1973 in China

Events from the year 1973 in 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 Ch'ing-ling and Dong Biwu
• Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China — Deng Xiaoping

Events

• January — The Yanbian Museum formally opens
• January 15 — The Chinese Rowing Association is founded
• February 6 — Luhuo earthquake: A 7.6 magnitude earthquake occurs in Sichuan, causing extensive destruction and killing 2,204 people
• April 23 — Pingguoyuan station opens
• May — The Chinese Fencing Association is founded
• May 28 — A man suffering from a "nerve disorder" kills his wife and daughter in Xianhu, Wuming, Nanning; he then broke into the village's communal building, killing an additional nine people and injuring nine others, before being lynched by an angry mob
• June — Sungang railway station opens
• August 24–28 — The 10th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
• September 6 — The Guimin 204 passenger and cargo ship sinks due to strong waves, killing 71 people
• September 14 — Typhoon Marge hits Hainan; 771 people were killed in Qionghai
• November 16 – December 26 — 13 major fires and accidental explosions occur in Guilin, causing serious damage and a high, but unknown, total number of deaths
• November 24 — An accidental explosion occurs at an explosives factory in Xing'an County, Guilin, causing 23 deaths and 42 injuries
• November 23 — An industrial accident involving potassium chlorate occurs near Liuyang, Hunan, killing 53 people and injuring 37 others

Unknown date

• Baihe railway station opens
• The Beijing–Yuanping railway begins operations
• CCTV-2 is launched
• The Heilongjiang Winter Sports Training Center opens
• Kaifeng Thermal Power Station begins operations
• The Ningxia Museum opens
• Shigatse Peace Airport opens for military use
• Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport opens

Births

• January 9 — Wang Junxia, long-distance runner
• February 5 — Deng Yaping, table tennis player
• February 27 — Li Bingbing, actress
• November 1 — Li Xiaoshuang, gymnast

Deaths

• January 8 — Dong Xiwen, painter, best known for The Founding Ceremony of the Nation (b. 1914)
• January 16 — Nellie Yu Roung Ling, dancer, lady-in-waiting for Empress Dowager Cixi (b. 1882)
• March 10 — Li Mi, high-ranking Nationalist general (b. 1902)
• April 23 — Mei Ju-ao, jurist, professor, politician, and author (b. 1904)
• April 28 — Yuan Changying, writer (b. 1894)
• June 2 — Zhang Dongsun, philosopher, public intellectual, and political figure (b. 1886)
• July 1 — Zhang Shizhao, journalist, educator, and politician (b. 1881)
• July 19 — Feng Baiju, chief leader of the Hainan Independent Column of the CCP in Hainan Island (b. 1903)
• July 20 — Bruce Lee, Hong Kong-American martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and philosopher (b. 1940)
• September 13 — Sun Fo, politician and high-ranking official in the Kuomintang (b. 1891)
• October 20 — Soong Ai-ling, businesswoman and the eldest of the Soong sisters (b. 1889)

See also

• Chinese films of 1973

References