Conductor Cao Peng has been practicing music for 80 years: music must serve society. He was the first person to introduce the violin concerto "Butterfly Lovers" to the world.
Cao Peng founded China's first non-professional symphony orchestra - Shanghai City Symphony Orchestra (hereinafter referred to as "City Symphony Orchestra") at his own expense. In 2008, Cao Peng's daughter Cao Xiaoxia accidentally learned about the current situation and plight of the autistic community. She proposed to her father to perform a charity performance for autistic children in Shanghai.