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Chen Lihua (1941-April 5, 2026) was born in Beiping, China, into a Manchu Zhenghuang Banner family. He moved to Hong Kong in 1982. During his lifetime, he was the director of SCAD, the Savannah College of Art and Design, and the founder of Fu Wah International Group in Hong Kong. In 2008, Forbes ranked 38th on the list of China's richest people.
C Chen Jiuchang Political figures · People's Republic of ChinaChen Jiuchang (1934-), a native of Guiyang, Hunan, is a politician and diplomat of the People's Republic of China.
Chen Zhilin
Political figures · Unknown nationality
Chen Zhilin (July 28, 1879 - February 11, 1959), courtesy name Zhiting, male, was a native of Haicheng, Fujian, a modern Chinese political figure and entrepreneur.
C Chen Shuping Political figures · Unknown nationalityChen Shuping (October 1969-), male, Han nationality, native of Rong County, Sichuan, political figure of the People's Republic of China, working master's degree, member of the Communist Party of China. He once served as Secretary-General and Deputy Governor of the Sichuan Provincial People's Government. He currently serves as deputy secretary of the Chengdu Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, mayor and party secretary of the municipal government.
C Chen Jinghua Political figures · People's Republic of ChinaChen Jinghua (December 1950-), born in Xinghua, Jiangsu, and native of Ningde, Fujian, is a politician and diplomat of the People's Republic of China.
Chen Weiqun
Athletes · Canada
Patrick Chan (English: Patrick Chan, December 31, 1990 -) was born in Ottawa, a Chinese-Canadian figure skater. 2014 Olympic Silver Medal, three-time World Champion, two-time Grand Prix Finals Champion, and 10-time Canadian Champion. Now lives in Toronto. Chen Weiqun can speak fluent English, French and Cantonese, and he is also learning Mandarin Chinese. In April 2011, he ranked first in the International Skating Union. On the 28th of the same month, he broke the world record in the freestyle event and won the world championship in Moscow.
C Chen Weida Political figures · People's Republic of ChinaChen Weida (1916-1990), male, born in Xiangshui, Jiangsu Province, was a political figure in the People's Republic of China.
C Chen Zuolin Political figures · People's Republic of ChinaChen Zuolin (March 1923 - April 12, 2015), formerly known as Long Jianping and Hu Bin, male, Wuwei, Anhui, political figure of the People's Republic of China.
C Chen Xinzhong Entrepreneurs · Unknown nationalityStewart Tan Seng Teong is a motorsports executive in the People's Republic of China and the founder and former general manager of the Zhuhai International Circuit in Guangdong Province. Chen Xinzhong has served as the general manager of Zhuhai International Circuit Co., Ltd. for many years. On August 8, 2024, he and several other senior executives resigned due to the change in the company's equity.
Sita Chan (English: Sita Chan, March 10, 1987 - April 17, 2013), formerly known as Chen Haoyi, is a popular Hong Kong female singer-songwriter and actress. Chen Xiyi made her debut in 2011, first releasing the song "Memory of Sadness", and the following year she released two albums, "Crazy Love" and "Let Me Find Love". The title song "Forget the River" in "Crazy Love" was composed by her herself. At the end of the year, she won new artist awards at multiple awards ceremonies, including the "Gold Award for the Most Popular New Female Artist in the Top Ten Golden Songs", the "Bronze Award for the Most Powerful Female Singer in the Music Industry", and the "Newcomer of the Year King", etc. On April 17, 2013, Chen Xiyi was involved in a car accident while driving home, resulting in serious injuries. After rescue, she died at the age of 26. She was the second youngest singer to die in Hong Kong records (after Yang Chuying who died in 1986). After her unexpected death, she received widespread attention and her popularity soared. Many Hong Kong music fans lamented that it was too late to recognize her voice.
Edison Chen
Musicians · People's Republic of China
Edison Chen (English: Edison Chen, October 7, 1980 -), whose real name is Chen Xinghua, is a Canadian Hong Kong male singer, actor, rapper and fashion designer. He made his debut in the music industry in 2000 and appeared in movies such as "Infernal Affairs" (2002) and "Initial D" (2005). In 2008, he announced his "indefinite" retirement from the entertainment industry due to the indecent photos scandal, and made a comeback in 2010.
Chen Chong
Film & TV · United States
Chen Chong (April 26, 1961 -), born in Shanghai, is a Chinese-American actress and director. His representative works include "Little Flower", "Children Abroad", "The Last Emperor" and "Yi"; his representative works as director include "Tianba" and "Autumn in New York". Chen Chong is the only filmmaker to win both the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress and the Golden Horse Award for Best Director. In 1996, he served as the main competition judge of the 46th Berlin Film Festival in Germany; in the same year in 2014, he served as the main competition judge of the 71st Venice Film Festival in Italy, and as the judge and jury chairman of the 51st Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan; in 2019, he served as the chairman of the jury of the 13th Asian Film Awards; in 2023, he served as the chairman of the jury of the 17th FIRST Youth Film Festival.
