| 2008— | Chairman, 11th Foreign Affairs Committee of the NPC | |
| 2003—2007 | Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| 2002—2007 | Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee | |
| 2001—2003 | Vice-Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (In charge of American and Latin American affairs) | |
| 1998—2001 | Ambassador, Chinese Embassy USA, Washington D.C. | |
| 1997—2002 | Alternate Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee | |
| 1995—1998 | Vice-Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| 1993—1995 | Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the PRC to the United Nations | |
| 1993—???? | Guest Professor, Nankai University | |
| 1993—???? | Guest Professor, Beijing University Beijing Municipality |
| 03/04/10 | Li Zhaoxing, spokesman for the Third Session of the 11th NPC, answered questions from journalists during the news conference. |
| 03/19/09 | Li Zhaoxing met with Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. |
| 03/04/09 | Li Zhaoxing, spokesman for the Second Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC), answered questions from journalists during the news conference on the Second Session of the 11th NPC. |
| 04/19/07 | Li Zhaoxing held talks with Chadian Minister of External Relations Ahmad Allam-Mi. |
| 04/17/07 | Li Zhaoxing talked with South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon over telephone. |