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Her father, Chen Erdong was the director of the department of theories at People's Daily, and her mother was an editor.
Her name was changed from Li Sanfan to Li Yinhe at the age of seven.
Li and her brother adopted their matrilineal surname as a realization of their parents' gender equality idea.
From 1974 to 1977, Li attended Shanxi University, where she studied history.
In 1988, she received a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Pittsburgh.
In 1978, Li worked for the State Council Research Office, where she published the article "To substantially promote democracy, to substantially promote the rule of law" with Lin Chunhe.
In 1979, Li joined the newly-founded Institute of Marxism–Leninism at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, where she researched marriage and family issues.
In the 1990s, as part of her research on homosexuality, Li began to translate many important texts focused on queer theory.
In 2010 and 2011, Li called on legislators to legalize pornography, abolish the group licentiousness law, and decriminalize prostitution.
In 2000, Li proposed adding same-sex marriage to the law when the National People's Congress prepared to revise the marriage law. Li's argument was dismissed and a law expert stated that "China doesn't need to take the lead in this matter."
(Sexuality and Marriage in China), Henan People's Press, 1991.
(Their World: a Study of Homosexuality in China), co-authored, Cosmos Press, Hong Kong, 1992
(Procreation and Chinese Village Culture), Oxford University Press, Hong Kong, 1993;
(Human Sexuality), translated, Henan People's Press, 1994.
(Changing Chinese Marriage and the Family), Heilongjiang People's Press, 1995.
(Sexuality and Love of Chinese Women), Oxford University Press, Hong Kong, 1996.
(Rising Power of the Women), Chinese Social Science Press, 1997.
(Sexuality and Love of Chinese Women),China Today Press, 1998.
(Subculture of Homosexuality),China Today Press, 1998.
(Subculture of Sadomasochism),China Today Press, 1998.
(The Argument of the Change for the Marriage Law), Guangming Press, 1999
(Sex Problem), Chinese Junior Press, 1999
(Sex·Marriage - Western and Eastern), Shanxi Normal University Press, 1999
(Feminism), Taiwan Wunan Press, 2003
(Sex Study Report), Jiangsu People Press, 2003
(Women's Emotion and Sex), 2003
In 2001, Li asked a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) to submit her proposal for the marriage reformation law. However, the proposal was not submitted as she was unable to find 30 other deputies willing to put their names on the document .
Li Sought to reform the traditional way of thinking in China. She focused on bringing modern ideals to the nation and provde equal rights to those who were looked down upon within Chinese society.