Michelle Li JP is Deputy Secretary for Education, Education Bureau, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. Ms Li is the Deputy Secretary for Education, responsible for policies on higher and further education. She joined the Hong Kong Government as an Administrative Officer in 1988. She has served in various government bureaux and departments, including Transport Department, the former City and New Territories Administration, the former Finance Branch, Central Policy Unit and Home Affairs Department. Between 2005 and 2009, she was Secretary General of the Joint Secretariat for the Advisory Bodies on Civil Service and Judicial Salaries and Conditions of Service (JSSCS), which advises the Government on the salaries, conditions of service and structure of various grades and ranks in the Civil Service and the Judiciary.

She joined the Education Bureau as Deputy Secretary in 2009, having previously served as Principal Assistant Secretary for Education and Manpower responsible for policies on higher education between 1996 and 2001. Ms Li holds a Master of Science degree in Management and Certificate in Public Administration from Stanford University. She was awarded a scholarship to study in Sophia University, Japan and government sponsorship to pursue postgraduate studies in University of Oxford.