After leaving World Overview, Li entered the news division at Chinese Television System (CTS), and soon transferred to the programming division in charge of purchasing programs and movies from film festivals in the US, Japan, France and the Netherlands. The world was his office.
繼《放眼看天下》之後，李念祖考進華視新聞部，接著轉任節目部，負責選購外國影片節目，美國、日本、法國、荷蘭… … 世界各國的影展會場就是他的辦公室。