1951 in China

Events in the year 1951 in China.

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Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
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Incumbents

• Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Mao Zedong
• Chairman of the Government – Mao Zedong
• Vice Chairmen of the Government – Zhu De Liu Shaoqi, Song Qingling, Li Jishen, Zhang Lan, Gao Gang
• Premier – Zhou Enlai
• Vice Premiers – Dong Biwu, Chen Yun, Guo Moruo, Huang Yanpei

Governors

• Governor of Fujian Province – Zhang Dingcheng
• Governor of Gansu Province – Deng Baoshan
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Ye Jianying
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Yang Yong
• Governor of Hebei Province – Yang Xiufeng
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Yu Yifu
• Governor of Henan Province – Wu Zhipu
• Governor of Hubei Province – Li Xiannian
• Governor of Hunan Province – Wang Shoudao
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Tan Zhenlin
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shao Shiping
• Governor of Jilin Province – Zhou Chiheng
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhao Shoushan
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Ma Mingfang
• Governor of Shandong Province – Kang Sheng
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Pei Lisheng then Lai Ruoyu
• Governor of Yunnan Province – Chen Geng
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Tan Zhenlin

Events

• January 4 — Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
• February 1 — Korean War: The United Nations General Assembly declares that the People's Republic of China is an aggressor in the Korean War in United Nations General Assembly Resolution 498.
• April 23–June 10 — Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces launch the Fifth Phase Campaign. The resulting Chinese defeat at Seoul and Soyang River brought the Communists side to the armistice negotiation.
• May 23 — The Tibetan government signs the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet with the People's Republic of China.
• September 9 — Chinese communist forces move into Lhasa, the capital of Tibet.

Births

January

• January 4 — Shi Tiesheng, novelist (d. 2010)
• January 23 — Wang Shi, businessman

February

• February 10 — Zhang Qingli, former Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

March

• March 8 — Ren Zhiqiang, real estate tycoon

April

• April 28 — Newton Lai, Hong Kong film and television actor (d. 2013)

May

• May 13 — Li Hongzhi, founder and leader of Falun Gong
• May 22 — Kent Cheng, Hong Kong film and television actor
• May 23 — Zhang Jizhong, film producer, director, teacher and writer

October

• October 10 — Lam Po-chuen, voice actor (d. 2015)
• October 30 — Liu Xiaoqing, Chinese actress and businesswoman
• Padma Choling, 11th Chairman of Tibet

Deaths

• January 30 — Jin Yunpeng, general and politician during the Warlord Era (b. 1877)
• February 3 — Zaifeng, Prince Regent of the Qing Dynasty (b. 1883)
• February 5 — Li Yutang, prominent member of the Hong Kong branch of the Tongmenghui (b. 1899)
• February 23 — Chang Po-ling, educator (b. 1876)
• April 29 — Osman Batur, Nationalist Kazakh military leader (b. 1899)
• June 22 — Gao Jianfu, artist (b. 1879)
• August 16 — Du Yuesheng, mob gangster (b. 1888)
• August 25 — Chen Guofu, former Nationalist Governor of Jiangsu (b. 1892)
• November 23 — Ju Zheng, nationalist politician (b. 1876)

See also

• 1951 in Chinese film