| Office1: | Political Commissar of Chengdu Military Region | ||||||
| Term Start1: | December 2003 | ||||||
| Term End1: | December 2005 | ||||||
| Predecessor1: | Yang Deqing | ||||||
| Successor1: | Zhang Haiyang | ||||||
| Office2: | Political Commissar of Guangzhou Military Region | ||||||
| Term Start2: | August 1998 | ||||||
| Term End2: | December 2003 | ||||||
| Predecessor2: | Shi Yuxiao | ||||||
| Successor2: | Yang Deqing | ||||||
| Liu Shutian | |||||||
| Native Name: | 刘书田 | ||||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||||
| Birth Place: | Teng County, Shandong, China | ||||||
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma Mater: | PLA Nanjing Political College | ||||||
| Serviceyears: | 1958–2005 | ||||||
| Rank: | General | ||||||
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Liu Shutian (; born December 1940) is a general in the People's Liberation Army of China. He was a member of the 15th and 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
Liu was born in Teng County (now Tengzhou), Shandong, in December 1940. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in December 1958 and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1960. In 1992, he graduated from the PLA Nanjing Political College. In December 1994, he became deputy political commissar of Guangzhou Military Region, rising to political commissar in August 1998.[1] He became political commissar of Chengdu Military Region in December 2003, and served until December 2005.[2]
He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in August 1988, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in July 1996, and general (shangjiang) in June 2002.[3]