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Zeng Xisheng | |
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曾希聖 | |
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| Second Secretary of the East China Bureau | |
| In office February 1962 – August 1965 | |
| Secretary of the Southwest China Bureau | |
| In office August 1965 – Unknown | |
| First Secretary of Anhui | |
| In office January 1952 – February 1962 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Li Baohua |
| First Secretary of Shandong | |
| In office 1960–1962 | |
| Preceded by | Shu Tong |
| Succeeded by | Tan Qilong |
| Chairman of Anhui | |
| In office August 1952 – March 1955 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Huang Yan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Chen Shaoyu 11 October 1904 Zixing, Hunan, Qing dynasty |
| Died | 15 July 1968 (aged 63) Beijing |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Spouse | Meng Qingshu (孟庆树) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Zeng Xisheng (Chinese: 曾希聖) (October 11, 1904 – July 15, 1968) was a Chinese politician. He was born in Xingning, Hunan Province (now Zixing, Hunan Province). He was the first Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Anhui Province and also its 1st governor after the founding of the People's Republic of China. He was the 5th Communist Party Secretary of Shandong Province.
Zeng was a proponent of the Great Leap Forward, but as Anhui became one of the first provinces to sink into famine, Zeng in 1961 allowed for farmers to rent land for private use, like growing crops. The land was recollectivized in the following years. In 1962 he was criticized during Seven Thousand Cadres Conference and replaced by Li Baohua and transferred out of Anhui to take on the office of Second Secretary of the Southeast Bureau.[1][2] He died in 1968 during the Cultural Revolution, as his prior actions had been considered anti-revolutionary.