Zeng Xisheng

Second Secretary of the East China BureauIn office
February 1962 – August 1965Secretary of the Southwest China BureauIn office
August 1965 – UnknownFirst Secretary of AnhuiIn office
January 1952 – February 1962Preceded byOffice establishedSucceeded byLi BaohuaFirst Secretary of ShandongIn office
1960–1962Preceded byShu TongSucceeded byTan QilongChairman of AnhuiIn office
August 1952 – March 1955Preceded byOffice establishedSucceeded byHuang Yan Personal detailsBorn
(1904-10-11)11 October 1904
Zixing, Hunan, Qing dynastyDied15 July 1968(1968-07-15) (aged 63)
BeijingPolitical partyChinese Communist PartySpouseMeng Qingshu (孟庆树)OccupationPolitician

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.

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Preceded by New office	Communist Party Secretary of Anhui 1952–1962	Succeeded by Li Baohua
Preceded by New office	CPPCC Chairman of Anhui 1955–1962	Succeeded by Li Baohua
Preceded by New office	Governor of Anhui 1952–1955	Succeeded by Huang Yan
Preceded by Shu Tong	Communist Party Secretary of Shandong 1960–1961	Succeeded by Tan Qilong