Before Caixin, she was Managing Editor of the Wall Street Journal (Chinese edition) and Chinese Dow Jones newswire.
This is her second stint at Caixin, where she was formerly Managing Editor of Caixin: China Economics & Finance, an English-language magazine, and Caixin Online at Caixin Media.
In 2006, she founded Caijing Magazine’s first bureau in the United States as a politics and economics correspondent. Li was a documentary producer at China Central Television between 2001 and 2004.
Li holds a bachelor’s degree from Tsinghua University, a master’s degree from the journalism school of the University of Missouri-Columbia and an Executive MBA degree from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business.
She is an Aspen China Fellow and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network, as well as a member of the International Media Council at the World Economic Forum. She is the co-chair of the China Council for World Economic Forum Future Councils.
李昕曾任《华尔街日报中文网》执行主编、道琼斯中文通讯社主编。此前为财新传媒英文执行主编，创办了《财新中国经济与金融》英文双月刊。
2006年，李昕牵头创办了《财经》杂志旗下首个驻美国分社，专注政治和经济报道。2007年，她回到中国，领导《财经》杂志英文部。2001-2004年，李昕为中央电视台英文编导。
李昕获得清华大学英语系学士学位、美国密苏里哥伦比亚大学新闻学硕士以及长江商学院行政工商管理硕士学位。
李昕是阿斯彭学会的第四期中国英才计划成员，为阿斯彭全球领导者网络成员之一。她也是世界经济论坛媒体理事会成员和媒体领袖之一，并担任世界经济论坛未来理事会的中国理事会联席主席。