Liu Shutian (Chinese: 刘书田; born December 1940) is a general in the People's Liberation Army of China.

He was a member of the 15th and 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

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.