2007. He was selected to be the chairman of the Standing Committee of the Sichuan Provincial People's Congress on January 27, 2008. He served as the chief of the Chinese Communist Party Sichuan Committee, the province's top leader from 2008 to 2012. At the 18th Party Congress held in November 2012, Liu was promoted to the 18th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, and named head of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee, succeeding Liu Yunshan (no relation), who became a member of the Politburo Standing Committee. In 2017 Qibao met with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens, Greece. At the 19th Party Congress held in October 2017, Liu was unable to secure a Politburo seat even though he had not yet reached the conventional retirement at the age of 68. He held onto a seat on the Central Committee, however. On March 14, 2018, he was named one of the Vice-Chairmen of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. References External links Biography Xinhua (November 2012) Who's Who in China's Leadership China.org.cn (November 2012) |- |- 1953 births Politicians from Anqing Chinese Communist Party politicians from Anhui Living people Anhui Normal University alumni Heads of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party People's Republic of China politicians from Anhui Political office-holders in Sichuan Political office-holders in Guangxi Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 18th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Vice Chairpersons of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference