Professor Li is currently Director of Minimally Invasive & Robotic Surgery Development and Honorary Consultant in General Surgery at the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital. Professor Li is one of the pioneers in the development of laparoscopic surgery in Hong Kong and broke new grounds in the development of minimal access surgery which were later recognized as gold standard in the surgical procedures. He is the founding President of the Hong Kong Society of Minimal Access Surgery and the Asia Pacific Endo-Lap Surgery Group.