Liu Zhanqi

Biography

Liu was born in Dingzhou, Hebei in December 1956. He enlisted in the People's Armed Police in December 1973 by age 17, three years before the Cultural Revolution ended. Beginning in March 1980, he served in several posts in the Logistics Department of the People's Armed Police of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, including administrative assistant, deputy director, and director. In September 1985 he entered Ürümqi Institute of Education, majoring in Chinese language and literature. In December 1992 he became deputy chief of the Logistics Department of the People's Armed Police of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. In February 1998 he was accepted to PLA National Defence University as a part-time student. One year later he was promoted to the Chief position. During his tenure, he studied at National University of Defense Technology in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi province. He was chief of the People's Armed Police Audit Bureau in April 2005, and held that office until November 2008, when he rose to become deputy chief of the Logistics Department of the People's Armed Police. In July 2012, he was appointed chief of the People's Armed Police traffic command, a sprawling body with broad responsibilities for internal security, disaster relief and other duties, he remained in that position until December 2014, when he was placed under investigation last month. His case was handed over to the judiciary for prosecution in May 2015.