Li Hongkuan (Chinese: 李洪宽; pinyin: Lí Hóngkuān; born March 26, 1963) is a Chinese dissident.

Li Hongkuan was born in Dezhou, Shandong. He graduated from Nanjing University and Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. After graduation, he became a teacher of Beijing Medical University (Today's Peking University Health Science Center).^{[citation needed]}

In 1989, Li participated in Tiananmen Square protests and later was persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party. From 1991 to 1994, Li studied for a Ph. D. in Molecular Biology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.^{[citation needed]}

In late 1997, Li began publishing online magazines under the name Big News (大参考). Li founded Small News (小参考),^[1] a news journal similar to Big News, in 1998.^[2] The aim of the two magazines is to break through the Great Firewall of China and send news about Chinese dissidents and Chinese Opposition Movement to the Chinese domestic e-mail address.^[3]

Li has also been interviewed by the Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, and other media, and also volunteering as current affairs commentators in some well-known programs.^{[citation needed]}

In 1999, Li was awarded the "Prominent News and Culture Award" (万人杰新闻文化奖).^{[citation needed]}

• Chinese democracy movement
• List of Chinese dissidents