The invention discloses a backpack type fruit picking device which comprises a picking box and a picking rod. Backstraps are fixedly mounted on the picking box, the picking box is fixedly mounted at the end, far away from the picking box, of the picking rod, a chute is formed in the picking rod, a traction rope is fixedly mounted on the slide block, the traction rope is arranged in a driving scored pulley and a driven scored pulley in a sleeved manner, a cutting motor is fixedly mounted in the picking box, the driving cutting scored pulley is connected to the driven cutting scored pulley through a rope, the driven cutting scored pulley is connected to a cutting scored pulley through a rope, a traction spring is fixedly mounted in the picking box, and a camera is mounted on the top of the picking box. The backpack type fruit picking device disclosed by the invention is simple in structure. By arranging the backpack type picking box, fruits which are picked are placed conveniently. The camera and a display are arranged, so that a worker does not need to look up to observe in the long-term fruit picking process, and therefore, the picking burden is alleviated greatly. The picked fruits are transported downward quickly through a picking basket, so that the backpack type fruit picking device is precise to cut and high in picking efficiency.