Li Xi, male, Han ethnicity, was born in October 1956 and is from Liangdang, Gansu Province. He began his first job in July 1975 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in January 1982. Li graduated from Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Northwest China Teachers' College where he completed an undergraduate program in Chinese language and literature. He holds an executive MBA degree.

Li is currently a member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, and Secretary of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee.