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Deng Yuwen (March 16, 1968 -), male, native of Xinyu, Jiangxi Province, journalist, writer and commentator, currently lives in New Jersey, United States.

Deng Chao (February 8, 1979 -), a native of Nanchang, Jiangxi, is an actor, director, singer, host, and investment producer from mainland China. He graduated from the Central Academy of Drama. He won the Golden Goblet Award and the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor for Cao Baoping's film "Heart of the Sun". He is a former actor of the National Theater of China, former vice president of the Actors Working Committee of the China Television Artists Association, and chairman of Orange Video. Deng Chao has worked with many directors, such as Zhang Yimou, Stephen Chow, Peter Chan, Cao Baoping, Chen Jiashang, Tsui Hark, Feng Xiaogang, Guan Hu and other directors. The film has won the Spring Festival, Summer, National Day, Lunar New Year, and annual Chinese film box office championships. The cumulative box office of the first starring movie is about 13 billion, and the box office of the participating movies is about 18 billion. The film history record ranks first among mainland actors. He has starred in 12 Chinese-language films that have entered the top ten at the annual box office, and 9 of his first-starring films have exceeded 500 million in box office, which is the highest record for mainland actors and actresses in recent film history. Orange Video Production, founded by him, has invested more than 12 billion yuan in movie box office, making it the most promising producer. "Mermaid" starring him ranked first in the annual box office, "My Hometown and Me" co-directed and starred in ranked second in the annual box office, "King Kong River" starring in "King Kong River" ranked third in the annual box office, "China Partners" starring in the fourth box office in the year, "Riding the Wind and Waves" starring in the fifth box office in the year, starring in 12 Chinese-language films in the annual box office top ten, which is the highest record for mainland male and female actors in recent film history. Deng Chao is also a frequent visitor to the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards and has been nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor twice in four years.

Deng Minghe (English: Deng Minghe, June 8, 2006 - April 28, 2015), a Henan Opera actor, was born in Daming County, Handan City, Hebei Province. He is known as the red boy of Henan Opera. In 2010, she became famous after winning the title of Henan TV Station's Liyuan Spring Festival. In 2012 and 2013, she participated in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. At 10 pm on April 28, 2015, Deng Minghe passed away at the Naval General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in Beijing due to the recurrence of leukemia. He was only 8 years old.

Xing Danwen (1967-) is a Chinese contemporary artist and photographer.

Ying Fuk-tsang (English: Ying Fuk-tsang, January 28, 1966 -) is a scholar of religious history who has been engaged in research on Chinese Christianity and contemporary China's church-state relations for many years. From August 2014 to July 2020, he served as the Dean of the Theological School of Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Retire from Chinese University at the end of December 2023. From January 2024, he will serve as a National Science Council Research Scholar at the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica.

Na Ying (November 27, 1967 -), a native of Shenyang, Liaoning, is a female singer from mainland China. She is known as one of the "Chinese music queens" and has served as a mentor for eight seasons of the "The Voice of China" series. Before 1994, sales of vinyl records and cassettes exceeded 8 million, and before 2001, sales of music albums exceeded 23 million. In 2001, she won the "Best Mandarin Female Singer Award" at the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for her album "Sad Romance". She was the first mainland female singer to win this award in the history of the Golden Melody Awards.

Vivian Wu (Vivian Wu, February 5, 1966 -), female, Shanghainese, Chinese-American actress.

Tai Zhengxiao (English: Samuel Tai, November 6, 1966 -), a Taiwanese male singer, was born in Hong Kong. He studied and became famous in Taiwan. He is known as the "Rose Prince". He currently lives in Taiwan and has also developed his singing career in mainland China in recent years.

Qiu Jie (1961-) was born in Shanghai, China. His pseudonym is Foreign Country Shanren. He is an artist who combines Chinese realism with various European schools of thought.

Shao Xiushan, 1911-1950, was the "King of Matches" in China during the Republic of China. His ancestral home is Zhenhai County, Zhejiang Province, and he was born in Shanghai.

