List of Famous people born in Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China
Xijun Chen
Tong Jian
Tong Jian is a Chinese retired pair skater. With his wife Pang Qing, he is the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, 2006 and 2010 World Champion, a five-time Four Continents champion and the 2008 Grand Prix Final Champion.
Jin Peiyu
Jin Peiyu is a Chinese female speed skater.
Zhao Ziquan
Zhao Ziquan is a Chinese figure skater. She is a two-time Chinese national champion and has competed in the free skate at six ISU Championships, including the 2016 World Championships in Boston.
Yu Jing
Yu Jing is a Chinese long-track speed-skater who specializes in the sprint distances. She became the World Sprint Champion in 2012, setting world records in both the sprint combination and the 500 metres. She held the world record in the sprint combination until Heather Richardson bettered it in January 2013, and the world record in 500 metres until Lee Sang-hwa broke it in November 2013. The time, 36.94 seconds, was the Chinese record until broken by Wang Beixing in November 2013.
Zhang Min
Zhang Min is a Chinese former competitive figure skater. He is a two-time Four Continents medalist and a three-time Chinese national champion. He competed at three Winter Olympic Games, placing as high as tenth, and finished a career-best seventh at the 2004 World Championships.
Yao Bin
Yao Bin is a Chinese figure skating coach. He is considered one of the pioneers of the sport in China. Yao and his partner Luan Bo were the first team to represent China at the World Figure Skating Championships. Since then Yao has almost single-handedly turned China into a pair skating world power.
Jiang Yonghua
Jiang Yonghua is a female Chinese track cyclist. She is a former world record holder for the Women's 500 m Time Trial, which was set on August 11, 2002 in Kunming with a time of 34.000 seconds. On 20 August 2004, she also broke the Olympic record at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, setting a time of 34.112 seconds, but was beaten by Australia's Anna Meares a few minutes later, with new Olympic and world record time of 33.952 seconds.
Yu Fengtong
Yu Fengtong is a speed skater who has participated in the Olympics for the nation of China.
Liu Guozhong
Liu Guozhong is a Chinese politician and the current CCP party chief of Shaanxi. He began his career in Heilongjiang province before serving stints at the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and as deputy party chief of Sichuan. He had served as Governor of Jilin and Shannxi from 2016 to 2020.