Yan Zhi started his literary creation from 1989 and joined the Chinese Writers Association from 1999. He has published hundreds of literary works in Youth Literature, Poetry Journal and Stars, and more than ten literary works such as Poems of Tomorrow, Selected Poems of Yan Zhi, Elegy and Commemoration, Juvenile Wandering, Fengling and Birds of Childhood. First prize in 2008 Poetry Grand Prix, China Poetry Tide Award in 2007, Second Perfect Literature Award, Second Xu Zhimo Poetry Award, Fifth Hubei Literature Award and Eighth Quyuan Literature Award. His works have been translated into English and Japanese. He is the editor-in-chief of China's poems.
At the 20 16 Top Ten Economic Figures Awards Ceremony, the host read out his works on the spot, and he also shared the help of poetry in starting a business. He is an entrepreneur and a poet, which is rare.