[1] He is Director of the Design and Theoretical Research Center of Southeast University and Chief Architect of China United Engineering Corporation [zh].
He graduated from the School of Architecture of Nanjing Institute of Technology (now part of Southeast University).
In 1984 Cheng became director and chief architect of the Hangzhou Architectural Design Institute.
[4] He won the Liang Sicheng Architecture Prize in 2004 and was elected a member of Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2005.
Cheng has designed more than 40 large-scale projects, including the National Theatre of Ghana,[5] the Hangzhou railway station,[1] National Assembly Building of Mali, Shaoxing Citizens' Square, Shaoxing Lu Xun Museum, and Haining Museum.