Cheng Xiu

Cheng Xiu (, died 1 April 1967) was a Chinese politician. She was among the first group of women elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1948.

Biography Originally from Duchang County in Jiangxi province, Cheng was the niece of Cheng Tianfang. She obtained an LLD from the Nancy-Université in France, worked at the National Institute for Compilation and Translation and was a professor at National Chung Cheng University. She relocated to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War, where she remained a member of the Legislative Yuan. In 1956 she was convicted of fraud and sentenced to a year in prison and a loss of civic rights for two years. She appealed to the High Court but lost, resulting in her membership of parliament being cancelled. She died on 1 April 1967.