{{Short description|Chinese politician}} {{Family name hatnote|[[Liu]]|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Lưu Hải Tinh, 2016.jpg | caption = Liu in 2016 | office1 = [[Head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party]] | term_start1 = 30 September 2025 | term_end1 = | 1blankname1 = {{nowrap|General Secretary}} | 1namedata1 = [[Xi Jinping]] | predecessor1 = [[Liu Jianchao]] | successor1 = | office2 = Executive Deputy Director of the [[Office of the National Security Commission]] | term_start2 = July 2022 | term_end2 = September 2025 | predecessor2 = [[Chen Wenqing]] | successor2 = | name = Liu Haixing | native_name = 刘海星 | native_name_lang = zh | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1963|04}} | birth_place = [[Beijing]], China | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age||df=yes}} or {{death year and age| }} --> | death_place = | party = [[Chinese Communist Party]] | spouse = [[Zhang Meifang]]<!-- {{marriage||}} --> | children = 1 | parents = [[Liu Shuqing]] | relations = | alma_mater = [[Beijing Foreign Studies University]]<br>International School of Public Administration<br>[[China National School of Administration|National School of Administration]] | website = | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes|order=st | s = {{linktext|刘|海|星}} | t = {{linktext|劉|海|星}} | p = Liú Hǎixīng }} }} '''Liu Haixing''' ({{lang-zh|s=刘海星}}; born April 1963) is a Chinese diplomat and politician, currently serving as [[Head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party]] (ministerial-level).
He is a representative of the [[20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party]] and a member of the [[20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party]].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Fu Zhongming ({{lang|zh|符仲明}}) |url=http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/szyw/202209/25/t20220925_38126370.shtml |script-title=zh:中国共产党第二十次全国代表大会代表名单 |work=ce.cn |date=25 September 2022 |access-date=5 November 2022 |language=zh}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Zhao Wenhan ({{lang|zh|赵文涵}}) |url=http://www.news.cn/politics/cpc20/2022-10/22/c_1129074998.htm |script-title=zh:（二十大受权发布）中国共产党第二十届中央委员会委员名单 |work=xinhuanet.com |date=22 October 2022 |access-date=5 November 2022 |language=zh}}</ref> He is a delegate to the [[13th National People's Congress]].
==Early life and education== Liu was born in [[Beijing]], in April 1963, to [[Liu Shuqing]], a diplomat and politician.<ref name="liu">{{cite news |author1=Yi Yi ({{lang|zh|伊一}}) |url=http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201703/14/t20170314_20970876.shtml |script-title=zh:刘海星不再担任外交部部长助理职务 |work=ce.cn |date=14 March 2017 |access-date=5 November 2022 |language=zh}}</ref> His [[Ancestral home (Chinese)|ancestral home]] is in [[Jiangyin]], [[Jiangsu]].<ref name="liu"/> After graduating from [[Beijing Foreign Studies University]] in 1985, he joined the Foreign Service.<ref name="liu" /> From 1987 to 1988, he studied at the International School of Public Administration in [[Paris]], [[France]].<ref name="liu" />
== Political career == Liu returned to China in 1988 and continued to work at the Translation Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<ref name="liu" /> From 1994 to 1996, he studied at the [[China National School of Administration|National School of Administration]].<ref name="liu" /> After working in the Translation Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for two years, he was appointed first secretary of the [[Chinese Embassy in France]] in 1998.<ref name="liu" /> In 2002, he became counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations.<ref name="liu" /> He was made deputy director of the Western Europe Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2003, and served until 2009, when he was chosen as envoy of the Chinese Embassy in France.<ref name="liu" />
In 2012, he succeeded {{ill|Li Ruiyu|zh|李瑞宇}} as director of the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a post he kept until 2015.<ref name="liu" /> In 2015, he was promoted to become assistant foreign minister, a position he held until 2017.<ref name="liu" /> In March 2018, he took office as vice chairperson of the [[Supervisory and Judicial Affairs Committee|Supervisory and Judicial Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress]]. In July 2022, Liu was appointed as Executive Deputy Director of the [[Office of the National Security Commission]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=劉海星正部外交「三劉」|date=21 July 2022 |url=https://std.stheadline.com/kol/article/7233/|publisher=Sing Tao Daily|accessdate=2022-07-27|archive-date=2022-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727165813/https://std.stheadline.com/kol/article/7233/%E6%94%BF%E5%95%86KOL-%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E8%A7%80%E5%AF%9F-%E5%8A%89%E6%B5%B7%E6%98%9F%E6%AD%A3%E9%83%A8%E5%A4%96%E4%BA%A4-%E4%B8%89%E5%8A%89|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Head of the International Department === On 30 September 2025, he was announced as the new [[head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party]], succeeding [[Liu Jianchao]] who, according to sources, was detained by anti-corruption officials.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rfi.fr/cn/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD/20250930-%E5%88%98%E5%BB%BA%E8%B6%85-%E6%B6%88%E5%A4%B1-%E5%A4%9A%E6%97%B6%E5%90%8E-%E5%88%98%E6%B5%B7%E6%98%9F%E6%8E%A5%E4%BB%BB%E4%B8%AD%E5%85%B1%E4%B8%AD%E8%81%94%E9%83%A8%E9%83%A8%E9%95%BF|title=刘建超"消失"多时后 刘海星接任中共中联部部长|trans-title=Liu Haixing took over as Minister of the International Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee after Liu Jianchao "disappeared" for a long time|newspaper=Radio France International|date=2025-09-30|access-date=2025-09-30}}</ref> In November 2025, Liu met with [[Social Democratic Party of Germany]] co-leader [[Lars Klingbeil]] as part of the party dialogue between the SPD and the CCP established in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 November 2025 |title=German vice chancellor visits China in difficult times |url=https://www.dw.com/en/german-vice-chancellor-visits-china-in-difficult-times/a-74751588 |access-date=2025-11-23 |website=[[Deutsche Welle]] |language=en}}</ref>
In January 2026, Liu wrote in the ''[[People's Daily|People’s Daily]]'' that "frequent systemic crises within capitalism" and the success of the Chinese model means that "historical evolution and the competition between the two ideologies and social systems — socialism and capitalism — are undergoing a major shift on a global scale that increasingly favors socialism". He also argued that China's rise had shattered the "Western-centric" logic that equates modernization with Westernization and "sets a benchmark and provides a brand-new alternative for developing nations seeking to achieve modernization while maintaining their independence and autonomy".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gan |first=Nectar |date=9 January 2026 |title=China Touts Its Governance Model as Trump Tests Global Norms |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-09/china-touts-its-governance-model-as-trump-tests-global-norms |access-date=9 January 2026 |work=[[Bloomberg News]]}}</ref>
== Personal life == Liu married diplomat [[Zhang Meifang]], who bore him a daughter.
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