1970 in China

Events in the year 1970 in the People's Republic of China.

Incumbents

• Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Mao Zedong
• President of the People's Republic of China – vacant
• Premier of the People's Republic of China – Zhou Enlai
• Chairman of the National People's Congress – Zhu De
• Vice President of the People's Republic of China – Soong Ching-ling and Dong Biwu
• Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China – Lin Biao

Governors

• Governor of Anhui Province – Li Desheng
• Governor of Fujian Province – Han Xianchu
• Governor of Gansu Province – Song Ping
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Liu Xingyuan
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Ma Li
• Governor of Hebei Province – Li Zaihe
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Pan Fusheng
• Governor of Henan Province – Liu Jianxun
• Governor of Hubei Province – Zeng Siyu
• Governor of Hunan Province – Li Yuan then Hua Guofeng
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Xu Shiyou
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Cheng Shiqing
• Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Huaixiang
• Governor of Liaoning Province – Chen Xilian
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Liu Xianquan
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Li Ruishan
• Governor of Shandong Province – Yang Dezhi
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Liu Geping
• Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Guohua
• Governor of Yunnan Province – Tan Furen (until October), Zhou Xing (starting October)
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Nan Ping

Events

April

• April 24 – China launched its first space satellite Dong Fang Hong I as part of the PRC's Dong Fang Hong space satellite program.

October

• October 13 – The People's Republic of China and Canada signed established diplomatic relations.
• October 14 – A Chinese nuclear test is conducted in Lop Nor.

December

• December 30 – Construction of the Gezhouba Dam started.

Births

• September 7 – Gao Min, Chinese diver
• October 30 – Xie Jun, Chinese chess grandmaster

Deaths

• January 14 — Ma Hongkui, Muslim warlord (b. 1892)
• March 25 — Xu Haidong, senior general in the People's Liberation Army (b. 1900)
• April 6 — Tang Shengzhi, warlord (b. 1889)
• May 4 — Ma Xulun, politician, activist and linguist (b. 1885)
• July 13 — Sheng Shicai, warlord who ruled Xinjiang from 1933 to 1944 (b. 1897)
• September 20 — Gong Peng, wartime spokeswoman for the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1914)
• September 23 — Zhao Shuli, Chinese novelist and a leading figure of modern Chinese literature (b. 1906)
• September 27 — Li Tianyou, general in the People's Liberation Army (b. 1914)
• October 21 — Li Linsi, educator, diplomat and scholar (b. 1896)
• November 5 — Xie Xuehong, 1st Chairwoman of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League (b. 1901)
• December 10
• Huang Qixiang, military commander and statesman (b. 1898)
• Chen Qiyou, Chairman of the China Zhi Gong Party (b. 1892)

See also

• 1970 in Chinese film

References