1959 in China

Events in the year 1959 in China. The country had an estimated population of 665 million people.

Incumbents

• Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party: Mao Zedong
• President of the People's Republic of China: Mao Zedong (until April 27), Liu Shaoqi (starting April 27)
• Premier of the People's Republic of China: Zhou Enlai
• Chairman of the National People's Congress: Liu Shaoqi (until April 27), Zhu De (starting April 27)
• Vice President of the People's Republic of China: Zhu De (until April 27), Song Qingling & Dong Biwu (starting April 27)
• Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China: Chen Yun

Governors

• Governor of Anhui Province: Huang Yan
• Governor of Fujian Province: Ye Fei then Jiang Yizhen
• Governor of Gansu Province: Deng Baoshan
• Governor of Guangdong Province: Chen Yu
• Governor of Guizhou Province: Zhou Lin
• Governor of Hebei Province: Liu Zihou
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province: Li Fanwu
• Governor of Henan Province: Wu Zhipu
• Governor of Hubei Province: 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: Huang Oudong
• Governor of Qinghai Province: Yuan Renyuan
• Governor of Shaanxi Province: Zhao Shoushan (until July), Zhao Boping (starting July)
• Governor of Shandong Province: Tan Qilong
• Governor of Shanxi Province: Wei Heng
• Governor of Sichuan Province: Li Dazhang
• Governor of Yunnan Province: Ding Yichuan
• Governor of Zhejiang Province: Zhou Jianren

Events

• Continuing Great Leap Forward
• Continuing Great Chinese Famine
• April - First plenary session of the 2nd National People's Congress, Liu Shaoqi was elected the President of China.
• March 10 - Start of the 1959 Tibetan uprising
• July 2 - Start of the Lushan Conference
• October 1 - 10th anniversary of the People's Republic of China
• Visit of Nikita Khrushchev from the Soviet Union: Photo of welcoming delegation: https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/188430

Other events

• October 1 - Opening of Changfeng Park, in Putuo District, Shanghai
• Opening of People's Park, in Xining, Qinghai
• Establishment of Chaohu Prison, in Chaohu, Anhui
• Establishment of the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of XMU, in Urumqi, Xinjiang
• Establishment of the National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra
• Establishment of the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping

Education

Establishments

• Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, in Hefei, Anhui
• Anhui University of Finance and Economics, in Bengbu, Anhui
• Beijing Institute of Textile Technology
• Yunnan Arts University, in Kunming, Yunnan

Births

• Li Qiang
• Zhu Xingliang
• Deng Kai
• Dai Jinhua
• Ma Zhengqi

Deaths

• Wong Shik Ling
• Lei Jingtian
• Zhang Xi
• Li Daichen
• Li Jishen

See also

• 1959 in Chinese film

References