Liu continued to dominate both nationally and regionally into the 1994 season. He won for the first time at the Chinese Championships with a throw over nineteen metres, then outdid both national rival Xie Shengying and Uzbekistan's Sergey Rubtsov at the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima to take another international gold medal. The winning throw of was an Asian Games record and the first time the winner had cleared nineteen metres (this mark stood until the 2006 edition). Rubtsov led the Asian rankings that year, but Liu was Asia's next best performer. He defended his national title in 1995 and 1996, as well as winning at the national indoor meet in the latter year. Though still ranked in the top 80 in the world, he dropped behind Asian rivals Rubtsov and Mubarak during this period.