Yan Baokang, who was born in Zhejing province, engaged in the journalism nearly 30 years. Since the middle of 1970s, he published in the press at home and abroad more than 500 million words and obtained more than 60 awards. He worked as a commentator of Eastern News, deputy section chief of Shanghai Railway, assistant editor-in-chief and Editorial Department director of Shanghai Communications News, director of the office of editor office, etc.

The representative works include essays, prose collections, reportage collections.