Zheng Xiaoyu (Chinese: 郑筱萸; pinyin: Zhèng Xiǎoyú; December 10, 1944 – July 10, 2007) was the director of the State Food and Drug Administration of the People's Republic of China from 2003 to 2005.

He was sentenced to death for corruption[1] and allowing possibly tainted products in mainland China[not verified in body] in the first instance trial at Beijing No.1 Intermediate Court on May 29, 2007.

Born in Fuzhou, Fujian, on December 10, 1944,[citation needed] Zheng Xiaoyu eventually studied to receive his bachelor's degree in biology from Fudan University in 1968.

[6][7] He had taken bribes totaling more than 6.49 million RMB (or a rough equivalent of 850,000 USD) from eight pharmaceutical companies in exchange for personally approving unproven and unsafe medicines while working as the head of China's ministry of food and drug safety.

[2][12] Cao Wenzhuang, a former director of the same agency's department dealing with drug registrations was also sentenced to death in the first week of July 2007, for dereliction of duty and accepting bribes.