[7] Liu cites English authors George Orwell and Arthur C. Clarke as important literary influences.

In 2012, the winner of the Nobel Prize of Literature, Mo Yan, acclaimed the remarkable originality of Liu Cixin.

[10] Liu's fiction focuses primarily on problems such as social inequality, scientific development and ecological limitations that impact humanity.

[18][19] However, YooZoo Pictures released a statement in response stating that it was the "sole owner of the rights for film and TV series adaptations.

"[19] Although it "was originally scheduled to be released in 2017," the project "was postponed indefinitely due to the company's internal shuffling and the rumored 'bad quality' of the film's first cut.

[21] The cinematic adaptation of his short story The Wandering Earth was released in China on 5 February 2019,[22] which became the second highest-grossing film in the Chinese box office within 2 weeks.

[24] US streaming platform Netflix announced in September 2020 that it had ordered an English-language series based on Liu's well-known trilogy The Three-Body Problem.

Other members of the creative team included executive producer Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman, Bernadette Caulfield, Nena Rodrigue, Lin Qi, and Rosamund Pike.