After completing filming for her scenes in Royal Tramp, Li briefly trained in singing and dancing at now-defunct South Korean record label Good Entertainment in 2007.
[2][3] In 2006, at the age of nineteen, Li made her acting debut in the historical television series The Secret History of Kangxi, playing the role of Princess Duan Min.
[4] In 2007, after completion of filming for the wuxia drama Royal Tramp, Li went to South Korea and signed with Good Entertainment for singing and dancing training.
[7] In January 2009, Li co-starred alongside Ady An and William Feng in Four Women Conflict, where she played a cold but intelligent girl.
[9] In July the same year, she co-starred in the period drama Republic of China Past Events directed by Yiming Lian, playing the role of Miaoyu, the most beautiful woman of Shanghai Bund.
[23] One month later, she starred in the modern urban drama Wonderful Family, in which she played Yan Xiaoyuan, a liar who can sacrifice everything for money.
[25] In September the same year, Li co-starred with Lee Hyun-jae and Zheng Yuanyuan in the romantic comedy movie The Old Cinderella 2.
[27] In March the same year, she co-starred with Park Hae-jin and Shawn Zhang in the romance drama Far Away Love, in which she played the optimistic and tough single mother Meng Chuxia.
[35] In March, Li co-starred alongside Song Minyu and Zheng Haoyuan in the costume idol drama Beauties of the King, playing the rebellious eldest daughter of an ancient security escort company.