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Zheng Zhenduo
Political figures · People's Republic of China
Zheng Zhenduo (December 19, 1898 - October 17, 1958), also known as Jingmin, also known as Duomin, nicknamed Muguan, pen name Guo Yuanxin, Xidi, etc., was born in Changle, Fujian Province, and was born in Yongjia, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province. He was a Chinese writer, literary historian, political figure, and one of the founders of the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy. The study used the name "Xuanlang Hall" and had many pseudonyms such as Youfang Pavilion Master, Renqiu Hall Master, Renqiu, Youfang, Youhuang, Binfen, Guo Yuanxin, etc.
Zheng Qiyuan
Musicians · People's Republic of China
Zheng Qiyuan (September 11, 1980 -), formerly known as Zheng Di, was born in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. He is a male pop singer and musical actor in mainland China. He is a national first-class actor and graduated from Shenyang Conservatory of Music.
Z Zheng Dongtian Film & TV · People's Republic of ChinaZheng Dongtian (May 1944-), native of Luoshan, Henan, born in Chongqing, is a Chinese film director. He graduated from the Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy in 1966 and returned to teach in the Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy in 1976. The film "Neighbors" directed in 1982 won the Best Film Award at the 2nd China Golden Rooster Award. In 2003, he won the Outstanding Feature Film Award and Outstanding Director Award at the 10th China Film Huabiao Awards for his movie "Once Upon a Time in Taiwan".
Z Zheng Haixia Athletes · People's Republic of ChinaZheng Haixia (March 7, 1967 -), native of Zhecheng, Henan, is a Chinese women's basketball player. The former main center of the Chinese National Women's Basketball Team, known as "Asia's No. 1 Female Center", is 2.06 meters tall. He won the 1984 Olympic bronze medal, the 1986 Asian Games champion, the 1992 Olympic silver medal (scoring champion), and the 1994 World Championship runner-up (MVP).
Zheng Yuanxing
Entrepreneurs · Unknown nationality
Zheng Yuanxing (1891-1955), courtesy name Fuming, was born in Fenghua, Zhejiang. A Chinese industrialist, a pioneer in China's refrigeration and egg industries, he was known as the "King of the Egg Industry" in the Republic of China.
Sammi Cheng
Film & TV · British Hong Kong
Sammi Cheng Sau-man (English: Sammi Cheng Sau-man, August 19, 1972 -), Hong Kong female singer and actress. Since her debut in 1990, she has released more than 40 studio albums, held 11 large-scale solo ticketed concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hung Hom, and held more than 100 concerts in Hong Kong. She is the third female artist in Hong Kong to have exceeded 100 concerts in the Coliseum. She has held more than 200 large-scale world tour concerts overseas, and won the IFPI Hong Kong Record Sales Award for "Highest Selling Local Female Singer of the Year" nine times. From 1997 to 2007, she was dubbed by the media as Hong Kong's top box-office record actress. She starred in 15 films with a cumulative box office of HK$370 million. In 2001, she occupied three of the "Top 10 Annual Box Office" seats. She was evaluated by the media as a "variable queen" who leads fashion trends, and was also named by Vogue magazine as "good at singing and acting, with equally excellent fashion sense", "the most successful role model for both acting and singing", and "a cross-century queen in the Chinese music scene". Sammi Cheng has gained awards in all aspects of acting over the years. She has won various "Queens of Singing and Movie Actress" across different fields. She is one of the "Double Queens of Singing and Filmmaking" in Hong Kong, and has won the "Best Actress" at the Hong Kong Film Awards, the "Best Actress" at the Hong Kong Film Directors Guild Annual Awards, and the Hong Kong Film Critics Circle Award. She has won individual awards such as "Best Actress" at the Academy Awards, "Best Actress" at the China-US Film Festival, "Golden Award for Female Singer" at the All-Star Popular Chart Awards, "Most Popular Female Singer" at the Top Ten Golden Song Awards, and "Most Outstanding Female Singer" at the Metro Awards.
Jessica Cheng
Film & TV · United States
Jung Soo Jung, English name is Chrystal Soo Jung ( Korean: Jeong Soo-jeong, Romanized: Jung Soo-jung, October 24, 1994 -), stage name Krystal (English: Krystal, Korean: crystal), an American and Korean female singer, actress and host, born in San Francisco, California, a member of the Korean girl group f(x), serving as the image, lead singer and maknae in the team. At the end of August 2020, the contract with SM Entertainment expired and was not renewed. On October 12, 2020, she signed an exclusive contract with H& Entertainment, stating that she will do her best to launch more performing arts activities in the future. At the end of February 2024, the contract with H& Entertainment expired and was not renewed. He joined BANA Entertainment and focused on returning to music.
Z Zheng Yutong Entrepreneurs · ChinaDatuk Cheng Yu-tung, Grand Bauhinia Honoror (English: Cheng Yu-tung, August 26, 1925 - September 29, 2016), known as Uncle Tong and Shark Dantong, was born in Lunjiao Town, Shunde, Guangdong Province. He is a Hong Kong businessman, the second chairman of the board of directors and one of the founders of New World Development, and the son-in-law of Zhou Zhiyuan, the founder of Chow Tai Fook Jewelery and Gold Company. Forbes magazine announced that he was the third richest man in Hong Kong in 2016.
