Liu Jiyuan, male, Han nationality, is a native of Xingxian County, Shanxi Province. He was born in 1933, joined the CPC in 1952, and graduated from a technological college in Moscow, USSR in 1960.
Liu Jiyuan has been involved in the astronautics and aerospace industry his entire career. He served as a vice-minister of the Ministry of Astronautics Industry in 1984 and a vice-minister of the Ministry of Aerospace Industry in 1988. He contributed to the design of the control system of long-range carrier rockets. He was a member of the 14th and 15th CPC Central Committees and member of the standing committee of the 9th NPC.
Liu was general manager of the Science and Technology Corporation from 1993 to 2001.