[1] Liu missed the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, but she had a rapid ascent at the regional level that year.

She won the national title for a second time and improved her best to 59.55 m on the Chinese Grand Prix circuit.

[2][3] In October she won the javelin at the 2009 National Games of China with another best of 60.65 m.[4] The 2009 Asian Athletics Championships held the next month in Guangzhou brought her another gold medal as she and Li Lingwei took the top two spots for the host nation.

[5] Liu threw beyond the 60-metre mark again at December's 2009 East Asian Games to win her third gold on home soil in 2009, while it was Zhang Li who completed the Chinese 1–2 medal sweep on that occasion.

Liu equalled her personal best exactly at a Chinese Grand Prix meet in April and continued her regional dominance at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships, where she won a second consecutive javelin title.