Liu Hua (Chinese: 刘华; born May 1961) is a Chinese legal scholar and politician. She formerly served as Chief Prosecutor of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Procuratorate and currently serves as President of the China Association of Women Prosecutors.
Biography
Liu was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. She studied criminal law at East China University of Political Science and Law beginning in 1979. In 1983, she entered graduate studies in criminal law at the China University of Political Science and Law, earning a Master of Law degree. In August 1986, Liu began her career as a researcher at the Institute of Law, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. She later served as deputy director of the Criminal Law Division in 1994 and became assistant director and Researcher at the Institute in 1999.
In December 2000, she was appointed Assistant to the President of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. She also attended the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party's mid-career cadre training program in 2001. In 2001, she became Trade Union Chair and Assistant President of the academy, and in June 2002 was promoted to Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary.
In August 2004, Liu became Vice President of the Shanghai High People's Court. From October 2007, she served as Director of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government Legal Affairs Office. In January 2016, she was appointed Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary and Chief Prosecutor of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Procuratorate.
Liu is a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress and has served as a representative to the 12th and 14th Jiangsu Provincial People's Congresses. She has also been a member of the 13th and 14th Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.