LI Xiang was born on 29 June 1990 in Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang province (China). 

In 2013, he obtained a bachelor’s degree in photography and cinematography from the Communication University of Zhejiang in China. In 2015, he went to study in France, where took courses in the film department at the University of Paris 8. In 2019, he entered the directing department of Lodz Film School. In 2023, he entered Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains.