Liu Xiaokai

Liu Xiaokai was born in Taijiang County, Guizhou, in March 1962. He entered Tsinghua University in 1978, majoring in welding engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and began his career in September 1983 at the Guizhou Boiler Factory, where he served successively as technician, deputy director of the steam drum workshop, deputy director of the factory office, deputy director of the total quality management office, and secretary of the factory youth league committee.^[2]

In 1987, Liu joined the Qiandongnan Prefecture Economic Commission, where he worked in technical reform and enterprise management, later serving as deputy director of the commission and concurrently deputy head of the prefecture's new technology promotion station. In the early 1990s, he became deputy director of the commission and briefly served on secondment as Deputy Party Secretary of Leishan County. Between 1992 and 1996, he served as Party Secretary of Jianhe County while completing mid-career studies at the Central Party School.^[3]

From 1996 onward, Liu held several leadership roles within the Communist Youth League and the Qiandongnan Prefectural Government, becoming Deputy Mayor and later Mayor of Qiandongnan Prefecture, and subsequently Governor from 1998 to 2005. He then served as Governor of Qiannan Prefecture before being appointed Party Secretary of Bijie in 2006 and First Secretary of the Bijie Military Subdistrict.^[4]

Beginning in 2008, Liu served as Vice Governor of Guizhou Province and later joined the provincial standing committee.^[5] From 2012 to 2018, he served as Member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Guizhou Provincial Committee and Head of the United Front Work Department.^[6] In January 2018, he became chairman and Party Secretary of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the CPPCC, a position he held until 2023. In January 2023, he was appointed chairman and Party Secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the CPPCC.^[7]

Liu has been an alternate member of the 17th, 18th, and 19th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party, becoming a full member during the 18th Central Committee following a by-election. He has also served as a member of the 12th, 13th, and 14th National Committees of the CPPCC, and as a delegate to the Yunnan Provincial People's Congress.^[8]