She rose to fame in 2006 when she earned a third-place finish on the reality TV show Host Challenge.
[1] Li is most notable for hosting the CCTV New Year's Gala, one of China's most watched entertainment shows, since 2012.
By age 10, she starred in Dong Wenhua's MV Ballad of the Great Wall (《长城谣》).
Li secondary studied at the Northeast Normal University Affiliated High School.
She entered Peking University in 2004, majoring in Film Choreography at the College of Journalism and Communications, where she graduated in 2008.