After playing in the youth squad of Shandong Luneng Taishan, Li started his professional football career in 2011.

[1] Li was promoted to Shandong Luneng's first team squad by Henk ten Cate in 2012.

[2] He made his Super League debut on 23 June 2012, coming on as a substitute for Wang Gang in the 86th minute in a 3–1 home victory against Shanghai Shenxin.

[3] Often used as a squad player throughout his time at Shandong, he would go on to be loaned out to fellow top tier clubs in Guangzhou R&F on 5 January 2020 and Tianjin Jinmen on 12 April 2021.

[6] He would go on to establish himself as regular within the team that won the division and promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2022 China League One campaign.