Li won a gold medal with the Guangdong provincial team at the
2005 National Games of China. At the
2006 Pacific Rim Championships, she won a bronze medal with the junior Chinese team. In the event finals, she won another bronze medal on the balance beam, behind
Xiao Sha and
Shawn Johnson, and she also placed seventh on the uneven bars. Li finished sixth in the all-around final at the 2007 Chinese Championships. In the event finals, she won the balance beam title by over a full point with the highest difficulty score of the competition, and she also won a silver medal on the floor exercise. She was then selected to compete at the
2007 World Championships, where the Chinese team won the silver medal behind the United States after Li fell on the floor exercise. She also won the silver medal on the balance beam, despite falling during a full spin, because of her high difficulty score. Li won a silver medal on the balance beam at the 2008 Cottbus World Cup. Then at the Barcelona World Cup, she won gold medals on both the balance beam and floor exercise. She was selected to represent
China at the 2008 Summer Olympics alongside
Cheng Fei,
Deng Linlin,
He Kexin,
Jiang Yuyuan, and
Yang Yilin. Li contributed on the balance beam in the team final to help China win its first-ever Olympic team gold medal in women's artistic gymnastics. In qualifications for the
balance beam event final, she placed first. However, during the event final, she fell on a full-twisting Korbut flip and placed sixth. After the Olympic Games, Li competed at the
2008 World Cup Final, where she won a bronze medal on the balance beam, behind
Lauren Mitchell and
Yulia Lozhechko. At the
2009 Chinese Championships, Li won a silver medal on the balance beam. She announced her retirement from the sport after the 2009 National Games. She participated in the
2010 Asian Games torch relay. ==References==