Liu Fan (politician)

Liu Fan was born in April 1949 in Huanggang, Hubei Province. He began working in September 1965 and later served as a soldier in the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. After the reform and opening-up period, he worked in the commercial and publishing sectors in Hubei, including positions in a grain machinery factory, a science magazine, and the Wuhan Publishing House, where he gradually rose to managerial and editorial leadership roles. He obtained a master's degree in management from the Graduate School of the University of Science and Technology of China and later earned a doctorate in management science and engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. In March 1992, he joined the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang.^[3]

From the mid-1990s, Liu held a series of senior administrative posts in Wuhan and Hubei Province. He served as deputy director of the Wuhan Municipal Press and Publication Administration, vice mayor of Jiang'an District of Wuhan, and deputy director of the Hubei Provincial Price Bureau. In June 2003, Liu was transferred to the central government and appointed deputy director of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, a position he held until February 2011. During this period, he was involved in national market regulation and administrative reform.^[4]

Since February 2011, Liu has served as a vice chairperson of the CPPCC National Committee's Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee. He has been a member of the 10th, 11th, and 12th CPPCC National Committees, and a standing member of the 11th and 12th CPPCC National Committees.^[5] Within the RCCK, he served as a member of its 10th Central Committee and as vice chairman of its 11th and 12th Central Committees. He also held senior positions in the RCCK's Hubei provincial organization.^[6][7]

Liu Fan is the son of Xu Huizhi (Chinese: 徐会之; 1901–1951), a noted patriotic military officer and political worker during the Republican era.^[8]