Shao Xunmei (June 27, 1906 - May 5, 1968), whose original name was Shao Yunlong, sometimes used the name Haowen. His ancestral home is Yuyao, Zhejiang, and he was born in Shanghai. He was a poet, publisher and translator during the Republic of China. One of the representatives of the "Crescent Sect", a member of the Lion's Roar Society and the China PEN Club. Together with writers Liu Naou and Mu Shiying, he is a representative writer of "urban modernism".

Tommy Zau Yen Chung (English: Tommy Zau Yen Chung, September 11, 1933 - 1996), a Hong Kong electronics tycoon, was once known as the "Electronics King". He was a famous industrialist in Hong Kong's emerging electronics industry in the 1980s and 1990s.

Shao Yuxuan (1866-1920), named Yong, styled Xingyin, and given the name Yuxuan, male, was a large pigment merchant and industrialist in Shanghai in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. The father of film and television tycoon Run Run Shaw.

Sir Run Run Shaw, Grand Bauhinia Medal, CBE (English: Sir Run Run Shaw, November 19, 1907 - January 7, 2014), also known as Run Run Shaw, was a Hong Kong film and television producer, entertainment industry tycoon, and philanthropist during the mainland period of the Republic of China and after the war. Run Run Shaw was born in Zhejiang. In the 1920s, he went to Singapore to assist his third brother Yan Mei in the film distribution work there. After moving to Hong Kong in 1957, he established Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. and filmed more than a thousand Shaw Brothers Chinese films. In addition, he was also one of the founders of Television Broadcasting Company Limited (TVB, commonly known as TVB, now TVB Group Limited). TVB dominated the television industry in Hong Kong and occupied the leading position in local ratings for many years. In 1977, Shao was conferred a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II. During his lifetime, he had been committed to charity and donated to social welfare, especially education and science and technology. The educational funds donated by Shaw are all over mainland China. Many colleges and universities and many primary and secondary schools in China have "Shaw Towers" named after Shaw. In his later years, Run Run Shaw allocated funds to establish the "Shaw Prize", known as the Nobel Prize of the East, to commend figures who have made outstanding contributions to education and scientific research. At 6:55 a.m. on January 7, 2014 (the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month in the Guisi year), Run Run Shaw passed away peacefully at his home in Clear Water Bay Building, where he once lived. It was said that he was 106 years old.

Shao Yuwei (September 21, 1989 -), Taiwanese actress, singer and writer.

Zou Shiming (May 18, 1981 -), born in Zunyi, Guizhou, is a former Chinese boxer who has won two Olympic gold medals. He turned to professional boxing in 2013. On February 5, 2011, he officially married the host Ran Yingying. The two had two sons after their marriage. Since November 2015, he has participated in Jiangsu Satellite TV's reality show "The Son-in-Law Is Here", taking the opportunity to re-examine his relationship with his father-in-law. Joined the School of Physical Education and Health of East China Normal University in 2018.

Chow Charn Ki Kenneth (English: Chow Charn Ki Kenneth, born October 3, 1953), Han nationality, politician of the People's Republic of China, member of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, member of the Chinese Revolutionary Committee and member of the Democratic National Construction Association.

Rogre J. Zou (April 22, 1963-) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter, and producer.

Yu Feng (July 25, 1916 - April 15, 2007), female, originally from Fuyang, Zhejiang, was born in Beijing, a Chinese essayist and painter, and served as secretary of the Secretariat and executive director of the Chinese Artists Association. His father Yu Hua is a Chinese judge and the brother of Yu Dafu. Her husband Huang Miaozi is a painter.

Lang Ping (December 10, 1960 -), originally from Tianjin, is a Chinese women's volleyball player and coach. He earned the nickname "Iron Hammer" for his strong and precise smashes. In the coaching era, Lang Ping was also known as "Guide Lang" or "Director Lang". Formerly the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team. Currently, he is the Vice Chairman of the Chinese Volleyball Association. Lang Ping is 1.84 meters tall and has a reach height of 3.17 meters. Together with American star Flora Heyman and Cuban star Mireya Luis, they were known as the "three main attackers" of the world women's volleyball team in the 1980s. From 1980 to 1985, he was continuously elected as the top ten athletes in China. In 1979, he was elected as the "Outstanding Athlete in the 30 Years of the Founding of the People's Republic of China". In 1984, he was elected as the "Outstanding Athlete in the 35 Years of the Founding of the People's Republic of China". He has won the sports medal of honor issued by the former National Sports Commission five times. He served as a member of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China, a representative of the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and a national March 8th Red Flag Bearer.

