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Chen Hongjin

Chen Hongjin (陈洪进) was a military governor of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou who surrendered his territory to the Song dynasty in 978 and died a duke in 985.

Chen Hongjin's submission of Qingyuan to the Song

Chen Hongjin's submission of Qingyuan to the Song (陈洪进纳土) was the 978 surrender of the Quan–Zhang region to the Song dynasty, which prompted the Wuyue ruler to offer his own territory.

Chen Hongmou

Chen Hongmou (陈宏谋; 1696–1771) was a Qing dynasty official from Lingui, Guangxi, who held twenty-one posts across twelve provinces under the Yongzheng and Qianlong emperors.

Chen Ji

Chen Ji (陈基, 1314–1370), courtesy name Jingchu (敬初), was a Yuan-dynasty literatus from Linhai who served Zhang Shicheng as adviser and later helped compile the History of Yuan for the Ming.

Chen Jianren

Chen Jianren (陈健仁) is a Chinese businessman from Zhongshan, Guangdong, who was general manager of Yihua Group and hired Duan Yongping in 1989 to run the factory behind Subor.

Chen Jiao

Chen Jiao (陈矫), courtesy name Jibi, was a Cao Wei official from Guangling who secured Cao Pi's succession in 220 and rose to Minister over the Masses.

Chen Jin

Chen Jin (陈金), courtesy name Ruli, was a Ming official and commander who rose to left censor-in-chief while directing suppression campaigns in Yunnan, the two Guangs, and Jiangxi.

Chen Jinghe

Chen Jinghe (陈景河) is a Chinese geologist and businessman who founded Zijin Mining in 1993, building the low-grade Zijinshan deposit into a global gold and copper leader.

Chen Jingxuan

Chen Jingxuan (陈敬瑄) was a Tang dynasty general and military governor of Xichuan in western Sichuan, elder brother of the eunuch Tian Lingzi, who died in 893.

Chen Jinlei

Chen Jinlei (陈锦磊) is the Chinese businessman named as general manager of Taojindai, a P2P lending platform that launched in June 2012 and collapsed within days.

Chen Jinshou

Chen Jinshou (陈金绶) was a Qing dynasty military officer from Yuechi, Sichuan, who rose to provincial commander-in-chief of Zhili and led the Jiangbei army against the Taiping at Yangzhou.

Chen Jiongming

Chen Jiongming (陈炯明) was a Guangdong soldier and administrator of the early Republic of China, known for his 1922 break with Sun Yat-sen and his federalist governing of Guangdong.

Chen Jiru

Chen Jiru (陳繼儒, courtesy name Zhongchun, sobriquet Meigong, 1558–1639) was a Chinese writer, calligrapher, and painter of Huating who became an influential late-Ming arbiter of culture and taste.

Chen Jui-tsung

Chen Jui-tsung (陈瑞聪), known in English-language coverage as Ray Chen, is a Taiwanese executive who became chairman of Compal Electronics in 2024 after leading its recovery from a 1987 plant fire.

Chen Kangbo

Chen Kangbo (陈康伯, 1097–1165) was a Song dynasty statesman, twice chief councilor under Gaozong and Xiaozong, who directed the civil response to the Jin invasion of 1161.

Chen Kingdom (Han principality)

Chen Kingdom (陈国) was an Eastern Han principality in eastern Henan around modern Zhoukou, renamed from Huaiyang in 88, until Yuan Shu killed its last king, Chong, in 197.

Chen Kuilong

Chen Kuilong (1857–1948) was a Qing dynasty official who served as Viceroy of Zhili until 1911 and later wrote thousands of poems as a Qing loyalist in Shanghai.

Chen Lanbin

Chen Lanbin (陈兰彬, 1816–1894) was a Qing dynasty official from Guangdong who served as China's first resident envoy to the United States, Spain, and Peru.

Chen Li (Qing dynasty classical scholar)

Chen Li (陈立, 1809–1869) was a Qing dynasty classical scholar and official, a jinshi of 1841, known for his Gongyang Yishu commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals.

Chen Li (Qing dynasty scholar and educator)

Chen Li (陈澧) was a Chinese scholar and educator of the Qing dynasty, 1810 to 1882, who led Guangdong academies and wrote on phonology, music, and geography.

Chen Li Ji

Chen Li Ji (陈李济) is a traditional Chinese medicine manufacturer in Guangzhou, founded in 1600, known for the wax-sealed pill shell and certified the world's oldest pharmaceutical factory.

Chen Liang

Chen Liang (陈亮) was a Southern Song scholar and political essayist from Yongkang who urged war against the Jin and placed first in the 1193 palace examination.

Chen Lifu

Chen Lifu (陈立夫) was a Chinese Kuomintang politician and organizer, born in 1900 in Zhejiang, who headed the party's intelligence bureau and served as wartime Minister of Education.

Chen Lu (semiconductor entrepreneur)

Chen Lu (陈鲁), born 1977, is a Chinese semiconductor-equipment entrepreneur who founded Skyverse Technology, a Shenzhen maker of wafer inspection and metrology equipment listed on the STAR Market in 2023.

Chen Menglei

Chen Menglei (陳夢雷) (1651–1741) was a Qing dynasty scholar and encyclopedist from Fujian, who compiled the colossal Gujin Tushu Jicheng and served under multiple emperors.

Chen Min

Chen Min (陈敏), courtesy name Yuangong, was a Southern Song general from Shicheng in Ganzhou who rose from the palace guard to defend Gaoyou and Chuzhou against the Jin.

Chen Mingyong

Chen Mingyong, also known as Tony Chen, is a Chinese businessman born in 1969 who founded the smartphone maker OPPO after starting his career at BBK under Duan Yongping.

Chen Nan

Chen Nan (陈楠, 1169–1211), style name Cuixu, was a Song dynasty Daoist from Boluo, Huizhou, who combined inner alchemy with talismans and taught Bai Yuchan.

Chen Ning

Chen Ning (陈宁, born 1975) is a Chinese engineer and entrepreneur who founded Intellifusion, a Shenzhen AI chip and facial-recognition company, and leads it as chairman and CEO.

Chen Panying

Chen Panying (陈磐颖) is a Chinese quantitative investor who co-founded Sixie Capital, a Shanghai quantitative hedge fund managing over RMB 10 billion, after working at Goldman Sachs and D. E. Shaw.