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On May 19, 2019, Liu was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.

On October 4, 2019, Liu was placed on two-year probation within the Party, and demoted to First-level researcher (一级调研员 ), a non-leading position somewhat equivalent to the zhengchuji (正处级 ).

In October 2014, he became the Communist Party Secretary (i.e. top leader) of the Agricultural Bank of China. In February 2016, he was named chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission. He was tapped for the role upon the dismissal of Xiao Gang, after a tumultuous year in the Chinese stock market that led to huge investor losses. At the CSRC, Liu was known to have decreased the backlog of approvals for companies awaiting IPO on China's stock markets. In January 2019, he was named Chairman of All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, replacing Wang Xia.

Liu was born in Guanyun County, Jiangsu. He graduated from Tsinghua University initially in hydraulic engineering, then and received a master's combined degree in engineering and management, and a doctorate in economics. Between 1987 and 1996, he worked for the Shanghai municipal economic structural reform office, then the National Office of Structural Reform, before being transferred to the China Construction Bank (CCB). At CCB, Liu was rapidly promoted to more senior roles, working in its Banking Supervision Department. In 2002 he began heading the administrative office of the People's Bank of China , and in July 2004, was named Assistant to the Governor, finally being promoted to Deputy Governor in June 2006.