Professor Liu was appointed President of Renmin University of China in 2015. He also supervises PhD candidates is a member of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee and Theoretical Economics Committee of the Academic Council, as well as Deputy Director of the Committee for the Development of Academic Disciplines and Specializations under the Ministry of Education.
In 2010, Professor Liu was appointed member of the PKU CPC Standing Committee and Executive Vice President of Peking University. Additionally, he held the post of Executive Vice President of Peking University before assuming his position as President of Renmin University.
Professor LIU’s main research areas include socialist economic theory; transition economics, industrial development theory, economic growth and corporate property rights. He has published more than two hundred academic articles and several dozen books. He has also won a number of academic awards, including the SUN Yefang Economics Book Award, the Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Science Economics prize, and the first National Youth Social Science Achievement Award.
Professor Liu holds a Ph.D. in Economics