Deng Zhongxia (or Teng Chung-hsia; October 5, 1894 – September 21, 1933) was an early member of the Chinese Communist Party and an important Marxist intellectual and labor movement leader.

In 1923, under Li's recommendation, he received an administrative job from Shanghai University, which was co-founded by the CCP and the Kuomintang during their short-term cooperation.

During Deng's tenure, he invited a number of communists, including Cai Hesen, Qu Qiubai and Li Da, to teach at the school.

In 1925, after the establishment of the All-China Federation of Labor, Deng was designated as the publicity minister in Guangzhou and organized the Canton-Hong Kong strike, which lasted from June 1925 to October 1926.

Chiang ordered Deng sent to Nanjing's prison camp and offered him a high position within the Kuomintang with good pay.