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Gordon Chan Ka-Seung, MH (English: Gordon Chan Ka-Seung, January 16, 1960 -), Hong Kong film director and screenwriter. He joined Shaw Brothers Film Company in 1980 and served as screenwriter for the first time in 1983. In 1988, he directed the Hong Kong film "The World of Three" for the first time, which he wrote. He won the Best Director and Best Screenplay at the 18th Hong Kong Film Awards for "Beast Detective". In 2007, he succeeded Hui On-wa as the president of the Hong Kong Film Directors Guild and was the former chairman of the board of directors of the Hong Kong Film Awards. Chen Jiashang's ex-wife is former actress Chen Huiyi. The two met while filming the movie Little Man Weekly.

Chen Jianan (April 13, 1984 -), whose ancestral home is Beijing, became famous when he was a child when he played the protagonist of the TV series "Little Dragon Man".

Chen Jianxiong (December 11, 1970 - October 15, 2022), a national first-class actor and the leader of the Guangzhou Crosstalk Art Troupe. Well-known works include the situation drama "Foreign Wife, Local Man" and so on.

Chen Kun (February 4, 1976 -), a native of Chongqing, is an actor and singer from Mainland China. He graduated from the Beijing Film Academy and gained fame with TV series such as "Like Fog, Like Rain and Like Wind", "Pink Girl", and "Golden Pink Family". Note, he later won the Huabiao Award and the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor for his films "The Ballad of Clouds and Waters" and "Painted Skin". His other representative films include "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate", "Painted Skin", "Let the Bullets Fly", "The Secret of the Dragon", "Hot Pot Hero", etc. Chen Kun, Deng Chao, Liu Ye, and Huang Xiaoming are known as the "Four Great Middle School Students".

Chen Yuan (November 12, 1880 - June 21, 1971), whose courtesy name was Yuan'an and whose name was Liyun, was a native of Xinhui, Guangdong. He was a historian of Chinese religions. He served successively as the president of Fu Jen Catholic University and Beijing Normal University, and the first director of the "Harvard-Yenching Society" Research Institute of Yenching University. Chen Yuan became famous for his article "Yuan Yeli Ke Wen Kao" and made considerable achievements in religious history, collation, and archaeology. He is a pioneer in the study of modern Chinese religious history and has conducted in-depth research in Yuan history, historical philology and other fields. Together with Chen Yinke, he is known as the "Two Chens in Historiography". Yan Gengwang called him the "four major modern historians" together with Qian Mu, Lu Simian and Chen Yinke.

Chen Shiqiu (November 4, 1938 -), male, Anhui native, politician and diplomat of the People's Republic of China.

Chen Tianqiao (May 14, 1973 -), male, native of Xinchang, Zhejiang, Chinese entrepreneur, former chairman and CEO of Shanda Network, member of the 11th and 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Eason Chan Yick Shun (English: Eason Chan Yick Shun; July 27, 1974 -), a Hong Kong male singer and actor, is known as the "King of Music", "King of Golden Melody Singer" and "New Generation of Song God". In 1995, he officially entered the industry after winning the 14th Rookie Singing Competition. He has released more than 40 albums so far. In 2005, he was hailed by Time Magazine as a figure who led the trend of Hong Kong Cantonese music and influenced the style of the Hong Kong music scene. The album "U87" released in the same year was also selected by the magazine as "one of the top five most worth buying records in Asia in 2005". In 2010, he was selected into the "30 Years Classic Selection" of the China Golden Melody Awards, becoming the only representative of singers who debuted in the 1990s. To date, he has been nominated for the "Best Mandarin Male Singer Award" at the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards nine times and won three times. He is the record holder for this award as both a finalist and a winner. From 2016 to 2021, he topped the list of Spotify Hong Kong's most streamed singers for six consecutive years. In the 19 years of cooperation with Universal Music Group, the song streaming rate has exceeded 75 billion. In both 2023 and 2024, it ranked third among the most streamed Chinese singers in the world on Spotify; it ranked fifth and fourth respectively on the list of most popular local singers in Hong Kong; in December 2024, the number of monthly listeners exceeded 4 million. In 2025, after 30 years of debut, he still ranks as the third most popular YouTube singer in Hong Kong. Eason Chan has won numerous awards at multiple Asia-Pacific and Chinese music awards ceremonies. He has set many records in major music award ceremonies in Hong Kong, including winning the "Golden Music Male Singer Gold Award" for the first time at the 2001 All-American Music Chart Awards Ceremony. He has won this award ten times so far; he has also won the award ten times in a row. He has won the "Best Popular Male Singer Award" among the top ten Chinese golden songs for three years (2005-2017) and the "Global Chinese Supreme Golden Melody Award" ten times; and won the Music Award-Media Award five times jointly by four channels. In 2006, Eason Chan won the "Most Popular Male Singer" award from Hong Kong TVB for the first time, officially rising to the top of the music industry. Important music awards won in Chinese regions around the world include "Best Male Singer on the Global Chinese Songs Chart", "Best Male Singer on the Music Chart" in mainland China, "Best Mandarin Male Singer on the Golden Melody Awards" in Taiwan (nominated 9 times and won 3 times, both record holders) and "Golden Melody Awards Album of the Year", Taiwan's "KKBOX Digital Music Chart Top 10 Most Popular Singer", Malaysia's "MY"

