Zeng Yixin

In this Chinese name, the family name is  Zeng.

Zeng Yixin

曾益新

Deputy Director of the National Health Commission

Incumbent

Assumed office
2017
Director| Ma Xiaowei
Preceded by| Liu Qian
Personal details
Born| October 1962 (age 61)
Lianyuan County, Hunan, China
Political party| Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater| University of South China
Sun Yat-sen University
University of Tokyo
Scientific career
Fields| Oncology

Zeng Yixin (Chinese: 曾益新; pinyin: Zēng Yìxīn; born October 1962) is a Chinese oncologist and politician, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

He was a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. He is a representative of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and an alternate member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1][2]

## Biography[edit]

Zeng was born in Lianyuan County (now Lianyuan), Hunan, in October 1962, but was raised in Huitong County.[3] Zeng joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1984.[3] In 1985, he graduated from Hengyang Medical College(now University of South China), and went on to receive his doctor's degree in medicine from Zhongshan Medical Sciences University (now Sun Yat-sen University) in 1990.[3] In July 1990, he became an attending doctor at the Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital.[3] He carried out postdoctoral research at Tokyo Institute for the Elderly and the University of Tokyo in July 1992, and became a research assistant at the Hughes Institute of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania in January 1995.[3]

Zeng returned to China in 1997 and that same yearbecame deputy director and director of the Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center in March, in addition to serving as director of Cancer Research Institute and president of Cancer Hospital.[3]

In August 2010, he became vice president of Peking Union Medical College, rising to president the next year.[3] In November 2015, he was made president of Beijing Hospital, a post he kept until February 2017. He was appointed deputy director of the National Health Commission in February 2017, concurrently serving as deputy director of the Central Health Committee.[3]

## Honours and awards[edit]

* 2005 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

## References[edit]

1. ^ Fu Zhongming (符仲明) (25 September 2022). 中国共产党第二十次全国代表大会代表名单. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 November 2022.符仲明Category:Articles+containing+Chinese-language+text)&rft_id=http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/szyw/202209/25/t20220925_38126370.shtml&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Zeng+Yixin" class="Z3988">
2. ^ Xu Kun (徐锟) (22 October 2022). 中国共产党第二十届中央委员会候补委员名单（171名）. Chinadaily (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 November 2022.徐锟Category:Articles+containing+Chinese-language+text)&rft_id=http://cn.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202210/22/WS63537f11a310817f312f2d1a.html&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Zeng+Yixin" class="Z3988">
3. ^ a b c d e f g h 北京医院院长曾益新任国家卫生计生委副主任 刘谦不再担任. ce.cn (in Chinese). 7 March 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2022.

Educational offices

Preceded by

Liu Depei [zh]

|  President of Peking Union Medical College
2011–2015  | Succeeded by

Cao Xuetao

Civic offices
Preceded by

Lin Jiabin [zh]

|  President of Beijing Hospital
2015–2017  | Succeeded by

Wang Jianye [zh]

Government offices
Preceded by

Liu Qian

|  Deputy Director of the National Health Commission
2011–  | Incumbent