Some mathematical and conceptual errors contained in a recent letter [Chin. Opt. Lett. 7, 938 (2009)] are pointed out.

This is a reply to the recent comment by Lifeng Li on the paper "Focusing of high polarization order axially-symmetric polarized beams [Chin. Opt. Lett. 7, 938 (2009)]". We analyze the errors pointed out by the comment, further perfect the mathematic