On 19 January 2015, Duan Liuyu joined
Shandong Taishan as a youth player for a record transfer fee of 1 million RMB, at the time the highest ever paid to a Chinese youth player. Right after the contract signing, Duan Liuyu was sent to
São Paulo FC youth training camp for a two year training program. On 15 July 2018,
Shandong Taishan announced that they had promoted Duan Liuyu to the first team's roaster. On 1 March 2019 in the first league game for Shandong in the
2019 Chinese Super League season, Duan Liuyu would make his professional football debut against
Beijing Renhe in a 1-0 victory. After making his debut Duan Liuyu would immediately establish himself into the team and scored his first goal in the Chinese Super League in a 3–2 defeat against
Henan Jianye on 12 July 2019. A consistent regular within the team, he would gain his first
Chinese FA Cup by winning the
2020 Chinese FA Cup against
Jiangsu Suning F.C. in a 2-0 victory. This would be followed by his first league title with the club when he was part of the team that won the
2021 Chinese Super League title. Another Chinese FA Cup would be followed up by him winning the
2022 Chinese FA Cup with them. ==Career statistics==