With the development of deep learning, the use of neural network for text detection has been more in-depth research and more widely used. Based on this, this paper studies the Chinese text event detection technology based on improved neural network. In the research, this paper uses the flower pollination algorithm (FPA) to improve the traditional BP neural network algorithm. By optimizing the weights and thresholds of BP neural network, a Chinese text event detection method based on improved neural network is proposed. In order to verify the effect of the Chinese text event detection method based on improved neural network, this paper compares it with the natural scene text detection method, and compares the recall rate, accuracy rate and time-consuming. The results show that the accuracy rate of the natural scene text detection method is 88%, and the recall rate is 73%. The accuracy rate of the text detection method based on the improved neural network is 95% and the recall rate is 86%. The F value of the natural scene text detection method in the Chinese text event detection test is 0.79, which takes 4.56s The value of F in is 0.90, which takes 0.64s. Therefore, the Chinese text event detection method based on improved neural network has better performance.