For the safe and fast recovery of line commutated converter based high-voltage direct current (LCC-HVDC) transmission systems after faults, a DC current order optimization based strategy is proposed. Considering the constraint of electric and control quantities, the DC current order with the maximum active power transfer is calculated by Thevenin equivalent parameters (TEPs) and quasi-state equations of LCC-HVDC transmission systems. Meanwhile, to mitigate the subsequent commutation failures (SCFs) that may come with the fault recovery process, the maximum DC current order that avoids SCFs is calculated through imaginary commutation process. Finally, the minimum value of the two DC current orders is sent to the control system. Simulation results based on PSCAD/EMTDC show that the proposed strategy mitigates SCFs effectively and exhibits good performance in recovery.