• Source: 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

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      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: [1]


      = 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

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      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

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