Chen Xian (Chinese: 陈先; December 1919 – 1 September 2018) was a Chinese politician who served as Director of the National Bureau of Statistics of China and Deputy Director of the State Planning Commission.
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he enlisted in the New Fourth Army in 1939,[1] and joined the Chinese Communist Party in September 1940.
In 1947 he served as director of the Bureau of Industry and Commerce in Yantai, Shandong Province.
[2][3] After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Chen served as vice-president of the Fujian provincial branch of the People's Bank of China and deputy director of the Comprehensive Planning Bureau of the State Planning Commission.
[2][3] He was persecuted at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, but was rehabilitated and became director of the Comprehensive Planning Bureau in December 1968.