In December 1964 he graduated from the College of Agriculture in Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (now Shihezi University), where he majored in animal husbandry.
In August 1972, Liu became a technician at Beijing Municipal Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Station, five years later he was promoted to become its deputy director.
[citation needed] Liu was the head of Beijing Red Star Chicken Farm in December 1979, and held that office until July 1982.
[citation needed] In 1982 he was promoted to become director of the Bureau of Animal Industry in Beijing, a position he held until 1986.
[2] In February 2005 he was appointed deputy director of the Committee for Ethnic and Religious Affairs, an institution under the jurisdiction of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.