1981 in China

Events from the year 1981 in China.

Incumbents

• Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Hua Guofeng / Hu Yaobang
• Chairman of the Congress – Ye Jianying (head of state)
• Premier – Zhao Ziyang
• Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference – Deng Xiaoping
• Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China – Wan Li

Governors

• Governor of Anhui Province – Zhang Jingfu then Zhou Zijian
• Governor of Fujian Province – Ma Xingyuan
• Governor of Gansu Province – Feng Jixin then Li Dengying
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Xi Zhongxun then Liu Tianfu
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Su Gang
• Governor of Hebei Province – Li Erzhong
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Chen Lei
• Governor of Henan Province – Liu Jie then Dai Suli
• Governor of Hubei Province – Han Ningfu
• Governor of Hunan Province – Sun Guozhi
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Hui Yuyu
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Bai Dongcai
• Governor of Jilin Province – Yu Ke
• Governor of Liaoning Province – Chen Puru
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhang Guosheng
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Yu Mingtao
• Governor of Shandong Province – Su Yiran
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Luo Guibo
• Governor of Sichuan Province – Lu Dadong
• Governor of Yunnan Province – Liu Minghui
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Li Fengping

Events

1981 was the year of the rooster in the Chinese Zodiac.

• January 24 - Dawu earthquake
• May 22 - 1st Golden Rooster Awards
• July 9 - Chengdu-Kunming rail crash
• July 22 - Yangquan theatre bombing
• Unknown date – TTK Home Appliance, as predecessor of TCL Technology was founded in Guangdong Province.

Establishments

• National Population and Family Planning Commission
• Beijing Marathon
• Capital Museum
• China Daily
• Chongqing Broadcasting Group
• Jinling Hotel
• Golden Rooster Awards
• Flying Apsaras Awards
• Duzhe
• TCL Corporation
• Soong Ching-ling Memorial Residence (Shanghai)
• Shantou Special Economic Zone

Births

• January 2 - Zhang Juanjuan, archer
• January 18 - Song Lun, figure skater
• February 3 - Huang Zhiyi, footballer
• April 4 - Zhang Lei, racing cyclist
• April 6 - Wang Di, football referee
• April 19 - Zhang Yalin, footballer (d. 2010)
• August 29 - Zeng Shaoxuan, tennis player
• September 23 - Zhang Ai, softball player
• Liu Jiayin, independent filmmaker

Deaths

• January 6 — Cao Juru, 2nd Governor of the People's Bank of China (b. 1901)
• March 9 — Cai Xitao, botanist (b. 1911)
• March 27 — Mao Dun, novelist, essayist, journalist, playwright, literary and cultural critic (b. 1896)
• April 11 — Liu Yuzhang, prominent nationalist general (b. 1903)
• April 21 — Wang Shijie, Kuomintang politician and scholar (b. 1891)
• April 30 — Zhu Yunshan, former Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (b. 1887)
• May 7 — Du Yuming, Kuomintang field commander (b. 1904)
• May 29 — Soong Ching-ling, Honorary Chairwoman of China (b. 1893)
• June 19 — Chen Qihan, general in the People's Liberation Army (b. 1897)
• July 25 — Hu Lancheng, writer and politician (b. 1906)
• August 22 — Lü Wencheng, composer and musician (b. 1898)
• August 25 — Fu Qiutao, politician and senior general in the People's Liberation Army (b. 1907)
• December 16 — Zhang Dingcheng, 2nd Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (b. 1898)
• December 27 — Yu Hanmou, colonel general in the National Revolutionary Army (b. 1896)

Dates unknown

• Wang Shujin, martial artist, practitioner of baguazhang, taijiquan and xingyiquan (b. 1904)
• Jiang Yukun, Tai chi master (b. 1913)

See also

• 1981 in Chinese film

References