Society and history

Chen Yucheng

Chen Yucheng (陈玉成, 1837–1862) was a Taiping commander who rose from boyhood soldier to chief commander of the later Taiping armies, serving Hong Xiuquan until his execution in 1862.

Chen Yung-tai

Chen Yongtai (陈永泰) is a Taiwanese businessman who founded Aurora Corporation in Taipei in 1965, building the Aurora Group into an office automation and furniture company.

Chen Yuyi

Chen Yuyi (陈与义) was a Song dynasty poet and statesman (1090 to 1138) who rose to deputy councillor under Emperor Gaozong and was named a master of the Jiangxi school.

Chen Yuying

Chen Yuying (陈宇莹) is a Chinese business executive, formerly of Alibaba, Tencent, and Tujia, who was CEO of the bike-sharing startup Xiaoming Bike from January to October 2017.

Chen Zhengguo

Chen Zhengguo (陈正国, born 1976) is a Chinese retail entrepreneur who founded Leerle, the Changsha hard discount supermarket chain that reached about 9,000 stores by 2025.

Chen Zhi (businessman)

Chen Zhi (陈志), also known as Vincent, is a Chinese-born businessman who founded Cambodia's Prince Holding Group in 2015 and was charged by US prosecutors in October 2025.

Chen Zhiyong (陈智勇) is a Chinese electronics entrepreneur who founded the education-electronics maker Readboy in Zhongshan, Guangdong, in 1999, after working alongside Duan Yongping at the learning-machine company Subor.

Chen Zhizhong

Chen Zhizhong (陈执中, 990–1059, courtesy name Zhaoyu) was a Song dynasty statesman who served Emperor Renzong twice as chancellor and retired as Duke of Qi.

Chen Zhong

Chen Zhong (陈忠, courtesy name Bo Shi) was an Eastern Han official who rose to prefect of the secretariat and shaped Han law through memorials on punishment and frontier policy.

Chen Zhu (陈竺)

Chen Zhu (陈竺), born 1953, is a Chinese hematologist at Shanghai's Ruijin Hospital who developed the ATRA plus arsenic trioxide cure for acute promyelocytic leukemia and served as China's Minister of Health from 2007 to 2013.

Chen Ziang

Chen Ziang (陈子昂, 661–702), courtesy name Boyu, was a Tang-dynasty poet and official under Empress Wu Zetian, known for the Gan'yu poem cycle and pioneering Tang literary reform.

Chen Zilong

Chen Zilong (陈子龙) was a Ming dynasty official, poet, and anti-Qing loyalist from Huating, Songjiang, who edited major statecraft works and drowned in 1647 after capture.

Chen Zizhuang

Chen Zizhuang (陈子壮), courtesy name Jisheng, was a Ming official from Nanhai, Guangdong, who placed third in the 1619 jinshi examination and was executed by the Qing in 1647.

Chen Zongnian

Chen Zongnian (陈宗年), born 1965, is a Chinese engineer and executive who co-founded Hikvision in 2001 and led it as chairman until 2024, building it into the world's top video-surveillance company.

Cheng (surname)

Cheng is the romanization of several Chinese surnames, chiefly 程 (Chéng, 'measurement'), from a Zhou-era state granted to Xiu Fu; about 7.9 million bearers worldwide, 72nd most common surname, plus 成, 承, 鄭, and Hmong 陳.

Cheng Bo Xiufu

Cheng Bo Xiufu (程伯休父) was a Western Zhou magnate who served as Grand Marshal under King Xuan, leading the royal army against the state of Xu.

Cheng Dequan

Cheng Dequan (程德全, 1860–1930) was a Qing dynasty official from Sichuan who, as the last governor of Jiangsu, declared for the republic in the 1911 Revolution.

Cheng Han

Cheng Han (成汉) was a Sixteen Kingdoms state in Sichuan founded by Li Te and Li Xiong, existing from 304 until its fall to the Eastern Jin in 347.

Cheng Hanzhang

Cheng Hanzhang (程含章, 1762–1832) was a Qing dynasty official from Jingdong, Yunnan, who served four provinces as governor and wrote an influential 1824 memorial on Zhili waterways.

Cheng Hao

Cheng Hao (程颢) was a Song dynasty scholar-official and Neo-Confucian philosopher, one of the Two Chengs with his brother Cheng Yi, honored as Master Mingdao.

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Cheng Heng

Cheng Heng (1910–1996) was a Sino-Khmer politician who served as acting chief of state of Cambodia from 1970 to 1972, resigning in favor of Lon Nol.

Cheng Lin

Cheng Lin (程琳) was a Song dynasty statesman from Boye who served as vice grand councilor and governed the northern border, earning the posthumous name Wenjian.

Cheng Miao

Cheng Miao (程邈), courtesy name Yuancen, was a Qin-dynasty jail clerk who, after ten years imprisoned, presented a simplified script of 3,000 characters and is honored as the ancestor of clerical script.

Cheng Pu

Cheng Pu (程普), courtesy name Demou, was a military officer of late Eastern Han who served three Sun rulers and became a senior commander of Wu.

Cheng Sheng-Feng

Cheng Sheng-Feng (郑胜丰, born 1983) is a Taiwanese entrepreneur who co-founded Gogolook (走著瞧) in 2012 with Kuo Chien-Fu and Sung Cheng-Huan; the Taipei company's Whoscall app has over 100 million downloads, and Cheng serves as chairman.

Cheng Tian

Cheng Tian (程天) is a Chinese venture capitalist and partner at Shunwei Capital, joining in 2014 after Goldman Sachs Gaohua and Temasek, with investments including Xiaomi, Kuaishou, and NIO.

Cheng Wenbing

Cheng Wenbing (程文炳, 1834–1910) was a Qing dynasty military commander from Fuyang, Anhui, who fought the Nian rebellion and became Admiral of the Yangtze River Navy.

Cheng Xue

Cheng Xue (程雪), born in 1970, is a Chinese business executive who joined Haitian in 1992 at age 22 and succeeded founder Pang Kang as chairwoman in 2024.

Cheng Yen

Cheng Yen, also known as Venerable Zhengyan (证严法师), is a Taiwanese Buddhist nun who founded the Tzu Chi Foundation in 1966, now one of the world's largest Buddhist humanitarian organizations.