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Zheng Xincong

Chinese politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 26, 2025
Entity authorityQ16907471 ↗
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Zheng Xincong (Chinese: 郑新聪; born November 1963) is a Chinese politician, currently serving as director of the Macau Liaison Office.

He was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress. He was a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He is a representative of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Early life and education

Zheng was born in Xianyou County, Fujian, in November 1963, and graduated from the Party School of Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Political career

Zheng joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1986.

Zheng worked in Sanming Cement Plant (now Sanming Building Materials Corporation) for a long time, and eventually becoming party secretary in December 1996.

Since 1998, Zheng successively served as deputy party secretary and deputy magistrate of Datian County (1998–2001), director of Sanming Municipal Economic and Trade Commission (2001–2003), secretary-general of Sanming Municipal People's Government (2003–2006), deputy director of Fujian Provincial Economic and Trade Commission (2006–2008), general manager and party secretary of Fujian Shipbuilding Industry Group (2007–2008), and deputy secretary-general of Fujian Provincial People's Government (2008–2010).

In July 2010, Zheng became vice mayor of Quanzhou, rising to mayor in February 2013. He also served as mayor of Ningde from December 2011 to February 2013.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Zheng Xincong” as chinese politician. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1963, 1986, 1996, 1998—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1963-11-01. The account is most persuasive where Zheng, Xincong and Chinese can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as chinese politician. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 26, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q16907471. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1963, 1986, 1996 and 1998.

Critical limits

Later biographies can compress uncertainty and repeat inherited reputations, so apparently settled claims may still require comparison. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  • Establishing names and roles
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  • Locating cited institutions
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This entry incorporates text from “Zheng Xincong” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.