Previously he served as Communist Party Secretary of Guangxi and Governor of Liaoning.

He entered to work in Yangtze River Basin Planning Office, and served as the Chief of the Hub Design Department Crossing Dam Building Design Section Project Team.

In 2000, he served as the General Manager of Hubei Changjiang Bidding Co., Ltd. (湖北长江招投标有限公司).

In 2001, Liu was appointed the Chief Engineer of the Planning and Design Administration of the South–North Water Transfer Project, and he was appointed the General Engineer of the Ministry of Water Resources, later he served as the Deputy Minister in 2009.

[6] On 31 December 2024, Liu was made Communist Party Secretary of Henan, succeeded Lou Yangsheng.