[2][3] From 1999 to 2003 Li was a part-time student at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, where he studied Administration of Agricultural Economy and obtained a doctoral degree.
In August 2011 he was appointed Acting Governor of Yunnan, succeeding Qin Guangrong, who was promoted to Communist Party Chief of the province.
[2][3] In August 2016, Li Jiheng was appointed as the Communist Party Secretary of Inner Mongolia by the CCP Central Committee.
[4] On October 26, 2019, Li Jiheng was appointed as the Minister of Civil Affairs by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
[5] On February 28, 2022, he became vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee.