Cai Yanpei published his poems in Hong Kong's Literature, Poetry, Hong Kong Times and Literary Trends in the 1950s. In 1960s, he was the editor-in-chief of the poetry edition of China Student Weekly, and in 1970s, he wrote a column "Broken Album" in Sing Tao Daily. 1965 graduated from the Agricultural College of Zhongxing University in Taiwan Province Province, 1966- 1969 was the editor of the supplement of Ming Pao. He has won several youth literature awards and the Hong Kong Chinese Literature Biennale Award. In 2003, he was nominated for Nobel Prize in Literature.