In 2010, Li Xin started his professional footballer career with Harbin Yiteng in the China League Two.
[1] In the 2011 China League Two campaign he would be part of the team that won the division and promotion into the second tier.
[3] He would eventually make his Super league debut for Harbin on 15 March 2014 in a game against Guangzhou Evergrande, coming on as a substitute for Han Deming in the 73rd minute in a 4-1 defeat.
[4] In July 2017, Li was loaned to China League Two club Jilin Baijia until 31 December 2017.
[5] This move would be made permanent the following season until on 24 January 2019, Li transferred to fellow League Two side Qingdao Jonoon.