in August 1998. He became political commissar of
Chengdu Military Region in December 2003, and served until December 2005. He was promoted to the rank of
major general (
shaojiang) in August 1988,
lieutenant general (
zhongjiang) in July 1996, and
general (
shangjiang) in June 2002. ==References==