Li Fei obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degree from Beijing Forestry University. After he graduated in 2009, he worked at Hainan Yinggeling National Nature Reserve. In 2012, he joined the Kadoorie Conservation China Department (KCC) and has been chiefly in charge of the conservation of the limestone ecosystem in Exianling, the survey and conservation of otters in China, annual wintering waterbird survey in Hainan, and the conservation of rare mammals in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan. He is a core member of the biodiversity assessment team for other KCC conservation projects.