Liu Shutian, male, Han nationality, is a native of Tengzhou, Shandong province. He was born in 1940, joined the PLA in 1958, and joined the CPC in 1960. He was conferred the rank of major general in 1988, promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in 1996, and promoted to the rank of general in 2002. Liu was elected political commissar of the Guangzhou Military Region in 1998. He was a member of the 15th and 16th CPC Central Committees.