Yong () is a common

Chinese name Chinese names or Chinese personal names are names used by individuals from Greater China and other parts of the Chinese-speaking world throughout East and Southeast Asia (ESEA). In addition, many names used in Japan, Korea and Vietnam are often a ...

. From

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...

勇 (yǒng) means "brave" or 永 (yǒng) meaning "perpetual, eternal".

Notable people from
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
with the single-syllable given name Yong

Historical figures

Murong Yong Murong Yong (; died 394), courtesy name Shuming (叔明), was the last emperor of the Xianbei-led Chinese Western Yan dynasty. He was the grandson of Murong Yun (慕容運), the uncle of Former Yan's founder Murong Huang. As a member of Former ...

was the last

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of the

Xianbei The Xianbei (; ) were a Proto-Mongolic ancient nomadic people that once resided in the eastern Eurasian steppes in what is today Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Northeastern China. They originated from the Donghu people who splintered into the ...

state Western Yan. *

Li Yong (prince) Li Yong (李永) (died November 6, 838''Old Book of Tang'', vol. 175.), formally Crown Prince Zhuangke (莊恪太子), was a crown prince of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty. He was the oldest son of Emperor Wenzong. Background It is not kn ...

(died 838), Tang Dynasty prince. *

Li Yong (chancellor) Li Yong () (died September 14, 820), courtesy name Jianhou (), was an official of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, briefly commissioned as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Xianzong — but declining the office and never actually exercising the au ...

(died 820), Tang Dynasty chancellor.

Politics and society

Zhang Yong (politician) Zhang Yong (; born September 1953) is a Chinese politician who has served as Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission since 2015. Prior to that, he served as Director of the China Food and Drug Administration (2013–201 ...

a former director of the China Food and Drug Administration. *

Zhang Yong (restaurateur) Zhang Yong () is a Chinese-born Singaporean billionaire business magnate who is the founder of the Haidilao restaurant group, best known for its chain of hot pot restaurants. At the end of 2018, Haidilao Hot Pot had 466 direct-operated stores in ...

a Chinese billionaire restaurateur, founder of Haidilao. *

Li Yong (politician) Li Yong (; born October 1951) is the former Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Finance of China and the former Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. Biography Li was born in Jining, Shandong, China to Han par ...

(born 1951), Chinese politician. *

Li Yong (television host) Li Yong (; 3 May 1968 – 25 October 2018) was a leading host on China Central Television (CCTV). He was known for hosting the programs '' Lucky 52'', '' Super 6+1'', and various editions of the CCTV New Year's Gala. He was known for his unortho ...

(1968–2018), Chinese television host. *

Eric Xu Eric Xu Yong (; born 1964) is a Chinese entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. He is best known as co-founder of Baidu, the largest Chinese search engine. Dr. Xu is founder and chairman of Yifang Capital, an investment holding company engag ...

or Xu Yong (徐勇, born 1964), co-founder of Baidu

TV personalities

(1968–2018), Chinese television host

Sports

Zhang Yong (snooker player) Zhang Yong (; born 21 July 1995) is a Chinese former professional snooker player. Career Prior to turning professional Zhang featured in Asian Players Tour Championship events from 2012 to 2015, as well as being a semi-finalist in the 2015 A ...

Chinese snooker player.

Scholars

Xu Yong (historian) Xu Yong (; born September 1949) is a Chinese historian and professor at Peking University.Takahashi, Kosuke "China scholars enter Okinawa fray,"''Asia Times'' (HK). 23 October 2010; retrieved 2013-5-16. He was a member of the Japan-China Joint ...

(徐勇, born 1949)

Military

Xu Yong (general) Xu Yong (; born April 1959) is a lieutenant general (''zhong jiang'') of the People's Liberation Army, who was Commander of the Tibet Military District from 2013 to 2019. Biography Xu Yong was born in 1959 in Baoji, Shaanxi Province. He holds ...

(许勇; born 1959)

Arts

* Cheng Yong, contemporary Chinese painter.

References

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