Liu Zhongde (simplified Chinese: 刘忠德; traditional Chinese: 劉忠德; pinyin: Liú Zhōngdé; 5 May 1933 – 25 May 2012) was a politician of People's Republic of China, he was a standing committee member of the 9th and 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and a member of the 14th CCP Central Committee, he served as Minister of Culture of the People's Republic of China from December 1992 to March 1998, as deputy head of the Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party from June 1990 to 1998, as deputy secretary general of the State Council from May 1988 to 1990, and vice chairman of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China from June 1985 to May 1988.

[1] Liu was born in Ji'an County, Tonghua Province, Manchukuo in May 1933, he entered Harbin Institute of Technology in 1953, after graduation, he worked as a teacher in his alma mater, he was transferred to Southeast University in 1962.

[citation needed] In June 1985, Liu served as vice chairman of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, then served as deputy secretary general of the State Council in 1988.

In 1990, he worked as a deputy head of the Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party until 1998.

[3] 01 Foreign Affairs Qian QichenP 02 National Defense Qin JiweiP 03 State Planning Commission Yao YilinPSC → Zou JiahuaP 04 State Commission for Restructuring Economy Li PengPSC → Chen Jinhua 05 State Education Commission Li TieyingP 06 State Science and Technology Commission Song Jian 07 Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense Ding Henggao 08 Ethnic Affairs Commission Ismail Amat 09 Public Security Wang Fang → Tao Siju 010 State Security Jia Chunwang 011 Ministry of Supervision Wei JianxingP 012 Civil Affairs Cui Naifu 013 Justice Cai Cheng 014 Finance Wang Bingqian → Liu Zhongli 015 Ministry of Personnel Zhao Dongwan 016 Ministry of Labor Luo Gan → Ruan Chongwu 017 Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources Zhu Xun [zh] 018 Ministry of Construction Lin Hanxiong → Hou Jie 019 Ministry of Energy Huang Yicheng 020 Ministry of Railways Li Senmao → Han Zhubin 021 Transport Qian Yongchang → Huang Zhendong 022 Ministry of Mechanical and Electronic Industry Zou Jiahua → He Guangyuan 023 Ministry of Aviation and Space Industry Lin Zongtang 024 Ministry of Metallurgical Industry Qi Yuanjing 025 Ministry of Chemical Industry Qin Zhongda → Gu Xiulian♀ 026 Ministry of Light Industry Zeng Xianlin 027 Ministry of Textile Industry Wu Wenying♀ 028 Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications Yang Taifang 029 Ministry of Water Resources Yang Zhenhuai 030 Ministry of Agriculture He Kang → Liu Zhongyi 031 Ministry of Forestry Gao Dezhan 032 Commerce Hu Ping 033 Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Zheng Tuobin → Li LanqingP 034 Ministry of Materials Liu Suinian 035 Ministry of Culture Wang Meng → He Jingzhi → Liu Zhongde 036 Ministry of Radio, Film and Television Ai Zhisheng 037 Ministry of Health Chen Minzhang 038 State Physical Culture and Sports Commission Li Menghua → Wu Shaozu 039 State Family Planning Commission Peng Peiyun♀ 040 Central Bank Governor Li Guixian 041 Auditor-General Lü Peijian