At the end of 2002, Li left the national tennis team to study part-time at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), where she completed her bachelor's degree in journalism in 2009.
I slutningen af 2002 forlod Li det nationale tennisteam for at studere deltids på Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), hvor hun opnåede en bachelorgrad i journalistik i 2009.