In 2021, she set the current world records for both clean & jerk and snatch.

In 2019 Li competed at the IWF World Cup[6] in Fuzhou, winning silver medals and setting junior world records in the snatch, clean & jerk and total in the +87 kg category.

She competed at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in the +87 kg division against teammate Meng Suping.

[9] Li improved on her own world records at the 2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships in 2021.

[11] In August 2024, she finished in first place in the women's +81 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.