According to the data of Li Ne official website, in 1972, Li Ne divorced Xu Zhiming shortly after giving birth to a baby, and the infant son was raised by Li Ne alone, with only one child.

Li Ne, 1940, a native of Yan 'an, Shaanxi, is the daughter of Mao Zedong and Jiang Qing. She graduated from Peking University History Department and worked in Beijing Municipal Committee before she retired.