[1] In the winter of 1952, Liu was transferred to Beijing from Dalian and worked in People's China magazine.
[2] From the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s, he often served as an interpreter when Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Chen Yi, Wang Zhen and Guo Moruo met with foreign guests or held talks.
[3] In 1956, he served as simultaneous interpreter at the 8th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
He also visited Japan with delegations led by Guo Moruo, Wang Zhen and Ba Jin, respectively.
[4] In 1964, as a reporter of Guangming Daily, he became one of the first Chinese journalists stationed in Japan.