Liaocheng (Chinese: 聊城; pinyin: Liáochéng), is a prefecture-level city in western Shandong province, China.

It borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the southeast, Dezhou to the northeast, Tai'an to the south, and the provinces of Hebei and Henan to the west.

Its population was 5,789,863 at the 2010 census whom 1,229,768 lived in the built-up area made up of Donchangfu district, even though large parts remain rural.

[4] During the Song dynasty, the area of present-day Liaocheng included the prefectures of Bo and Ji.

In November 1952, Pingyuan was dissolved and Liaocheng returned to Shandong.