Deng Nan

Deng Nan
邓楠
Vice-chairperson and Party Secretariat of the China Association for Science and Technology
In office 2005–2006
Secretary of the China Association for Science and Technology
In office 2006–2011
Personal details
Born	October 1945 Guang'an
Political party	Communist Party of China
Spouse(s)	Zhang Hong
Relations	Deng Lin, Deng Pufang, Deng Rong, Deng Zhifang
Children	Deng Zhuorui
Parents	Deng Xiaoping Zhuo Lin
Education	Peking University

Deng Nan (simplified Chinese: 邓楠; traditional Chinese: 鄧楠; pinyin: Dèng Nán) (born October 1945 in Guang'an, Sichuan) is a Chinese politician and physicist.

Deng was born the second daughter of Deng Xiaoping with his third wife Zhuo Lin.

Deng studied physics at Peking University from 1964-1970. During university, she was secretary of the branch Communist Youth League of China. In Spring 1968, Nie Yuanzi directed Red Guards to detain Deng and her elder brother Deng Pufang. They were imprisoned in separate rooms of the physics department in an attempt to force self-criticisms from each. Deng was released relatively soon, whereas her brother was held and tortured for four months.

In 1970, Deng was sent to the Gaozhaizi Commune in present-day Ningqiang County for reeducation. She was assigned to the people's welfare production brigade at Dingjiawan (Chinese: 丁家湾), where she lived with the family of the branch secretary Jiang Yingchang. She participated in constructing terraces, drying cereals, collecting firewood, and other labour. In her first year, Deng was referred to as the most zealous of the intellectual youth sent to Ningqiang County.

She served as vice minister of China's State Science and Technology Commission (1998 - November 2004). She was a member of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

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