Zhongzheng or Chungcheng () is a common name for places, roads, schools or organizations in

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-speaking areas, though today predominantly in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northe ...

. The majority of these places and things are named after Chiang Chung-cheng, the preferred given name of

Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 ...

. As a result, when translating into

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or other non-Chinese languages, it sometimes would be replaced by "Chiang Kai-shek" instead of simply by

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. The usual official

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of this name is either "Zhongzheng" (using the

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system), or "Chungcheng" (using the older Wade-Giles system). The former spelling has been standard in Taiwan since 2009 and in

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since 1958. Between about 2002 and 2009 in Taiwan, the variant "Jhongjheng" (using the

tongyong pinyin Tongyong Pinyin () was the official romanization of Mandarin in Taiwan between 2002 and 2008. The system was unofficially used between 2000 and 2002, when a new romanization system for Taiwan was being evaluated for adoption. Taiwan's Ministry of ...

system) was also seen. Other variations, using informal transcriptions, sometimes omit either instance of the letter "''g''", or use "''u''" and "''o''" interchangeably. The two syllables ("''Zhong''" and "''zheng''") may be separated by a

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Origin

The majority of these places and institutions are named after

. In imitation of the previous practice of naming important roads and institutions "

Zhongshan Zhongshan (; ) is a prefecture-level city in the south of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province, China. As of the 2020 census, the whole city with 4,418,060 inhabitants is now part of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen conurbation with 65,565,622 ...

", after one of the given names of

Sun Yat-sen Sun Yat-sen (; also known by several other names; 12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925)Singtao daily. Saturday edition. 23 October 2010. section A18. Sun Yat-sen Xinhai revolution 100th anniversary edition . was a Chinese politician who serve ...

, a large campaign to rename roads and public institutions in honour of Chiang occurred in

in the 1930s and 40s after Chiang came to power, and especially in 1945 after victory against Japan under a government led by Chiang. The campaign spread to Taiwan when it was recovered by the

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northea ...

government after the war. However, after the Republic of China lost control of mainland China to the

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from the late 1940s, the vast majority of roads and institutions named "Zhongzheng" were renamed (whereas those named after Sun Yat-sen have remained largely unchanged). As a result, the vast majority of roads and institutions named "Zhongzheng" are now located in Taiwan. In

, ''zhongzheng'' simply means "upright", and there are some usages which predate Chiang Kai-shek, such as "''zhongzheng''" (中正), a term describing a

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of the

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in imperial China. In

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, the same characters ("中正") are used in names such as the organisation "Chuuseikai" (中正会), which are also unrelated to Chiang.

Standard romanizations in Mandarin

Hanyu Pinyin Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese for ...

: ''Zhongzheng'' * Wade-Giles: ''Chungcheng'' *

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: ''Jungjeng'' *

Tongyong Pinyin Tongyong Pinyin () was the official romanization of Mandarin in Taiwan between 2002 and 2008. The system was unofficially used between 2000 and 2002, when a new romanization system for Taiwan was being evaluated for adoption. Taiwan's Ministry of ...

: ''Jhongjheng''

Usage

Administrative divisions

Zhongzheng District Zhongzheng District (also Jhongjheng District) is a district in Taipei. It is home to most of the national government buildings of the Republic of China (Taiwan), including the Presidential Office, the Executive Yuan, the Control Yuan, the ...

(中正區), Taipei *

(中正區), Keelung *

Taoyuan Zhongzheng Arts and Cultural Business District Taoyuan Zhongzheng Arts and Cultural Business District ( zh, 桃園中正藝文特區) is located on the north side of Taoyuan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. The total area of Taoyuan Zhongzheng Arts and Cultural Business District is 15.65 hecta ...

(桃園中正藝文特區), Taoyuan * There are numerous "Zhongzheng Villages" (中正里) in Taiwan.

Roads

*Many cities in Taiwan have one or more major streets called "Zhongzheng Road" or "Zhongzheng Street". *Many cities in mainland China previously had one or more major streets called "Zhongzheng Road": **Zhongzheng Road was a major east-west artery road of

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

, now renamed

Yan'an Road Yan'an Road (; Shanghainese: Yi'ue Lu) is a road in Shanghai, a major east–west thoroughfare through the centre of the city. The modern Yan'an Road is in three sections, reflecting three connected streets which existed pre-1945: Avenue Edward ...

Schools

National Chung Cheng University National Chung Cheng University (CCU; ) is a national university in Minxiong Township, Chiayi County, Taiwan. CCU is a member of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. History National Chung Cheng University was the firs ...

(國立中正大學) is a university in Taiwan * Chung-Cheng Armed Forces Preparatory School (中正預校) is a military cadet school in Taiwan * Chung Cheng High School (中正中學) is a high school in

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*There are numerous Zhongzheng or Chungcheng elementary schools, and junior and senior high schools in Taiwan (中正國小, 中正國中 and 中正高中 respectively): **

Taipei Municipal Zhong-zheng Senior High School Zhong-zheng Senior High School (ZZSH or CCSH; ; Tongyong Pinyin: taibei shihli jhong jheng gaojhong, Wade–Giles: t'aipei shihli chung cheng kaochung) is a public 3-year high school in Taipei City, Taiwan, Republic of China. History Taipe ...

in Taipei

Parks

* There are numerous Zhongzheng Parks in Taiwan: **

Zhongzheng Park The Zhongzheng Park () is a park in Jinhu, Kinmen, Jinhu Township, Kinmen, Kinmen County, Taiwan. History The park was established in 1976 by Kinmen County Government. In 1986, to celebrate the 100th birthday of President of the Republic of Ch ...

Keelung Keelung () or Jilong () (; Hokkien POJ: '), officially known as Keelung City, is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan. The city is a part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, along with its neighbors, New T ...

Jinhu Township Jinhu may refer to: Mainland China *Jinhu County (金湖县), of Huai'an, Jiangsu * Jinhu, Jianhu County (阜余镇), town in Jianhu County, Jiangsu * Jinhu, Gongqingcheng (金湖镇), town in Gongqingcheng City, Jiangxi Taiwan *Jinhu, Kinmen ...

Kinmen County Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), off the southeastern coast of mainland China. It lies roughly east of the city of Xiamen in Fujian, from which it is separate ...

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