Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Li Zhi ya kasance sananne sosai a lokacin rikicin Ürümqi na Yuli 2009
; ya kwantar da hankalin jama'a a titunan babban birnin ta amfani da lasifika. Bayan jerin hare-haren sirinji masu kisa a cikin birni, a ranar 5 ga Satumba, 2009, bayan amincewa daga Kwamitin Yanki na Xinjiang na Jam'iyyar Kwaminis ta Sin, an cire Li daga mukaminsa a matsayin shugaban jam'iyyar Ürümqi. Babu wani dalili na hukuma da aka ba shi don cire shi daga mukaminsa; duk da haka, jagorancin Xinjiang yana fuskantar tambayoyi masu wuya daga jama'ar yankin kan abin da aka ɗauka a matsayin rashin kula da tarzoma da tashin hankali na gaba. Wasu majiyoyi sun nuna cewa Li ya kasance mai ba da fansa, an cire shi don kwantar da kira don yin murabus na Wang Lequan, shugaban jam'iyyar yankin Xinjiang. An kuma cire shugaban 'yan sandan Xinjiang daga mukaminsa a wannan ranar.