In 2003, he studied at the Wuhan University of Science and Technology, where he majored in iron and steel metallurgy, and obtained a master's degree in engineering.
[2] In 2008, he majored in resource industry economics and earned the Doctor of Engineering at the China University of Geosciences in Wuhan.
[2] From August 2008 to June 2011, he served as the director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Commerce and from June 2011 to December 2011, he served as the director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Commerce, and the deputy secretary of the Party Working Committee of Chang-Zhu-Tan.
From September 2016 to November 2016, he served as the Deputy Secretary-General of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee (at the department level).
[7] In December 2021, following the stepping down of Zhou Jiangyong due to investigation on him by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), Liu succeeded Zhou as the CCP secretary of Hangzhou following a decision of the meeting by the leading party cadres within the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee.