Li Guangli, male, Han nationality, was born in 1939. He graduated from the Beijing Institute of Aviation in 1963 with an aerodynamics major. Li is a member of the CPC.
After graduating from university, Li worked in several design institutes – including the Shenyang Aeroplane Designing Institute, the Hubei Jingmen Special Aeroplane Designing Institute, and the Harbin and Shenyang Aerodynamics Research institutes. His research included designing Fighter-8 and aero-hydro bombers. Li's work was recognized with a national first prize for scientific and technological progress. He is the author of multiple theses on aerodynamics and participated in the translation of the book "Civil Jet Aircraft Designs."
Li spent thirteen years, from 1987 to 2000, as the director of the Shenyang Institute of Aerodynamics. A professor at Beijing University of Aviation and Astronautics as well as the Shenyang Institute of Aviation Industry, he is a member of the science and technology commission of No. 1 Aviation Industry Group Corporation. Li is the director of the Chinese Academy of Aerodynamics.