| Honorific-Prefix: | H.E. Ambassador |
| Li Baodong | |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-cn |
| Office1: | Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of People's Republic of China |
| Term Start1: | 17 November 2010 |
| Office2: | Permanent Representative and Ambassador of China to the United Nations |
| Term Start2: | 4 March 2010 |
| Term End2: | 23 August 2013 |
| Predecessor2: | Zhang Yesui |
| Successor2: | Liu Jieyi |
| Office3: | Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations Office at Geneva |
| Term Start3: | 2006 |
| Term End3: | 2009 |
| Office4: | Chinese Ambassador to Zambia |
| Term Start4: | 2005 |
| Term End4: | 2006 |
| Birth Date: | 1 April 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Beijing, China |
| Nationality: | Chinese |
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party |
| Alma Mater: | Beijing Foreign Studies University Johns Hopkins University |
Li Baodong (; born April 1955) is a Chinese diplomat who served as the Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations from 2010 to 2013. He was later succeeded by Liu Jieyi.
Li was born in April 1955 and is a native of Beijing. He completed his studies at the Beijing Foreign Studies University and Johns Hopkins University.[1] After graduating from university, Li entered diplomatic service and assumed various posts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 2005 to 2007, he served as Ambassador to Zambia. In 2007, Li was appointed as Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Other International Organizations in Switzerland. In 2010, he was appointed China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations replacing Zhang Yesui.[2] During the months of March 2011 and June 2012, Li was the President of the United Nations Security Council.[3] He is married and has a son.[4]