Zheng Guanying
Entrepreneurs · China
Zheng Guanying (July 24, 1842 - June 14, 1921), whose original name was Zhang Ying, was given the official name of Guanying, the courtesy name was Zhengxiang, and his nickname was Taozhai, also known as Juyi, Qi Yousheng, and also nicknamed Dai Heshan or Luofu Heshan. A native of Yongmo, Sanxiang, Xiangshan County, Guangzhou Prefecture, Guangdong (now Zhongshan City). Modern Chinese writers, thinkers and industrialists. He is a theorist with a complete reform ideological system in modern China, who advocates democracy and scientific thought.
Z Zheng Jun Musicians · People's Republic of ChinaZheng Jun (November 6, 1967 -), male, native of Xi'an, Shaanxi, is a Chinese singer. He currently lives in Beijing. He opens a bar and rehearses a band. He is famous for his unique high-pitched voice.
H Hao Jiming Scholars · People's Republic of ChinaHao Jiming (August 25, 1946 -), male, Han nationality, native of Liangshan, Shandong Province, Chinese environmental engineering expert, dean of the Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering of Tsinghua University, professor, and doctoral supervisor.
Hao Jingfang
Writers · People's Republic of China
Hao Jingfang (July 27, 1984 -), born in Tianjin, is a contemporary Chinese female science fiction writer.
G Guo Boquan Political figures · People's Republic of ChinaGuo Boquan (October 1961-) was born in Liquan County, Shaanxi Province. He started working in March 1983 and joined the Communist Party of China in 1987. Politician of the People's Republic of China. He holds a postgraduate degree from the Party School of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China. The younger brother of Guo Boxiong, former vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China.
Guo Huadong
Scientists · People's Republic of China
Guo Huadong (October 1950-), Chinese geoscientist. Born in Feng County, Jiangsu Province. Researcher at the Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He graduated from the Department of Earth Sciences of Nanjing University in 1977, received a master's degree from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1981, and was awarded an honorary doctorate in science by Curtin University in Australia in 2009. In 2011, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In January 2018, he was elected as a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Terry Gou
Political figures · Republic of China
Terry Gou (October 18, 1950 -) is an industrialist, philanthropist, and non-party (formerly member of the Kuomintang of China) politician in the Republic of China. He is the founder of Hon Hai Technology Group and has been the richest man in Taiwan for many years. Born in Banqiao Town, Taipei County (now Banqiao District, New Taipei City), he was originally from Jincheng City, Shanxi Province. He graduated from the China Maritime College and retired as an anti-aircraft artillery officer in the Air Force of the Republic of China. He founded Hon Hai in 1974 and subsequently sponsored political donations to the Kuomintang for a long time. After retirement, he also got involved in political work. In 2019, he participated in the KMT presidential primary election but was not nominated, which led him to form an alliance with the People's First Party and the Taiwan People's Party. In 2023, he participated in the KMT presidential primary election but was not nominated. On August 28 of the same year, he announced his independent participation in the 2024 presidential election of the Republic of China, but failed to register. "30 Memos from Father Guo to Young People" is the only handwritten work.
Guo Zongxi
Political figures · Qing Dynasty
Guo Zongxi (1878-December 29, 1934), named Tongbai, male, was born in Changsha, Hunan. Politicians in the Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China, and Manchukuo.
G Guo Baochang Film & TV · People's Republic of ChinaGuo Baochang (August 1940 - October 11, 2023), a famous Chinese director and writer, graduated from Beijing Film Academy. Wife Liu Gege. Known as "Master Bao".
Aaron Kwok
Film & TV · People's Republic of China
Aaron Kwok Fu-shing (English: Aaron Kwok Fu-shing; October 26, 1965 -), a Hong Kong male singer and actor, one of the "Four Kings" of the Hong Kong music scene in the 1990s, and one of the representatives of dynamic artists. In 1990, he became popular after filming Taiwan's Guangyang motorcycle commercial. In the same year, he released his first Mandarin album "Endless Love for You". In 1992, he returned to Hong Kong and quickly developed and became the king. In 1997, 1998, and 2000, he won the "Most Popular Male Singer" award at the Hong Kong Top Ten Golden Song Awards Ceremony and the "Golden Award for Male Singer" at the "All-Star Music Chart Awards Ceremony" in 1998. After 2000, Aaron Kwok shifted the focus of his work to the big screen. In 2005 and 2006, he won the Best Actor at the Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards for the films "Sanchakou" and "Father and Son" respectively. In 2016, he won the Best Actor Award at the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards for "Blood in Search of Plum Blossoms". In the same year, "Cold War II" became the box office champion of Chinese-language films in Hong Kong film history. In addition to his acting career, Aaron Kwok is also keen on philanthropy. He established the Aaron Kwok International Charitable Foundation in 2000. In 2003, he was elected as one of the top ten outstanding young people in Hong Kong. In 2011, he served as the UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Ambassador. In 2026, he will serve as the Hong Kong Jockey Club Year of the Horse Ambassador.
