Anni Baobei

Li Jie , commonly known by her pen names Anni Baobei or Annie Baby and later Qing Shan , is a Chinese writer. One of China’s earliest online writers, she gained popularity with works that explore loneliness, urban life, and female sexuality, often termed as petite bourgeoisie literature. Her later works shifted focus to themes of spirituality and introspection.

Writing career In her early twenties, Li worked at a bank in Ningbo, but her distaste for the job led her to begin her career as an online writer in 1998.

Li developed an online audience before publishing in print. In 2000, she began writing for the website Rongshuxia (Under the Banyan Tree), which was one of China's first literary forums. In that same year, she published Goodbye, Vivian, a collection of short stories; this was her first print publication, and would sell half a million copies.

Li has also worked as an editor of the literary journal Open and as a translator of children's books. Padma (莲花) (2006), novel The Beauty of Old Books Note that many of Li's works do not yet have standardized English translations.

Media adaptations Soulmate (2016 film) starring Sandra Ma and Zhou Dongyu; based on Qiyue and Ansheng Another Me (2019 television series) starring Shen Yue, Chen Duling, and Xiong Ziqi; based on Qiyue and Ansheng Beautiful Reborn Flower (2019 television series) starring Song Weilong, Lin Yun, Peter Ho, and Li Xin'ai; based on The Flower Across the Bank Endless Summer (upcoming film) starring Luo Jin, Zhong Chuxi, and Tan Songyun; based on August Never Ends