Zheng Chengsi (

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s: 郑成思;

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: Zhèng Chéngsī; December, 1944 – September 10, 2006) was a Chinese expert on

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, the Director of Intellectual Property Center of

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Biography

Zheng Chengsi has worked at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences since 1979. He studied at the graduate school of the

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from 1981 to 1983. In 1994, Zheng was selected as an arbitrator of the Arbitration Center of the

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, and became the Director of the Intellectual Property Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Zheng was the deputy to the 9th and 10th

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, member of the Law Committee. Zheng died of illness in

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on September 10, 2006.

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Profile of Zheng Chengsi (Chinese)
1944 births 2006 deaths Chinese legal scholars Alumni of the London School of Economics Delegates to the 9th National People's Congress Delegates to the 10th National People's Congress People's Republic of China politicians from Yunnan People from Kunming {{China-politician-stub