Guo Fan
Film & TV · People's Republic of China
Guo Fan (December 15, 1980 -), a native of Jining, Shandong Province, is a Chinese film director, producer and screenwriter. His representative works include the "Wandering Earth" series.
Guo Guangchang
Entrepreneurs · People's Republic of China
Guo Guangchang (February 16, 1967 -), a native of Dongyang, Zhejiang, is a Chinese entrepreneur. He is currently the chairman of Fosun Group, a member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, a member of the Standing Committee of the 10th All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, a member of the Standing Committee of the All-China Youth Federation, and the Honorary President of the Shanghai Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce. His wife is Wang Jinyuan, the anchor of Shanghai TV's "Oriental Noon News", who is his schoolgirl at Fudan University. The two have two daughters and one son. In 2015, Guo Guangchang ranked 49th on the Hurun China Rich List with a net worth of 29 billion yuan. In 2017, Guo Guangchang ranked 33rd on the Forbes Chinese Rich List with a net worth of US$6.3 billion. In 2023, according to the Hurun Global Rich List, Guo Guangchang has a net worth of 44 billion yuan, ranking 432nd on the rich list. Guo Guangchang is enthusiastic about social welfare undertakings and currently serves as the vice chairman of China Guangcai Foundation, the vice chairman of Youcheng Entrepreneur Poverty Alleviation Foundation, and the vice chairman of YBC Youth Entrepreneurship Foundation. During the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, China, Mr. Guo Guangchang worked with 15 Chinese private entrepreneurs to build and operate the China Private Enterprise Joint Pavilion, creating a history of China's private economy appearing at the World Expo for a century, and winning international praise and widespread respect for the new look of China's economy.
G Guo Zhi Political figures · People's Republic of ChinaGuo Zhi (1925-March 11, 2023) was born in Xisigong Village, Gaocheng County, Zhili Province. Politician of the People's Republic of China. In 1941, he joined the Communist Party of China and joined the Eighth Route Army. He successively served as the instructor of the squadron of the Baojiang Brigade in Gaowu County, the propagandist and cultural instructor of the 17th Regiment of the Jizhong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, and the instructor of the 17th Regiment and Company of the Third Independent Brigade of the Jinsui Military Region. He participated in the May 1st counter-mopping up in central Hebei, defending Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia, fighting Guisui, fighting Zhuozishan, fighting Yuanping, fighting Fenyang, defending Zhangjiakou and other battles. He was wounded many times in the battle and became disabled due to injuries. Later, he moved to local work. In 1947, he served as the district chief and district committee secretary of Gaocheng County. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was promoted to Secretary of the Gaocheng County Committee of the Communist Party of China. In 1960, he successively served as member of the Standing Committee of the Shijiazhuang Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of China, Minister of Agriculture and Industry, Secretary-General, Executive Deputy Commissioner of the Shijiazhuang District Commissioner's Office, and Deputy Secretary and Acting Commissioner of the Shijiazhuang Prefectural Committee. Acting Secretary of the Hengshui Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of China. After the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, he was criticized and attacked. Later he came to work and served as deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee of Hengshui District, Hebei Province and deputy leader of the Party's core group. After May 1971, he successively served as member of the Standing Committee of the Hebei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, secretary-general, deputy secretary, secretary, deputy director of the Hebei Provincial Revolutionary Committee, executive vice governor, and deputy governor. In 1985, he served as deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Hebei People's Congress. In 1988, he was promoted to director. In 1993, he was appointed as a member of the Financial and Economic Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress. Delegate to the Ninth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Fourteenth National Congress, and the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth National People's Congress.
G Guo Jingkun Scientists · People's Republic of ChinaGuo Jingkun (November 21, 1933 - August 17, 2021), Chinese materials scientist. Born in Shanghai, native of Xinhui, Guangdong. Graduated from the Chemistry Department of Fudan University in 1958. He is a researcher at the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and served as director of the institute (December 1983-May 1995) and director of the National Key Laboratory of High-Performance Ceramics and Ultrastructure. He is the second chief scientist in the field of new materials of the National “863” Program. In 1991, he was elected as a member (academician) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Guo Jingjing
Athletes · People's Republic of China
Guo Jingjing (October 15, 1981 -), a native of Baoding, Hebei, is a former Chinese female diver, Olympic champion, and FINA referee. She won the 3-meter springboard diving championship at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics respectively; and in cooperation with Wu Minxia, she won the synchronized 3-meter springboard championship in these two Olympics. She has won a total of 4 Olympic gold medals and 2 silver medals. She is the "leader" of the Chinese women's diving team after Gao Min and Fu Mingxia. Guo Jingjing retired in early 2011; during her 14 years in service, she won 31 world championships, becoming the Chinese athlete with the most world championship titles. Guo Jingjing married Fok Qigang, the grandson of Hong Kong tycoon Fok Ying-tung, in 2012 and lives in Hong Kong.
G Guo Xiaoting Film & TV · People's Republic of ChinaGuo Xiaoting (January 2, 1993 -) is a Chinese actress, born in Shanghai, and graduated from the 2011 Performance Department of Shanghai Theater Academy.