| 2008— | State Councilor, State Council | |
| 2007— | Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Politboro | |
| 2007— | Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee | |
| 2003—2008 | Vice-Chairman, 10th CPPCC, National Committee | |
| 2002—2007 | Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee | |
| 2002—2007 | Head, CPC, Central Committee, United Front Work Department | |
| 1997—2002 | Alternate Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee | |
| 1991—2002 | Deputy Head, CPC, Central Committee, United Front Work Department | |
| Deputy Director, Youth Ideological Education Research Center | ||
| Secretary-General, Youth Ideological Education Research Center |
| 11/06/08 | Liu Yandong met with Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Science Daniel Vulchev. |
| 10/26/08 | Liu Yandong and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov attended the 9th session of a China-Russia committee on humanitarian cooperation. |
| 08/11/08 | Liu Yandong met with U.S. billionaire Bill Gates and Microsoft's chief executive officers. |
| 05/23/08 | Liu Yandong met with Alexander Zhukov, the Chinese and Russian chairmen of the joint committee on cultural and humanities cooperation. |
| 03/17/08 | Liu Yandong, Liang Guanglie, Ma Kai, Meng Jianzhu and Dai Bingguo were approved as the state councilors of China. |