Lang Lang (English: Lang Lang, June 14, 1982 -), a Manchu pianist from Mainland China, from Shenyang, Liaoning. Lang Lang is the first Chinese pianist employed by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and the five major American symphony orchestras. He was once named one of the "20 young people who will change the world" by "People (Youth Edition)" magazine. He is the image ambassador of Shenyang City, the cultural tourism ambassador of New York City, and the international image ambassador of Shenzhen.

Zheng Yi (March 10, 1947 -), formerly known as Zheng Guangzhao, is a contemporary Chinese writer, former chairman of the Shanxi Branch of the China Film Association, a member of the Chinese Writers Association, and one of the representatives of the scar literature and root-seeking literature genres. After the June 4th Incident in 1989, he fled to the United States, joined the Princeton China Society, and served as the president of the Independent Chinese PEN Society. Zheng Yi's representative works include "Maple", "Old Well", "Far Village", "Red Monument", etc. Among them, "Maple" and "Old Well" were adapted into movies in the 1980s. The latter won the "Golden Kirin Award" at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 1987, the Best Feature Film Award and the Best Actor and Actor Award at the 11th Hundred Flowers Awards in 1988.

Zheng Qianlong (1942-September 4, 2007) was a native of Shanghai and a drama, film and television actor in the People's Republic of China.

Jeong Joo-young (Korean: Jooyoung Jeong/ Jeong Joo-young, romanized: Jeong Ju-yeong, November 25, 1915 - March 21, 2001), No. Asan (Korean: Asan/Asan), Korean entrepreneur, founder and first president of Hyundai Group, Korean National Federation of Economics The 13th-17th president (February 1977 to February 1987). In 1995, he was named one of the six Asian business giants by Time magazine. In 1999, he was selected as one of the "World-renowned Entrepreneurs" by the American Business Weekly. Chung Ju-young is known as South Korea's financial president and is known as "a giant of the times who has left his footprints at every important juncture in South Korea's modern history." There is a saying in South Korea that some people may not know who the president of South Korea is, but no one does not know who Jung Joo-young is. Zheng Zhouyong was born in a poor peasant family in North Korea. He started from scratch and ran a rice store and a car repair shop in his early years. After the liberation of Korea, he started in the automobile repair and construction industry, and later entered automobile manufacturing, shipbuilding, electronics and other fields. During Park Chung-hee's administration, the Hyundai Group he founded rapidly developed into one of South Korea's largest chaebols. In the 1980s, Hyundai Group ranked among the top 100 Fortune 500 companies. In 1997, Zheng Zhouyong's net worth was US$6 billion, making him the 10 richest man in Asia and one of the 30 richest people in the world. Zheng Juyong is the chairman of the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games Bid Promotion Committee. At a time when Seoul was extremely unfavorable both inside and outside South Korea, Chung Ju-yong led the South Korean bid team to defeat Nagoya, Japan, which everyone was optimistic about, and won the right to host the Olympic Games, making great contributions to Seoul's successful bid to host the 1988 Olympic Games. He was also a "private diplomat" and was the first South Korean entrepreneur to visit the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China and North Korea. He played a role in promoting the establishment of diplomatic and economic and trade relations between South Korea and the Soviet Union and China, and played an important role in improving North-South relations on the Korean Peninsula. Zheng Zhouyong supports public welfare undertakings through the Asan Foundation. It is estimated that he donated more than $1 billion to charity during his career. A 1997 Forbes magazine survey ranked Chung as the third-largest philanthropist after Walter Daneberg ($1.2 billion) and George Soros ($1.1 billion).