Career
In 1982, Liu came third at the World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Tbilisi with a final score of 9/14. In 1983, she qualified for the Candidates Tournament but lost her quarterfinal match held in Velden to Nana Ioseliani 6-3 (+1, =4, -4). Later, she competed in two further Interzonal Tournaments (1985 Zeleznovodsk, finishing 14th with 4½/15.
And 1987 Tuzla, finishing 10th with 8½/17)
Liu competed for the China women"s national chess team
Five times at the Chess Olympiads (1980–1988) with an overall record of 68 total games played (+25, =27, -16). She reached her highest FIDE rating of 2260 in July 1990.