Li Yonghua is the Vice President and Professor at Shenzhen University, as well as a doctoral advisor. He holds a Ph.D. in Management from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is an expert reviewer for the National Social Science Fund projects and a review expert for the Guangdong Provincial Philosophy and Social Science Planning. He serves as the Director of the Center for Moral Culture Studies and the Director of the Research Center for the Development of Disabilities in the Pilot Zone for Socialism with Chinese Characteristics at Shenzhen University. He has previously served as a member of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, Executive Vice President of the Shenzhen Municipal Party School, and Secretary of the Municipal Direct Agencies Work Committee.

His main research focus is on ideological and moral education. He has led and completed various research projects, including those funded by the National Social Science Fund, the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Ministry of Education, and the Shenzhen Municipal Social Science Planning. He has published 9 books, including Comparative Study of Moral Education in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan and Research on Innovation in Local Party School Education Models in the Context of New Media. He has published over 60 academic papers in journals such as Management World and Academic Research. He has been recognized by the Publicity Department of the CPC, the Ministry of Education, and others as an Advanced Individual in National Defense Education and has won the First Prize in the National Party Building Research Association's Paper Award.