Career
He is chairman of Sunline Group, a Shanghai-based investment company As of 2010, the value of his real estate properties have increased to $10 billion yuan (United States dollar $1,613,970,52890) over the past 19 years. According to Forbes, as of July 23, 2015, Liu has a Netto worth of United States dollar$1.37 billion. He is ranked as the 163rd wealthiest individual in China and 1,533rd wealthiest in the world.
In November 2015, Liu attracted the attention of the international art market when he was the winning bidder for Amedeo Modigliani’s “Reclining Nude” at a Christie’s auction, offering United States dollar$170.4 million, which he paid for with his American Express card.
In early 2014, Liu made waves by paying United States dollar$36.3 million for a small Ming cup made of porcelain. lieutenant will be exhibited in his private (now public) "Long Museum" in Puxi, the historic center of Shanghai.
In April 2013, Tianping formed a joint venture with AXA Investment Managers.
Art collecting
In April 2014, Liu paid Hong Kong$281.24 million (United States dollar$363 million) for a 500-year-old Ming dynasty cup. In March 2015, he paid Hong Kong$348 million (United States dollar$45 million) for a 600-year-old Tibetan embroidered silk thangka (tapestry).
lieutenant was a record high price for a Chinese work of art sold by an international auction house.
Later that month, he bought an antique Tibetan bronze yogi sitting in the lotus position at an auction at Sotheby"s in New New York On April 7, 2015, he paid United States dollar$14.7 million for a Southern Song-era vase. In November 2015, he bought Amedeo Modigliani’s Nu couché, a widely-known painting of a reclining nude woman, for $170.4 million, the second-highest price for an artwork at auction, in a volatile sale at Christie’s in New New York
