China is an outstanding poet in modern and contemporary times, a famous writer and editor, a loyal patriot, a close friend of China Producers' Party, a member of China Democratic League, a member of the Second and Third National People's Congress, a member of the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth CPPCC National Committee, a seventh and eighth standing committee member, the first and second directors, the third directors and consultants, and the fourth consultant of the Chinese Writers Association. Comrade Cang Kejia, honorary member and president of the 6th and 7th Chinese Poetry Society, honorary president of China Mao Zedong Poetry Research Society and honorary president of China Writing Society, died in Beijing at 20: 35 on February 5th, 2004 at the age of 99.