The first female fighter in a fighting game. She was born in China and uses Tai-Chi , Chinese marital arts. She's also a very skilled sharpshooter (ranked 6th in an international contest).

Chun Li is a I.C.P.O. (stands for International Criminal Police Organization, Interpol for short) Agent assigned to Shadaloo Cases. She's also interested in Shadaloo because her father mysteriously disappeared during a assignment and believes Shadaloo was responsible.

She follows leads from Gen (he was her father's close friend) and goes and confronts M. Bison. Bison defeats her, and flies away saying next time they meet, he'll kill her like he killed her father. Now realizing Bison was the cause of her father's death, she's more determined than before to bring down Shadaloo and vows revenge.

Some time later, she teams up with Charlie to try to take down Shadaloo. Guile shows up and is ordered to try to stop Chun li. She tries to convince him on the corruption in the army and they're trying to do good, but Guile would not listen. Then Charlie talks to Guile, shows him the light and Guile decides to join them.

But the corruption in Interpol continued because the bombardment of Shadaloo was called off. Chun li, Guile, and Charlie, acting on their own, infiltrate Shadaloo Headquarters. While she was setting up Explosives around the base, Guile and Charlie encounter Bison. While being very weakened from fights with Ryu, Rose, and the Dolls, he begins fighting with them. As he zooms in toward Guile with a Psycho Crusher, Charlie jumps and holds on to Bison, and at that moment the base begins to explode. Charlie tell them to go on and he'll hold Bison off to ensure their safe exit. He and Bison both died from the explosion.

Some time after these events, she receives an invitation to the 2nd Street Fighter tournament. What's even more surprising is that Bison is still alive somehow and Shadaloo is as powerful as ever. So she joins the tournament to destroy Bison and Shadaloo once and for all. Capcom never announced an official winner of the tournament, but the most logical candidates are either her or Guile. While she didn't get to kill Bison herself (Akuma had the honor, for he jumped in during the final round and did the Shungokusatsu (The Raging Demon) to Bison, killing him instantly) she had a big hand in destroying Shadaloo. She visits her father's grave, telling him he can finally rest in peace....

Years later she officially drops out from street fighting and begins training children in the martial arts. One day, one of her students goes missing and she goes and investigates. She finds out that the organization, Illuminati (Gill's Organization), was responsible for her kidnapping. Chun li encounters Urien and he promises her that he'll release the girl if she "entertains" him. Impressing him enough in battle, he held his promise and released her student.