Chen Yiwen (March 15th -), a Chinese voice actor, was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. She graduated from Tongji University majoring in TV directing. In 2010, she was recommended by senior voice actor Wang Su and began to engage in dubbing work. His dubbing works include the film and television dramas "A Thousand Bones of Flowers" and "Qingyun Zhi", the animation works "Peppa Pig", "Qinshi Mingyue", "Fights of the Sky", "Valkyrie's Dining Table", the game works "End of the World Moon Blade OL", "Legend of Sword and Fairy", "Honkai Impact 3rd", etc.

Chen Hao (December 9, 1978 -), Chinese actress and singer, native of Qingdao, Shandong.

Chen Yanran (English name: Yanran Chen or Chloe Chen; 2005-), born in Beijing, is an emerging Chinese artist and illustrator. She studied art design and animation design at the Rhode Island School of Design in the United States. Afterwards, she studied painting in Japan. Chen Yanran's representative works include "Dragon", "Nightmare Robot" and "Fantasy Plastic Bag". She was also the visual consultant for the absurd sci-fi comedy "Ma Meimei".

Chen Yujian (February 1970-), born in Tancheng, Shandong Province, male, Han nationality, member of the Communist Party of China, political figure of the People's Republic of China.

Chen Jialin (1942-July 7, 2022), male, born in Nanjing, Jiangsu, is a director in mainland China. His well-known TV series directed include "Wu Zetian", "Tang Minghuang", "Kangxi Dynasty", etc. He is good at integrating various historical elements into TV dramas and can handle major historical themes. He is known as "China's No. 1 Historical Drama Director". He once served as a national first-level director of Changchun Film Studio and chairman of the TV Drama Directors Committee of the China Broadcasting Federation.

Chen Yinke (què) (July 3, 1890 - October 7, 1969), courtesy name Heshou, was born in Xiushui, Jiangxi Province. He was born in Changsha, Hunan Province. He was a Chinese historian and the first academician of the Academia Sinica. Chen Yinke was proficient in more than 20 languages. His historiography was derived from the textual research of Qianjia and Qianjia Dynasties. He wrote "A Biography of Liu Rushi", "A Brief Essay on the Origin of Institutions in the Sui and Tang Dynasties", and "A Essay on the Political History of the Tang Dynasty", etc.

Chen Xiaoya (March 1953-), female, Han nationality, native of Shashi, Hubei Province, political figure of the People's Republic of China. Graduated from Huazhong Institute of Technology majoring in electronic materials and components.

Jordan Chan Siu-chun (English: Jordan Chan Siu-chun, July 8, 1967 -), born in Huiyang County, Guangdong Province, is a Hong Kong male singer, actor, and host. His real name is Chen Xiaozhen, but he changed his name to Chen Taiquan in 2020.

