Chen Jiongming (Chinese: 陳炯明; Wade–Giles: Chʻên2 Chiung3-ming2; 18 January 1878 – 22 September 1933), courtesy name Jingcun (竞存/競存), nickname Ayan (阿烟/阿煙), was a Chinese lawyer, military general, revolutionary, federalist[1] and politician who was best known as a Hailufeng Hokkien revolutionary figure in the early period of the Republic of China.

[4] During his time at the Academy of Law and Political Science, Chen and his friends often used their vacations to return to Haifeng and promote their Self-Government Association (Zizhihui), trying to eradicate opium smoking, improving local grain depots, and creating nurseries for children.

[7] During his vacation from the Academy in February 1908, at the shrine to Wen Tianxiang in Haifeng, Chen persuaded over 30 men to swear their support for the National Revolution.

[10] The minimum age to join was 30, and Chen Jiongming, who was barely above the limit, was one of the people elected to the assembly to represent Huizhou.

[14] In the third meeting, Chen proposed a bill to abolish the Bureau of Rehabilitation, which was passed by the Assembly but rejected by the Governor-General in Guangzhou.

[15] In the fifth meeting, Chen again spoke against gambling and, on the subject with the border dispute with Macau, urged the Assembly to petition the Governor-General to talk to Beijing and set a course to negotiate with Portugal.

[19] The Canton New Army, measuring around 7,000 men, had prepared a coup that was to be launched on February 12, 1910, during Chinese New Year celebrations.

Zhang Lucun, a participant in secret meetings of the coup planning, recalls:[20] Chen Jiongming, taking advantage of his position as the senator from Huizhou fu, had rented a house outside the Big East Gate for storage of weapons and ammunition.Had the coup succeeded, Chen Jiongming would have become the Deputy Chief of Guangdong, with his fellow Assemblyman Qiu Fengjia as Chief Executive.

[21] Chen Jiongming's village comrades and revolutionaries gathered at his house to receive arms and ammunition, but the fierce gunfight that ensued on the way to the Big East Gate killed leaders on both sides.

After one of the leaders of the revolutionary army, Ni Yingdian, was killed in battle, Chen Jiongming secretly left to Hong Kong.

In December 1910, the assemblymen who were exposed and forced to resign from their positions started 2 newspapers, criticizing and responding to Chen.

However, the newspaper was quickly closed down on April 23, as authorities in Guangzhou accused content in it of being "derogatory toward the Throne and so inflammatory as to disturb the peace and tranquility of the nation".