Liu Zhentang (born February 1945) is a senior Chinese diplomat on Gulf and Middle East Affairs.

[1] Liu was born in Dandong, Liaoning in 1945.

He graduated from Beijing Second Foreign Language Institute with a bachelor's degree in Arabic Studies in 1969 and has been working for the Chinese Foreign Ministry since 1972.

[2][3] In 2010, he served as Deputy Commissioner General for Shanghai World Expo.

[4] In 2012, he was appointed Distinguished Professor of the MOE Arab Research Center.