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Cheng Yixiao

Cheng Yixiao (程一笑, born 1985) is a Chinese technology entrepreneur who created the app that became Kuaishou in 2011 and has led the company as chairman and CEO since 2023.

Cheng Yu

Cheng Yu (程昱) was a strategist and official of the late Eastern Han who served Cao Cao and Cao Pi, credited with saving Yanzhou from rebellion.

Cheng Zhang

Cheng Zhang is a biotechnology executive who co-founded Character Biosciences in 2019 and leads it as chief executive officer, developing precision therapies for dry age-related macular degeneration.

Cheng Zhijie

Cheng Zhijie (程知节), originally named Cheng Yaojin (程咬金), was a Tang dynasty general from Dong'e, Jizhou, who served Emperors Taizong and Gaozong and fought the Western Turks.

Cheng-Zhu school of Principle (Neo-Confucianism)

The Cheng-Zhu school of Principle (程朱理学) was a Neo-Confucian school founded by the Cheng brothers and systematized by Zhu Xi, formally recognized as official ideology in 1241.

Chengda Fangyuan Pharmaceutical Group (成大方圆医药集团) (Chinese pharmacy chain)

Chengda Fangyuan Pharmaceutical Group (成大方圆医药集团) was a Chinese pharmacy retail and distribution chain with about 1,507 stores, acquired by Sinopharm's Guoda Drugstore for RMB 1.86 billion in 2020.

Chengde Circuit

Chengde Circuit (成德), formally the Chengde Army, was a Tang dynasty military governorship at Hengzhou in Hebei, among the most powerful and rebellious of the Hebei garrisons.

Chengde Jiedushi

Chengde Jiedushi (成德节度使) was a powerful Tang military governorship governing central Hebei after the An-Shi Rebellion, first held by Li Baochen and later hereditary under the Wang family.

Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (成都飞机工业(集团))

Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, known in Chinese as Chengfei (成飞), is a Chinese fighter manufacturer founded in 1958 in Chengdu, Sichuan, that builds the J-10, J-20, and JF-17.

Chengdu energy storage industry chain equity investment fund (成都储能产业链股权投资基金)

The Chengdu Energy Storage Industry Chain Equity Investment Fund (成都储能产业链股权投资基金) is a RMB 1 billion fund investing in energy storage assets in Chengdu, established in April 2026.

Chengdu Huaqiyun Technology (成都华栖云科技)

Chengdu Huaqiyun Technology (华栖云) is a Chinese media cloud services company founded in Chengdu in 2016 as a joint venture of Alibaba Group and Sofmit Digital.

Chengdu New Radiomedicine Technology (纽瑞特医疗)

Chengdu New Radiomedicine Technology (纽瑞特医疗) is a Chinese radiopharmaceutical and medical-isotope company founded in Chengdu in 2016, whose lead drug NRT6003 treats liver cancer.

Chengdu Silan Semiconductor Manufacturing

Chengdu Silan Semiconductor Manufacturing is a Chinese power-semiconductor manufacturer founded in 2010 in Chengdu as the packaging base of Hangzhou Silan Microelectronics, known for appliance power modules.

Chengdu Sino Microelectronics (成都华微电子科技股份有限公司)

Chengdu Sino Microelectronics is a Chinese fabless designer of special-purpose integrated circuits in Chengdu, controlled by China Electronics Corporation and listed on the STAR Market since 2024.

Chengdu Yicheng Technology (成都奕成科技股份有限公司)

Chengdu Yicheng Technology (成都奕成科技股份有限公司, Yicheng Technology) is a Chinese semiconductor company founded in 2017 in Chengdu, Sichuan, that provides board-level high-density system packaging and testing for integrated circuits.

Chengdu Zongheng Automation (纵横股份)

Chengdu Zongheng Automation Technology Co., branded JOUAV, is a Chinese industrial drone maker founded in Chengdu in 2010, known for VTOL fixed-wing drones and listed on the STAR Market since 2021.

Chengguan

Chengguan (澄观, 738–839) was a Tang dynasty Buddhist monk counted as the fourth patriarch of the Huayan school, best known for his commentary on the Avataṃsaka-sūtra and his theory of the four dharma-realms.

Chenghua rehabilitation of Yu Qian and Jingtai

The Chenghua rehabilitation (成化平反) was the Ming dynasty's posthumous clearing of minister Yu Qian and restoration of the deposed Jingtai emperor's imperial title under Emperor Zhu Jianshen.

Chenghua-era 'transmitted-office' (chuanfengguan) abuse and its abolition attempts

The Chenghua-era 'transmitted-office' abuse (传奉官之滥) was the Ming practice, begun in 1464 under the Chenghua emperor, of appointing thousands of officials directly by imperial edict.

Chengqi Asset

Chengqi Asset (诚奇资产) is a Chinese quantitative private fund manager founded by He Wenqi in 2013, headquartered in Shanghai and managing over RMB 10 billion.

Chengshi lun

Chengshi lun (成實論), the Satyasiddhi-śāstra or Treatise on the Establishment of Truth, is a Buddhist treatise translated by Kumārajīva, whose school flourished under the Liang before fading after Tang-era classification as a Small Vehicle work.

Chengtou Zilu Band

The Chengtou Zilu Band (城头子路) was a rebel force of over 200,000 followers founded by Yuan Ceng and Liu Xu at the city wall of Lu.

Chengwei Preferred

Chengwei Preferred refers to related Cayman Islands fund holding entities, including Chengwei Preferred Holdings 2021, Ltd, a limited company registered in George Town, Grand Cayman, rather than an operating manager.

Cheniere Energy

Cheniere Energy, Inc. is an American energy company that liquefies natural gas at Sabine Pass, Louisiana, and Corpus Christi, Texas; it became the first US exporter of LNG in 2016.

Chenla

Chenla (Zhenla, 真腊) is the Chinese exonym for the Khmer polity of central Cambodia, roughly the 6th to early 8th century, that absorbed Funan, had its capital Ishanapura at Sambor Prei Kuk, and preceded Angkor.

Chenming Hu

Chenming Hu (胡正明), born 1947 in Beijing, is a UC Berkeley electrical engineer who led the team that invented the FinFET transistor and created the BSIM standard model.

Chenpeng Village Primary School stabbing

Chenpeng Village Primary School stabbing (陈棚村完全小学, Guangshan, Henan, 14 December 2012): Min Yingjun (闵应军/闵拥军) stabbed 22-23 children with a kitchen knife, same day as Sandy Hook; six officials sacked, attacker found mentally disordered.

Chenqiao Mutiny

The Chenqiao Mutiny (陈桥兵变) was the 960 military coup in which Later Zhou general Zhao Kuangyin was acclaimed emperor by his troops, founding the Song dynasty.

Chenwei (Apocryphal) Learning

Chenwei (谶纬之学) is Chinese prophetic-apocryphal learning, texts falsely attributed to heaven and the sages that shaped Han politics before repeated bans from the 3rd to 7th centuries.

Chenzhi Technology

Chenzhi Technology (Chenzhi Technology Co., Ltd.) is a Chinese automotive supplier in Chongqing developing steer-by-wire, brake-by-wire, and intelligent suspension systems, founded by China Changan in 2022.