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Zhou‐Feng Chen
Zhou-Feng Chen (陈宙峰) is a Chinese neuroscientist best known for discovering GRPR, the first itch-specific gene, and the spinal itch circuit; he joined Shenzhen Bay Laboratory in 2023 after 23 years at Washington University.
Zhoubi Suanjing
Zhoubi Suanjing (周髀算經) is an anonymous Chinese work on astronomy and mathematics, best known for the gaitian cosmology and as the earliest surviving Chinese mathematical work.
Zhoubi Suanjing Commentary of Zhao Shuang
The Zhoubi Suanjing Commentary of Zhao Shuang (赵爽周髀算经注) is the classic annotated edition of the Zhoubi Suanjing, written by the mathematician Zhao Shuang of Wu.
Zhouhou Beiji Fang
Zhouhou Beiji Fang (肘后备急方, Emergency Formulas to Keep on Hand) is a fourth-century Chinese emergency-medicine formulary compiled by Ge Hong, containing the earliest recorded description of smallpox.
Zhoukou
Zhoukou (周口市) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Henan, China, on the Sha, Ying, and Jialu rivers. Formerly Zhoujiakou, a Ming-Qing trade port, it is now Henan's largest agricultural city and a major inland river port.
Zhoukou Longda power station
Zhoukou Longda power station, also known as Zhoukou Shangshui power station, is a coal-fired power station in Shangshui County, Zhoukou, Henan, China, with two 660 MW units commissioned in 2017 and 2018.
Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site (周口店北京人遗址)
Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site (周口店北京人遗址), Choukoutien, a limestone cave system 42 km southwest of Beijing where Homo erectus pekinensis, stone tools, and early fire-use evidence were found; UNESCO World Heritage since 1987; original fossils lost in wartime.
Zhouning hydroelectric plant
The Zhouning hydroelectric plant in Zhouning County, Fujian, China, comprises a 250 MW conventional plant completed in 2005 and a 1,200 MW pumped storage station.
Zhoushan
Zhoushan (舟山) is China's first prefecture-level island city, in Zhejiang Province at the mouth of Hangzhou Bay, governing 2,085 islands; known for the Ningbo-Zhoushan port, large fishery, Putuo Mountain, and offshore wind potential.
Zhoushan Green Petrochemical Base
The Zhoushan Green Petrochemical Base (舟山绿色石化基地) is a coastal refining and petrochemical complex on Yushan Island, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China, centered on a 40-million-tonne-per-year refinery that became the world's largest single refinery in 2022.
Zhoushan LNG Terminal
Zhoushan LNG Terminal is an LNG import and bunkering terminal in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China, the first large-scale Chinese LNG terminal built by a private enterprise, operating since 2018.
Zhouxu's coup in Wei
Zhouxu's coup in Wei (州吁之乱) was the 719 BC murder of Duke Huan of Wei by Zhouxu, a son of Duke Zhuang, who seized the throne for months.
Zhouzhi Biosphere Reserve
Zhouzhi Biosphere Reserve, Shaanxi, China; UNESCO biosphere reserve designated September 2025 in the Qinling Mountains, built on Zhouzhi National Nature Reserve (1986); 69,004 ha, Qinling panda, golden snub-nosed monkey, world's largest kiwi production base.
ZHU (musician)
ZHU, real name Steven Zhu, is a Chinese-American electronic music producer and DJ who emerged anonymously in 2014 with "Faded" and the Blacklizt club series; albums include Generationwhy, Ringos Desert, DREAMLAND 2021, GRACE, and BLACK MIDAS.
Zhu Bajie (猪八戒)
Zhu Bajie (猪八戒), also Pigsy or Wuneng, is the pig-disciple of Xuanzang in the 1592 novel Journey to the West: a banished Marshal Tianpeng reborn in a sow's womb, comic, gluttonous, lustful, and second in strength only to Sun Wukong.
Zhu Baoguo
Zhu Baoguo (朱保国), born 1962 in Henan, is a Chinese pharmaceutical entrepreneur who founded Joincare in 1992 and built it into a diversified drug maker controlling Livzon.
Zhu Biao
Zhu Biao (朱标, 1355–1392) was the son and heir apparent of the Ming founder Zhu Yuanzhang; his early death made his son the Jianwen emperor.
Zhu Can
Zhu Can (朱粲) was a rebel leader of the last years of the Sui dynasty who proclaimed himself Emperor of Chu and sustained an army of 200,000 by plunder and cannibalism.
Zhu Changxun
Zhu Changxun (朱常洵) was a Ming dynasty prince, the third son of the Wanli Emperor and Prince of Fu, killed at Luoyang in 1641 when Li Zicheng's rebels took the city.
Zhu Cheng City
Zhucheng (诸城), a county-level city of Shandong under Weifang, China; formerly Dongwu County, renamed 598, made a city in 1987. Known as "China's Dragon City" for its giant hadrosaur fossils; 2025 GDP 92.27 billion yuan, population about 1.05 million.
Zhu De (朱德)
Zhu De (朱德, 1886–1976), founder and commander in chief of China's Red Army, Eighth Route Army, and People's Liberation Army; CCP member from 1922, Mao's co-leader at Jinggangshan, and NPC Standing Committee chair from 1975.
Zhu Fan Zhi
Zhu Fan Zhi (諸蕃志, "Records of Foreign Peoples") is a two-volume Chinese geographical work completed in 1225 by Zhao Rugua, maritime trade superintendent at Quanzhou.
Zhu Fu
Zhu Fu (朱浮), courtesy name Shuyuan, was an Eastern Han official and general who served Emperor Guangwu as Governor of Youzhou and later Grand Minister of Works.
Zhu Geng
Zhu Geng (朱赓), courtesy name Shaoqin, was a Ming grand secretary from Shanyin, Zhejiang, who served the Wanli Emperor as sole chief grand secretary and died in office in 1608.
Zhu Guangqian
Zhu Guangqian (朱光潜, 1897–1986) was a Chinese aesthetician, translator, and literary critic regarded as a founder of modern Chinese aesthetics, known for works including History of Western Aesthetics.
Zhu Guangting
Zhu Guangting (朱光庭, 1037–1094) was a Northern Song scholar-official from Yanshi, Henan, a disciple of the Cheng brothers and a leader of the anti-reformist Luo Party.
Zhu Guozhen
Zhu Guozhen (朱国祯) was a Ming dynasty Grand Secretary who briefly served as Senior Grand Secretary under the Tianqi Emperor before retiring under pressure from Wei Zhongxian's faction.
Zhu Hongtao
Zhu Hongtao (朱宏韬) is a Chinese businessman who co-founded Joyoung and JS Global Lifestyle, and holds a 52.87% stake in JS Global through the HONGJIN Family Trust.
Zhu Huan
Zhu Huan (朱桓), courtesy name Xiumu, was a general of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, best known for defeating Cao Ren at Ruxu.
Zhu Jianghong
Zhu Jianghong (朱江洪) is a retired Chinese industrial manager who led Gree Electric from its 1991 merger and built it into the world's largest air-conditioner maker.