Dr. Li is the co-founder of RMI (Rocky Mountain Institute) Beijing office and acts as its Chief Representative and Managing Director. She led team conducted key thought leadership research, explored effective market-base solutions, and promoted on the ground demonstrations in major energy transition areas such as power, industry, building, transportation and rural decarbonization.

She initiated influential synthetic work plans with innovative initiatives such as regional zero carbon coalition and pioneering, urban peaking, SOE change leadership and 500 Fortune Company Zero-carbon Forum, whole value chain and demand side catalytic, consumers and individuals behaviour change, market mechanism scaling up, Climate Young Leadership, clean climate technology investment and transition finance etc, all aiming at enhancing systematic and equitable power and energy transition in China and beyond.

Dr.Li obtained a LLM degree from Renmin University of China, a Master Degree of International Law and Politics from Tufts University, and Ph.D. in Environmental Economics, China Academy of Science.