I tried this way and it worked. Need to load a customized font file for your local font. 
use PDF::API2;
use Encode;

# Create a blank PDF file
my $pdf = PDF::API2->new();
# Add a blank page
my $page = $pdf->page();
my $font = $pdf->ttfont('/tmp/stsong.ttf');
my $ustring = "欢迎进入Perl PDF的&#19990
+;界";
$ustring = decode("utf-8", $ustring);

# Add some text to the page
my $text = $page->text();
$text->font($font, 20);
$text->translate(80, 710);
$text->text($ustring);
$pdf->saveas('/tmp/foo.pdf');

[download]

In reply to Re^2: How to use Simplified Chinese word in the PDF::API2? by Anonymous Monk
in thread How to use Simplified Chinese word in the PDF::API2? by yourself

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.