Cheng Shiqing

Cheng Shiqing
Governor of Jiangxi
Preceded byFang Zhichun
Succeeded byShe Jide
Personal details
BornApril 1918
Xin County, Henan, China
DiedApril 29, 2008(2008-04-29) (aged 89–90)
Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
PartyChinese Communist Party
In this Chinese name, the family name is Cheng.

Cheng Shiqing (Chinese: 程世清) (April 1918 – April 29, 2008) was a People's Liberation Army major general and People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Xin County, Henan Province. He was Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary and governor of Jiangxi Province during the Cultural Revolution. Under Cheng's leadership the Jiangxi revolutionary committee exercised terror through struggle sessions; in one case a man accused of being a Kuomintang spy had his ear cut off and was left to bleed to death.

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