Cheng made her debut on the pop music scene in 1983, taking part in the folk-song category of the Golden Melody Awards while still a student in the music department at Taipei's Hwa Kang Arts School. She released several albums over the course of her musical career, including Cheng Hwa-jiuan I, Flying Solo to the Ends of the Earth, and Mementos of the Journey and the Years.
1983 年，就讀華岡藝校音樂科的鄭華娟參加民歌金韻獎比賽，正式進入流行音樂界，先後發行《鄭華娟 I》、《往天涯的盡頭單飛》、《旅途與歲月的紀念品》等多張專輯。