1952 in China

Events in the year 1952 in China.

Incumbents

• Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Mao Zedong
• Chairman of the Government – Mao Zedong
• Vice Chairmen of the Government – Zhu De Liu Shaoqi, Song Qingling, Li Jishen, Zhang Lan, Gao Gang
• Premier – Zhou Enlai
• Vice Premiers – Dong Biwu, Chen Yun, Guo Moruo, Huang Yanpei, Deng Xiaoping

Governors

• Governor of Anhui Province – Zeng Xisheng (starting unknown)
• Governor of Fujian Province – Zhang Dingcheng
• Governor of Gansu Province – Deng Baoshan
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Ye Jianying
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Yang Yong
• Governor of Hebei Province – Yang Xiufeng then Lin Tie
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Yu Yifu then Zhao Dezun
• Governor of Henan Province – Wu Zhipu
• Governor of Hubei Province – Li Xiannian
• Governor of Hunan Province – Wang Shoudao then Cheng Qian
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Tan Zhenlin (starting unknown)
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shao Shiping
• Governor of Jilin Province – Zhou Chiheng then Li Youwen
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhao Shoushan then Zhang Zhongliang
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Ma Mingfang (until November), Zhao Shoushan (starting November)
• Governor of Shandong Province – Kang Sheng
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Lai Ruoyu then Pei Lisheng
• Governor of Sichuan Province – Li Jingquan (starting September)
• Governor of Yunnan Province – Chen Geng
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Tan Zhenlin

Events

• January 26 - The Five-anti campaign was launched in an effort to rid Chinese cities of corruption and enemies of the state. It became an all out war against the bourgeoisie in China.
• April 11–15 – Chinese Civil War: Battle of Nanri Island
• October 14-November 25 – Korean War: Battle of Triangle Hill

Births

January

• January 2 — Ng Man-tat, Hong Kong actor (d. 2021)
• January 7 — Sammo Hung, Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and film director
• January 8 — Chen Ziming, dissident and columnist for Deutsche Welle (d. 2014)
• January 25 — Liu He, economist and former Vice Premier of China

February

• February 7 — Tony Liu, Hong Kong actor and martial artist
• February 8 — Nora Miao, Hong Kong film actress
• February 13 — Lung Ying-tai, Taiwanese writer, cultural critic and public intellectual
• February 21 — Jia Pingwa, author of novels
• Zhang Beisan, diplomat

March

• March 25 — Jung Chang, Chinese-born British author and historian
• March 26 — Wang Jun, 12th Secretary of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

April

• April 20 — Ureltu, Evenk writer
• April 23 — Tian Zhuangzhuang, film director, producer and actor

May

• May 1 — Huang Qifan, 17th Mayor of Chongqing
• May 2 — Lee Li-chun, Taiwanese actor and xiangsheng performer
• May 4 — Tang Guoqiang, highest ranking actor
• May 6
• Zhang Zhaozhong, military theorist
• Wang Lin, qigong and psi practitioner (d. 2017)
• May 13 — Wang Xiaobo, novelist and essayist (d. 1997)
• May 18 — Lu Zhangong, 14th Secretary of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
• May 21 — John Shum, Hong Kong actor and film producer

June

• Wu Hanming, microelectronics engineer
• Bao Kexin, politician and business executive (d. 2019)

July

• July 28 — Shu Ting, poet

August

• August 6 — Danny Lee, Hong Kong actor, film producer, screenwriter, director, action director and presenter
• August 12 — Chen Kaige, film director, producer, and screen writer
• August 22 — Hau Lung-pin, 12th Mayor of Taipei
• August 28 — Zhang Xinfeng, police and security official

September

• September 6 — Henry Tang, 3rd Financial Secretary of Hong Kong

October

• October 1 — Anthony Chan, Hong Kong actor
• October 26 — Luo Baoming, 6th Governor of Hainan
• October 31 — Wu Ziniu, film director
• Bi Shumin, novelist, self-help writer and psychiatrist
• Zhang Junzhao, film director and screenwriter (d. 2018)

November

• November 12 — Liu Wen-cheng, Taiwanese singer and actor

December

• December 20 — Zhu Lin, film actress
• December 23 — Chi Chongrui, actor
• December 27 — Lam Ching-ying, Hong Kong stuntman, actor, martial artist and action director (d. 1997)
• Zheng Qingdian, diplomat

Deaths

April

• April 10 — Sa Zhenbing, prominent admiral of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China (b. 1859)
• Wang Weike, translator (b. 1900)

July

• July 29 — Rong Desheng, industrialist (b. 1875)

August

• August 8 — Fan Wanzhang, MiG-15 pilot of the 3rd Fighter Aviation Division of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (b. 1927)
• August 12 — Wang Shijing, politician and banker in the Republic of China (b. 1887)

September

• September 7 — Lu Muzhen, first wife of Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen (b. 1867)

October

• October 12 — Qiu Shaoyun, PLA soldier (b. 1926)
• October 19 — Huang Jiguang, highly-decorated PLA soldier (b. 1931)

November

• November 27 — Zhou Xuechang, important figure of the Wang Jingwei regime (b. 1898)

December

• December 3 — Sun Shenlu, pilot of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (b. 1928)

Dates unknown

• Wang Jingguo, nationalist general from Shanxi (b. 1893)
• Mao Zuquan, nationalist politician (b. 1883)

See also

• 1952 in Chinese film

References