Personal Life
Chen's first wife was Sun Jialin (孫加林), whom he met while working at the Beijing Film Factory, between 1975 and 1978; they married in 1983. Sun is a graduate of the Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture（北京建築工程學院）. She obtained a Ph.D in engineering in Canada. Sun was name Scientist of the Year in 2002 at Dupont. She now works in Shanghai for a large US private company. He later married Hong Huang (洪晃), the daughter of Zhang Hanzhi. Zhang was a diplomat who had worked as an English translator for Mao Zedong. She graduated from Vassar College in New York and is the current, CEO of China Interactive Media Group. In the early 1990s, after their divorce, Chen lived with Ni Ping, a female television hostess. In 1996, Chen married actress Chen Hong.
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