Jianjun Li is Secretary-General of the Chinese Association for Australian Studies, and Director of the Australian Studies Centre at Beijing Foreign Studies University.
He spent the year 2002 at Griffith University, Queensland, working on a doctoral thesis on Australian attitudes towards the United States as reflected in Australian literature.
In 2012, he undertook a a project on 'The History of Australian Literature with Readings', funded by an Australia-China Council Competitive grant.