Zheng Liansheng was born in Changzhi, Shanxi, in April 1965. He began his career in September 1985 at Changzhi Normal School, where he worked as an administrative officer and later served as deputy secretary of the Communist Youth League committee. He subsequently studied at the Party School of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and later pursued further studies at the Central Party School.[3]
Zheng held a number of positions in the Organization Department of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the CCP, including principal staff member, assistant researcher, and division-level secretary. In 2003, he was appointed head of the Organization Department of the Linfen Municipal Committee, and later became a member of the Standing Committee of the Linfen Municipal Committee.[4]
In 2008, Zheng was transferred to Xinzhou, where he served as deputy secretary of the Municipal Committee and concurrently as president of the Party School.[5] In 2012, he was appointed acting mayor of Xinzhou and was confirmed as mayor in March of the same year, serving until 2020.[6] In March 2020, he became party secretary of Xinzhou, and in October 2021 he was promoted to the Standing Committee of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the CCP while continuing to serve as party secretary of Xinzhou.[7][8]
In November 2021, Zheng was appointed secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Shanxi Provincial Committee and concurrently served as director of the Office of the Commission for Overall Law-based Governance of Shanxi Province.[9] In January 2025, he was appointed Vice Chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference while retaining his role in the provincial legal affairs system.[10] In March 2026, he ceased to serve on the Standing Committee of the Shanxi Provincial Committee but continued as director of the provincial law-based governance office and vice chairman of the CPPCC Shanxi Provincial Committee.[11][12]