Li Beifang, the main author of Window to the South, received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Peking University and London School of Economics respectively, and won a Chevening Scholarship. Take "being a people's intellectual" as the direction of efforts.

He is currently the main author of South Window. Published "People and system, which is more important", "The ups and downs of youth" and "How are China people brainwashed? The south is a big bottom. ""Without the people, how can there be citizens? Very influential articles such as ""were reprinted by many media magazines.

In China Newsweek around 2003, he was still called "Li Nan".