What is Cheng Siwei?
{{Infobox Officeholder |image = Flickr - World Economic Forum - Cheng Siwei - Annual Meeting of the New Champions Tianjin 2008.jpg |imagesize= 225px |caption = Siwei at the [[World Economic Forum]] in September 2008 |office1 = President of the [[China Democratic National Construction Association]] |term_start1 = 1996 |term_end1 = 2007 |predecessor1 = [[Sun Mengqi]] |successor1 = [[Chen Changzhi]] |office2 = Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress |term_start2 = 1998 |term_end2 = 2008 |predecessor2 = |successor2 = |1blankname2 = Chairman |1namedata2 = [[Li Peng]] → [[Wu Bangguo]] |name = Cheng Siwei<br>{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|成思危}} |birthname = |birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1935|06|}} |birth_place= [[Xiangxiang]], [[Hunan]], China |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2015|07|12|1935|06|}} |death_place= |residence = [[Beijing]] |party = [[China Democratic National Construction Association]] |occupation = [[politician]] |nationality= Chinese |spouse = <!-- {{marriage||}} --> |children = |parents = [[Cheng Shewo]]<br />Xiao Zongrang ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|萧宗让}}) |religion = |profession = Science of Business Administration |alma_mater = {{ubl|Southern University|[[South China Institute of Technology]]|[[East China Institute of Chemical Technology]]|[[University of California, Los Angeles]]}} }} {{Chinese name|[[Cheng (surname)|Cheng]]}} '''Cheng Siwei''' (June 1935 &ndash; 12 July 2015) was a [[Chinese people|Chinese]] politician and [[economist]]. He was the Chairman of China Soft Science Research Association;<ref name=Academy>{{cite web|last=Cheng|first=Siwei|title=Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences|url=http://www.mscas.ac.cn/english/Faculty/Cheng%20Siwei.htm|access-date=2 January 2012|archive-date=26 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426092626/http://www.mscas.ac.cn/english/Faculty/Cheng%20Siwei.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> President of the Chinese Society for Management M