1956 in China
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Events in the year 1956 in China. The country had an estimated population of 620 million people.[1]
Incumbents
[edit]- Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party: Mao Zedong
- President of the People's Republic of China: Mao Zedong
- Premier of the People's Republic of China: Zhou Enlai
- Chairman of the National People's Congress: Liu Shaoqi
- Vice President of the People's Republic of China: Zhu De
- Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China: Chen Yun
Governors
[edit]- Governor of Anhui Province: Huang Yan
- Governor of Fujian Province: Ye Fei
- Governor of Gansu Province: Deng Baoshan
- Governor of Guangdong Province: Tao Zhu
- Governor of Guizhou Province: Zhou Lin
- Governor of Hebei Province: Lin Tie
- Governor of Heilongjiang Province: Han Guang then Ouyang Qin
- Governor of Henan Province: Wu Zhipu
- Governor of Hubei Province: Liu Zihou then Zhang Tixue
- Governor of Hunan Province: Cheng Qian
- Governor of Jiangsu Province: Hui Yuyu
- Governor of Jiangxi Province: Shao Shiping
- Governor of Jilin Province: Li Youwen
- Governor of Liaoning Province: Du Zheheng
- Governor of Qinghai Province: Sun Zuobin
- Governor of Shaanxi Province: Zhao Shoushan
- Governor of Shandong Province: Zhao Jianmin
- Governor of Shanxi Province: Pei Lisheng then Wang Shiying
- Governor of Sichuan Province: Li Dazhang
- Governor of Yunnan Province: Guo Yingqiu
- Governor of Zhejiang Province: Sha Wenhan
Events
[edit]- September 28 — First Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- September 28 — Election of the 8th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
- Hundred Flowers Campaign
- Continuing Kuomintang Islamic insurgency in China
Other events
[edit]- Establishment of the Chinese Skating Association
- Establishment of the Shanghai Natural History Museum
- Hnhhot Huimin Cattle and Breeding Association, as predecessor of Yili Diary Group was founded in Inner Mongolia.[citation needed]
- Shaoxinggaoji High School is founded.[2]
Education
[edit]- Establishments:
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
- Capital University of Economics and Business
- Central Institute for Correctional Police
- Chongqing Medical University
- Chongqing Three Gorges University
- First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University
- Hangzhou Xuejun High School
- High School Affiliated to Beijing International Studies University
Sports
[edit]- Establishment of Jilin Northeast Tigers
- Chinese Sports Committee oversees creation of new, simplified (and shorter) 24 Form Tai Chi. Due to this official promotion, the 24-form is most likely the Taiji form with the most practitioners in China and the world over.
Births
[edit]January
[edit]- January 5 — Tong Xiaolin, physician
- January 11 — Geoffrey Ma, 3rd Chief Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong
February
[edit]- February 25 — Wei Zi, film and television actor
March
[edit]- March 9 — Chen Baoguo, actor
June
[edit]- June 21 — Larry Hsien Ping Lang, Hong Kong-based economist, commentator, author and TV host
- June 22 — Sima Nan, television pundit, social commentator and journalist
August
[edit]- August 13 — Li Hongzhong, member of the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
- August 15 — Lu Shuming, actor (d. 2022)
- August 30 — King Pu-tsung, Taiwanese politician
- August 31 — Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwanese politician
September
[edit]- September 1 — Zhang Fengyi, actor
- September 2 — Cheung Ming-man, Hong Kong singer and occasional actor
- September 12 — Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer and actor (d. 2003)
- September 30 — Teresa Carpio, Hong Kong English and Cantonese language pop singer, actress and singing teacher
- Shi Taifeng, member of the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
October
[edit]- October 1 — Hou Dejian, Taiwanese songwriter, composer and singer
- October 2 — Deng Zongquan, scientist
- October 3 — Chang Chen-kuang, Taiwanese actor
- October 7 — Sun Haiying, actor
- October 12 — Regina Hing Yue Tsang, actress, singer and beauty pageant
- October 16 — Li Xi, 13th Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
November
[edit]- November 15 — Huang Kunming, member of the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
December
[edit]- December 27 — Wu Yingjie, 14th Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- December 30 — Yuen Kwok-yung, Hong Kong microbiologist, physician and surgeon
Deaths
[edit]- March 7 — Yang Zhensheng, educator and author (b. 1890)
- April 2 — Tan Pingshan, early member of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1886)
- April 25 — He Jian, nationalist general (b. 1887)
- August 23 — Li Du, leading general of the Jilin Self-Defence Army (b. 1880)
- December 11 — Mao Renfeng, nationalist general and spymaster (b. 1898)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Fernand Braudel (1989). Gramática das Civilizações (in Portuguese). teorema. p. 202.
- ^ "Shaoxinggaoji high school". Mapio.net. Retrieved 4 August 2022.[better source needed]
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