With Shandong Luneng comfortably winning the 2006 Chinese Super League title the club's manager Ljubiša Tumbaković allowed Li Wei to graduate to the senior team on October 5, 2006, which he came onto as a substitute against Shanghai Shenhua in a 2-1 defeat.
Despite winning the 2008 Chinese Super League title with the club he was mainly used as a peripheral squad player within the team.
With the exit of Ivanković, due to poor results within the 2011 AFC Champions League that saw the club eliminated within the group stages, Li's playing time significantly diminished.
[4] On 18 February 2013 he would be loaned out to recently promoted top tier club Wuhan Zall.
[5] While he immediately established himself as an integral member of the team, he could not aid them from avoiding relegation at the end of the 2013 Chinese Super League.