Cheng Andong, male, Han nationality, is a native of Huainan, Anhui Province. He was born in 1936, joined the CPC in 1980, and graduated from Hefei Polytechnical University.
Cheng was active in the Pingxiang Mining Administration in Jiangxi Province, serving as its director in the late 1980s. He became mayor of the city, and later became deputy secretary of the CPC Nanchang City Committee, and served as that city's mayor until 1990. Subsequently, he was elected chairman of Xi'an City People's Congress, and after assisting the governor of Jiangxi Province for several years, Cheng was elected to successive terms as governor of Shaanxi Province.
Cheng served as an alternate member of the 14th CPC Central Committee and a member of the 15th CPC Central Committee.