He graduated from Fujian Normal University, China Academy of Fine Arts and Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts. Influenced by the family environment since childhood, he studied under his father Sun Jianxing and constantly studied and explored the porcelain altar. Jianzhan's works have been collected by Fujian Art Museum, Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center and Nanping Museum, and have won many honorary certificates such as national and provincial gold and silver awards. The works of the brief exhibition were selected into the Fujian Pavilion of the Shanghai World Expo and won two national patents.
Sun Li was awarded the honorary titles of "Master of Arts and Crafts Demonstration Studio" and "Master of Skills Studio" by Nanping Municipal Government.
In recent 20 years, the representative works of Jianzhan's production (firing) mainly include: oil drops, rabbit hair, iridescent golden rabbit hair, iridescent (gold) oil drops, iridescent wood leaves, golden partridge spots, obsidian changes and so on. It will be Sun Jianxing's website building product line.