| Liu Hongcai | |
| Office: | Chinese Ambassador to North Korea |
| Term Start: | 2010 |
| Term End: | 2015 |
| Predecessor: | Liu Xiaoming |
| Successor: | Li Jinjun |
| Office2: | Vice Minister, International Liaison Department of the Chinese Communist Party |
| Term Start2: | 2003 |
| Term End2: | 2010 |
| Birth Place: | Panjin, Liaoning |
| Alma Mater: | Beijing International Studies University |
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party |
Liu Hongcai (born June 1955) is a Chinese diplomat, currently the deputy head of the International Liaison Department of the Chinese Communist Party; he is the former Chinese Ambassador to North Korea.[1]
Liu was born in 1955 in Liaoning. He studied Japanese at Beijing Second Foreign Language Institute from 1972 to 1975.[1] In his final year, Liu joined the Chinese Communist Party and was assigned to the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee upon graduation.[2] Between the years of 1989 to 1992, he served as First Secretary at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo.[1] In 2003, he was appointed Vice Minister of the International Liaison Department.[2] In 2010, he succeeded Liu Xiaoming as the Chinese Ambassador to North Korea.[1]