Li Zongwei's ancestral home was in Fujian, and his grandparents went south from Fujian to make a living, and then took root in Penang, Malaysia's second largest city. Li Zongwei is the youngest child in the family, but he never grows up.
In order to make himself taller, Li Zongwei fell in love with basketball and joined the national team. But his mother is very distressed that his son is tanned every day on the court and won't let him play basketball.
It only took Li Zongwei six years to learn badminton, from the national team to the national team. During this period, Li Zongwei was left out by the Malaysian youth team for three years, but fortunately, he was finally recommended by the Malaysian national team coach Frost and entered the national team.