Li previously served as the first Chinese Ambassador to the Solomon Islands.
[1][2] Li Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1995; from 2000 to 2004, he served as Vice Consul at the Chinese Consulate-General at Toronto, Canada.
[3] From 2004 to 2013, Li served as Second Secretary, Deputy Director, and later Director of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
[3] From 2013 to 2016, Li served as counselor at the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Australia, from 2016 to 2020, he served as the Counselor and Deputy Director General at the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs.
[3] He left the Solomons in September 2023,[4] and on 2 October 2023 handed over his credentials as the Chinese ambassador to Serbia.