Liu was born in
Xinzheng County, Henan. He attended Kaifeng High School. He worked for Second Mechanic Works (). In 1980, he became the party chief of
Nanyang, Henan. Then he was promoted to deputy provincial party chief of Henan. In 1987, he was named deputy party chief of Guizhou; the next year, he became party chief of Guizhou, succeeding
Hu Jintao. He was also Chairman of the Guizhou People's Congress. In 1993, he became the deputy secretary of the Working Committee of State Organs. Liu was a member of the 12th, 13th, and 14th
Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party. He died on July 9, 2012, at the age of 82. ==References==