Cai Sheng Xiang was born in 1966 in Yangzhong Township, Youxi County, Fujian Province, China. In 1987, he graduated from Fujian University of Technology with a degree in machinery manufacturing and went on to create Fuzhou Shantian Electronics Co. Ltd. In 1989, he began learning photography. He joined the Fujian Photographers Association in 2012, and has since won many photography awards both in China and abroad.