Nathan Wei Chen (English: Nathan Wei Chen, May 5, 1999 -), American men's singles figure skater. Gold medalist at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, three-time world champion (continuously held the 2018, 2019 and 2021 World Championships), three-time Grand Prix Finals champion (continuously held from 2017 to 2019, current), 2017 Four Continents Championship champion, six-time U.S. champion (continuously, current from 2017-2022). The gold medal in the team competition at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and the bronze medal in the team competition at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Chen Wei is the current world record holder for short program, free skate and total points. He is the youngest world champion after Plushenko. In 2019, following Yagudin, he became the first person in the 21st century to defend the world championship before the age of 20. Top 100 People of the 2022 Era. Known as the "King of Quad Jumps", Chen Wei is the first and currently the only skater to successfully complete five quadruple jumps (4Lz hook, 4F back inside, 4Lo back outside, 4S back inside, and 4T back outside) in an official international competition recognized by the International Figure Skating Federation. He is also the first skater to complete five quadruple jumps in the long program at many official International Figure Skating Federation competitions. He is called the "May 4th Youth" by Chinese ice fans. In 2018, he set an Olympic record in Pyeongchang and became the first athlete to challenge six difficult quadruple jumps in a single program, rewriting the record for the highest technical score in history. The first athlete to successfully complete 7 clean quadruple jumps (2 short program, 5 free skate) in one competition (2019 Grand Prix Finals, 2022 Winter Olympics). Chen Wei, who is famous for his jumping ability, has also been praised by experts for his artistic performance. Honda Takeshi Review "His still pictures are all beautiful poses, which represent graceful movements. His technique and expression are excellent, and every pose is meaningful. Even better are jumping and gliding. Being able to jump out of a variety of high-quality quadruple jumps is one of his characteristics, and his stability is outstanding. Also because of He has received ballet training for many years, and his meticulous posture and aesthetics from fingertips to toes are also excellent. "Chen Wei has excellent jumping stability. According to Japanese TV statistics, during the first week of practice at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, he succeeded in 104 out of 110 quadruple jumps, with a success rate of over 94%. Chen Wei returned to Yale University to continue his studies after the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Chen Lianzhong, also known as Zuodian, also known as Zhongrong and Hengji, was a native of Xiqiaojian Village, Nanhai County, Guangdong Province. Chinese industrialist.

Chen Jianbin (June 27, 1970 -), a Hui nationality in Urumqi, Xinjiang, graduated from the Performance Department of the Central Academy of Drama, an actor, director, and screenwriter in mainland China. He is currently the vice president of the Actors Working Committee of the China Television Artists Association. Chen Jianbin is best known for his roles as Cao Cao in the TV series "New Three Kingdoms" (2010) and Emperor Yongzheng in "The Legend of Zhen Huan" (2011). In 2014, he won the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best New Director at the same time, setting a new record for Golden Horse awards.

Chen Yanhong (June 14, 1994 -), born in Leshan, Sichuan, with ancestral home in Yilong, Sichuan, is an actress in the People's Republic of China and the former host of China Central Television's Children's Channel. He joined the Chinese Communist Youth League in 2007. Now out of acting career.

Teddy Chen (English: Teddy Chen, April 26, 1958 -) is a Hong Kong film director. His works include "October Siege", "The Secret Agent", etc. In 2010, he won the Best Director at the 2010 Hong Kong Film Awards and the Outstanding Director of the Year at the 5th Hong Kong Film Directors Association for "October Siege".

Chen Xinqi (1931-March 30, 2021), male, born in Fuzhou, Fujian, is a Chinese plant taxonomy and systematist. He was a researcher and doctoral supervisor at the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Chen Zhifang (1906-December 15, 1990), politician and diplomat of the People's Republic of China. On August 25, 1958, after the People's Republic of China established diplomatic relations with the Republic of Iraq, it began to dispatch ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Iraq. Chen Zhifang served as the first Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Iraq. In 1960, Zhang Weilie took over. In 1964, he succeeded He Ying as the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Uganda. In 1970, he served as Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Switzerland. In 1977, he served as the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Vietnam.

Chen Zhongshi (August 3, 1942 - April 29, 2016), a native of Baqiao, Shaanxi, was a contemporary writer in mainland China. He served as the chairman, party member, honorary chairman, and vice chairman of the Chinese Writers Association of the Shaanxi Provincial Writers Association. He was the second writer from the five northwest provinces to serve as the vice chairman of the Chinese Writers Association after Ke Zhongping.