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Heng Zhu

Heng Zhu is a molecular biology professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, known for co-inventing functional protein microarrays that test thousands of proteins at once.

Heng-fu Zou

Heng-fu Zou (邹恒甫) is a Chinese economist at the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing, ranked 3rd among China-based economists, known for work on fiscal decentralization and growth.

Heng-o Chasma

Heng-o Chasma (Heng o Chasma), a 734 km chasma on Venus at 6.6N 355.5E, IAU-named 1982 for the Chinese moon goddess; its northern section forms part of the ~1000 km Heng-O Corona, Venus' largest corona.

Heng-o Corona

Heng-o Corona is the second largest corona on Venus, a quasi-circular volcano-tectonic feature centered at 2°N, 355°E with an official 1060 km diameter; 2024 dyke-swarm mapping traced rings to 1970 km.

Hengan International

Hengan International (恒安国际) is a Chinese manufacturer of personal hygiene products and tissue paper, founded in 1985 in Jinjiang, Fujian, and listed in Hong Kong since 1998.

Hengdian World Studios (横店影视城)

Hengdian World Studios (横店影视城), in Hengdian Town, Dongyang, Zhejiang, is the world's largest film and TV shooting base: 30+ historical sets, 100+ studios, 3,200+ crews served, a 5A theme-park attraction drawing ~20 million visitors yearly.

Henge

Henge: a Neolithic ceremonial enclosure of Britain and Ireland, coined by Thomas Kendrick in the 1930s, defined by a ditch inside the bank; about 50 certain English examples, mostly built 2800-2200 BC, including Avebury and Durrington Walls.

Hengelo, Overijssel

Hengelo (Overijssel), a Twente municipality of about 80,000 near Enschede; industrial 'Metaalstad' built on Stork works, rebuilt after 1944 bombings, now redeveloping Hart van Zuid and ranking highest in broad welfare among 50 large Dutch cities.

Hengist and Horsa

Hengist and Horsa (Hengest, Horsa), legendary fifth-century Germanic brothers said to have founded Kent after landing at Ebbsfleet; first attested by Bede in 731, with dates 449 versus 428 disputed and historicity debated.

Hengistbury Head

Hengistbury Head, Dorset: a coastal promontory between Bournemouth and Christchurch, a multi-period archaeological landscape and major late Iron Age port of trade, excavated by Bushe-Fox (1911-12) and Cunliffe (1980s).

Hengkun New Materials

Hengkun New Materials (恒坤新材) is a Chinese semiconductor-materials maker founded in Xiamen in 2004 that produces photoresists and precursor materials, listed on Shanghai's STAR Market since November 2025.

Hengli Group

Hengli Group (恒力集团) is a privately held Chinese conglomerate in oil refining, petrochemicals, and textiles, founded in 1994 by the married couple Chen Jianhua and Fan Hongwei.

Hengli Hydraulic

Hengli Hydraulic (江苏恒立液压), formally Jiangsu Hengli Hydraulic Co., Ltd., is a Chinese manufacturer of hydraulic cylinders, pumps, and valves in Changzhou, Jiangsu, supplying Caterpillar, Hitachi, and Sany with excavator cylinders.

Hengli Petrochemical

Hengli Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (恒力石化) is a Chinese integrated petrochemical company on Changxing Island near Dalian, the world's largest PTA producer, controlled by Chen Jianhua and Fan Hongwei.

Henglian Wucaiwan power station

Henglian Wucaiwan power station (新疆恒联五彩湾电厂) is a 1,320 MW coal-fired power station in Wucaiwan industrial park, Jimsar County, Xinjiang, China, owned by Xinjiang Henglian Energy and opened in 2017.

Hengrui Pharma (恒瑞医药)

Hengrui Pharma (恒瑞医药), formally Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals, is a Chinese pharmaceutical company founded in 1970 and headquartered in Lianyungang, Jiangsu, focused on oncology and listed in Shanghai and Hong Kong.

Hengshan (kingdom)

Hengshan (衡山國) was a commandery of the Qin dynasty, attested in the Yuelu Academy legal slips, later reconstituted as a Han kingdom carved out of Huainan.

Hengshan King's Treason Case

The Hengshan King's Treason Case (衡山王谋反案) was the Han prosecution of Liu Ci, King of Hengshan and brother of Liu An, for preparing a rebellion.

Hengsheng Royal

Hengsheng Royal (恒升皇家) is a casino in Myawaddy, Kayin State, Myanmar, in the border zone facing Mae Sot, Thailand; its name links the Macau Heng Sheng Group and Vietnam's Royal International Corporation.

Hengshi liangshu (weighing of documents) system

Hengshi liangshu (衡石量书制度) was a practice attributed to Qin Shi Huang of weighing daily documents on a steelyard and reading a fixed quota before resting.

Hengshui

Hengshui (衡水) is a prefecture-level city in southeast Hebei Province, north China, on the North China Plain, known for Hengshui High School's exam-driven "gaokao factory" and Hengshui Lake.

Hengshui Wildlife Park

Hengshui Wildlife Park (衡水野生动物园), a national second-class wildlife park in Wuyi County, Hengshui, Hebei; opened October 1, 2018; drive-through feeding, 76 species, 29-30 yuan tickets, 3A/4A-track ratings.

Hengtong

Hengtong Group Co., Ltd. (亨通集团) is a Chinese manufacturer of optical fiber, power cable, and submarine cable systems, founded in 1991 and headquartered in Wujiang, Suzhou.

Hengtong Optic-Electric

Hengtong Optic-Electric (江苏亨通光电) is a Chinese manufacturer of optical fiber, optical cable, and power transmission cable, the listed flagship subsidiary of Hengtong Group, founded in 1991 in Suzhou.

Hengxin Dongfang

Hengxin Dongfang (恒信东方), also known as Hengxin Shambala, is a Beijing-based Chinese digital-culture company, founded in 2001 and listed in Shenzhen, that works in VR and CG content.

Hengyang

Hengyang (衡阳, Hengzhou, Wild Goose City) is a prefecture-level city in central-south Hunan on the Xiang River, south of Mount Heng; 6.36 million people, 2025 GDP 468.955 billion yuan, site of the 47-day 1944 Battle of Hengyang.

Hengyi Petrochemical

Hengyi Petrochemical (恒逸石化股份有限公司) is a Chinese petrochemical company, listed in Shenzhen, that produces PTA, polyester fibers, and refined fuels from a Brunei refinery joint venture and bases across China.

Henhenet

Henhenet, also spelled Henenet, was a minor royal wife and Hathor priestess of Egypt's Mentuhotep II, buried at Deir el-Bahri; her sarcophagus is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Hening Lin

Hening Lin is a chemical biologist and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator who joined the University of Chicago in 2024, known for establishing lysine succinylation and malonylation as regulated protein modifications.

Henipavirus

Henipavirus is a Paramyxoviridae genus of bat-borne RNA viruses including Nipah and Hendra viruses, which use ephrin-B2/B3 receptors, cause encephalitic disease with 57-80% case fatality, and lack approved human vaccines.