The utility model relates to an improvement on a lifting cable, which is characterized in that a narrow metal belt thinly winds a cushion layer between a soft cable and a longitudinal armor of an exposed steel wire rope, and a stearine oil layer is arranged between the cushion layer and an armored steel wire rope. The lifting cable not only has large pull force, but also can meet the requirement that a cable insulation and/or protection sleeve cannot be scratched under the conditions of frequent movement, traction, bending and winding, and further can even the extrusion of the armored steel wire rope to the cable body and avoid the cable from damage caused by the extrusion under the condition that the cable steel wire rope is under high tension; and the armored steel wire rope and the thinly winding metal belt are separated by the stearine oil layer, therefore, during the frequent bending and winding process of the cable, the displacement friction between the armored steel wire rope and the thinly winding metal belt can be reduced, the bending performance of the cable can be improved, and the requirement of frequent movement, traction and lifting can be fully met.