Chen Kaige
Film & TV · People's Republic of China
Chen Kaige (August 12, 1952 -), formerly known as Chen Aige, was born in Beijing and native of Changle District, Fuzhou. He is a Chinese director. With "Farewell My Concubine", he became the first Chinese director to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
C Chen Li Film & TV · People's Republic of ChinaChen Li (?—) is a Chinese film director and a first-level director of the Bayi Film Studio. His representative works include "Young Mao Zedong", "Who's in Charge", "Going North to the Xiangjiang River", "Love in the Covered Bridge", "The Four Days and Nights of Zhou Enlai", "Begonia Still", "Bloody Battle on the Xiangjiang River", "Gutian Bugle", etc. She won the Best Director Award at the 28th China Golden Rooster Awards in 2011 for her movie "The Four Days and Nights of Zhou Enlai".
C Chen Zhuoxuan Musicians · People's Republic of ChinaChen Zhuoxuan is a Chinese actress and singer. She first appeared in the 2016 audition show Super Girl 2016, where she was awarded first in the Xi'an region and joined the Super Girls Group, subsequently finishing 15th nationally. Super Girl Group disbanded in 2017, and in the same year she played her first character, You You (faint) in the web-drama 《Yunkejianghu》and participated in Sound of My Dream season 2. Chen gained more popularity in 2019, as the minor character Ah Qing in The Untamed. In 2020, she participated in the survival show Produce Camp 2020, finishing fourth and debuting as the main vocalist of the girl group BonBon Girls 303. From then on, she has participated in various other shows both by herself and as a member of BonBon Girls 303. Her fandom name is Xuanfeng (Xuanfeng).
Chen Weihua
Media figures · Unknown nationality
Chen Weihua (November 1963-), journalist in the People's Republic of China.
C Chen Yuandao Political figures · People's Republic of ChinaChen Yuandao (1902-April 10, 1933), also known as Yuandao, also known as Bokang and Gexin in his first work, was male and a native of Chaoxian County, Anhui Province. Early leader of the Communist Party of China. He participated in the May 30th Movement in his early years, joined the Communist Party of China after being introduced by Yun Daiying, and later studied at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow, the Soviet Union. In 1929, he returned to China and served as Secretary-General of the Propaganda Department of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China. The following year, he served as the Organization Minister and Secretary-General of the Henan Provincial Party Committee. In 1931, he served as director of the Organization Department of the Hebei Provisional Committee of the Communist Party of China. In the same year, he was arrested and imprisoned in the Peking Military Inspection Branch. In 1932, he was rescued from prison by the underground party. In 1933, he was reported to be imprisoned again and detained at the Nanjing Military Police Headquarters; on April 10 of the same year, he was shot at Yuhuatai, Nanjing.
C Chen Shuliang Political figures · People's Republic of ChinaChen Shuliang (1911-1995), a native of Tianjin, was a politician and diplomat of the People's Republic of China.
Chen Shutong
Political figures · China
Chen Shutong (1876 - February 17, 1966), surnamed Jingdi, courtesy name Shutong, nicknamed Yunmi, male, was a native of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, an industrialist, scholar, social activist and political figure in the People's Republic of China, and a former deputy national leader.
Peter Chan
Film & TV · People's Republic of China
Peter Ho-sun Chan (English: Peter Ho-sun Chan, born November 28, 1962), is a Hong Kong film director, producer, and screenwriter. He was known for his love movies in the early days, and then moved north to mainland China to develop, dabbling in different themes such as song and dance, war, martial arts, and biographies. Representative works include "Sweet Honey", "Golden Branches and Jade Leaves", "If Love", etc. Peter Chan is also the first Chinese Grand Slam director to win Best Director at the Golden Horse Awards, Hong Kong Film Awards and China Film Golden Rooster Awards.
C Chen Jiming Political figures · People's Republic of ChinaChen Jiming (May 1962-), male, Han nationality, native of Fushun, Sichuan, political figure of the People's Republic of China. On-the-job postgraduate degree from the Party School of the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China. Representative of Sichuan region in the 13th National People's Congress.
C Chen Qiyuan Entrepreneurs · Unknown nationalityChen Qiyuan (1834-1903), also known as Qiyuan, nicknamed Rulang, nicknamed Zhixin, Xixin old man, Xixin layman, also known as Lingnan freak, also known as Guiyan Chen, ranked seventh because of all reasons, also called Guiyan Qi, a native of Nanhai, Guangdong, and the founder of China's first machine silk reeling factory.
C Chen Harin Film & TV · Unknown nationalityChen Halin (August 29, 2013 -), a native of Xiamen, is a Chinese child star.
C Chen Shanguang Artists · People's Republic of ChinaChen Shanguang (December 1962 -), native of Qidong, Hunan, is a Chinese manned space scientist, the chief commander and chief designer of the Chinese astronaut system of Shenzhou 6, the director of the Chinese Astronaut Scientific Research and Training Center, and the Aerospace Medical Engineering Research Institute of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (also known as the 507 Institute, affiliated to China Director and doctoral supervisor of the General Armament Department of the People's Liberation Army, Major General of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, chief expert in the field of aerospace medical engineering, editor-in-chief of the magazines "Astronaut" and "Aerospace Medicine and Medical Engineering", and part-time professor at Tsinghua University, Wuhan University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Nanhua University and other universities.