Liu Zhongde, male, Han nationality, is a native of Ji‘an, Jilin Province. He was born in 1933, joined the CPC in 1958, and studied at the Northeast PLA Flying School and the civil engineering department of the Harbin Technological University.
During the early 1960s Liu Zhongde worked in education at the Nanjing Engineering Institute in a variety of posts. His work at Nanjing Engineering Institute led to his first positions within the Party as the secretary of the CPC Committee at the Institute. Liu then moved on to become Minister of Culture, a delegate to the 13th CPC National Congress, a member of the 14th and 15th CPC Central Committees, a member of the standing committee of the 9th CPPCC National Committee.
In 1998 Liu became a member of the standing committee and chairman of the Subcommittee of Education, Science, Culture, Health and Sports of the 9th CPPCC National Committee.