Background and career
Liu Yandong (Chinese: 刘延东; November 22, 1945 – October 28, 2026) was a Chinese politician. She served as a vice premier of the PRC from 2013 to 2018, and was a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party from 2007 to 2017, a State Councilor between 2007 and 2012, and was head of the United Front Work Department of the Communist Party between 2002 and 2007.
Liu was a graduate of Tsinghua University, and was associated throughout her career with her fellow alumnus and Communist Youth League colleague Hu Jintao. As such Chinese-language media has sometimes labelled Liu as part of the so-called "Tuanpai", or "Youth League clique". After the retirement of Vice Premier Wu Yi, Liu became the highest-ranked female political figure in China, and one of only three women to have held a seat on the Politburo, the others being Wu and retired second Vice Premier Sun Chunlan.
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