Liu Qibao, male, Han nationality, is a native of Susong, Anhui Province. He was born in 1953, joined the CPC in 1971, and entered the work force in 1974. He graduated from Jilin University, and received his master's in 1992.
Liu served as the deputy secretary of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the principal of the Party School of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from 2000 to 2006. From 2006 - 2007, he served as Secretary of the CPC Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regional Committee.
Liu was an alternate member of the 16th CPC Central Committee and a member of the 17th CPC Central Committee. He is Secretary of the Sichuan Provincial CPC Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Sichuan Provincial People's Congress.
In 2012, he became a member of the Politburo of the 18th CPC Central Committee. From 2014 to 2017 he was Director of the Leading Group for Culture System Reform and Development and Director of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee. He is now a member of the 19th CPC Central Committee.