[1] By the 2001 league season Li Ming had lost his starting position within the team where he was limited to only five games and after a disappointing campaign he was allowed to leave the club.
[2] At the beginning of the 2002 league season he would transfer to another top tier side in Beijing Guoan where he would immediately establish himself as a vital member of the team and helped the club to a third-place finish.
Despite this he was called up to the senior team by Qi Wusheng who tried him out within the 1995 Dynasty Cup where Li Ming made his debut on February 19, 1995, against South Korea in a 0–0 draw.
[7] On October 17, 2010, Li Ming was reported to have been detained by the police and was said to be involved in fixing the November 30, 2003, league game against Tianjin Teda F.C.
The allegations suggests that his teammate Shen Si was bribed by former Tianjin Teda general manager Yang Yifeng a total of 12 million Yuan to lose the game and that Shen had asked teammates Li Ming, Jiang Jin and Qi Hong and to help him.