| Chen Xujing | |
| Office: | Vice President of Nankai University |
| Native Name: | 陈序经 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh |
| Termend: | 16 February 1967 |
| Termstart: | 1964 |
| Office2: | Vice President of Sun Yat-sen University |
| Office1: | President of Jinan University |
| Termend1: | 1964 |
| Termstart1: | 1963 |
| Termend2: | 1963 |
| Termstart2: | 1956 |
| Birth Date: | 1 September 1903 |
| Birth Place: | Wenchang, Hainan, China |
| Death Date: | 16 February 1967 (aged 63) |
| Death Place: | Tianjin, China |
| Alma Mater: | Fudan University University of Illinois (MA, PhD) |
| Office3: | President of Lingnan University (Guangzhou) |
| Termend3: | 1954 |
| Termstart3: | 1948 |
Chen Xujing (1 September 1903 – 16 February 1967) was a leading Chinese sociologist.
Chen Xujing was born in Hainan. He was schooled in Singapore and at Lingnan Middle School, at which he enrolled in 1920. He graduated from Fudan University in 1925.[1] After receiving a PhD in Political Science from the University of Illinois in 1928, he published his thesis on theories of sovereignty in the following year. While holding a sociology post at Lingnan University, he travelled to study in Germany. He became a professor at Nankai University, heading the Economic Research Institute and School of Politics and Economics, and serving as vice president of the university. After serving as Vice President of Zhongshan University, he became President of Lingnan University in 1948, and subsequently President of Jinan University in Guangzhou.[2]