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Li Jiawei (Chinese: 李佳薇; pinyin: Lǐ Jiāwēi; born 9 August 1981) is a China born Singaporean table tennis player. Spotted by Singapore talent scouts in Beijing in 1995, she moved to Singapore and commenced her international career in competitive table tennis in 1996. She became a Singapore citizen at the age of 18 years under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Li, together with teammates Feng Tianwei and Wang Yuegu obtained a silver medal in the Women's team event. This was the first time that Singapore had won an Olympic medal since the nation's independence in 1965, and it also comes 48 years after Tan Howe Liang won the country's first medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Subsequently, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Li won the women's team bronze medal with Feng and Wang.