Li, formerly known as Tommy, was born in July 1977 in Shenyang, Liaoning. His ancestral home is Heze City, Shandong Province. Graduated from Beijing Broadcasting Institute (China Communication University), domestic host and journalist.

In 2000, he became a member of the broadcasting group of CCTV, presiding over two news and information columns: cultural reports and international news. 200 1, as the anchor of CCTV's comprehensive channel news information program "8 am news". In 2005, he hosted the morning news program "Media Square" on the news channel.

On June 5, 2006, he appeared in CCTV news information program "News Network". In 2007, he officially served as the anchor of News Network. In 2009, he hosted two news information programs of CCTV news channel "News Live Room" and "News 30 Minutes"; In the same year, she won the championship in the first CCTV Cup Female Staff Style Competition.