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1979
Events in the year 1979 in the People's Republic of China.
Incumbents
Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Hua Guofeng
Premier of China – Hua Guofeng
Chairman of the National People's Congress – Ye Jianying
Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference – Deng Xiaoping
Vice Premier of China – Deng Xiaoping
Governors
Governor of Anhui Province – Wan Li then Zhang Jingfu
Governor of Fujian Province – Liao Zhigao then Ma Xingyuan
Governor of Gansu Province – Song Ping then Li Dengying
Governor of Guangdong Province – Wei Guoqing then Xi Zhongxun
Governor of Guizhou Province – Ma Li (until unknown)
Governor of Hebei Province – Liu Zihou
Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Yang Yichen then Chen Lei
Governor of Henan Province – Duan Junyi then Liu Jie
Governor of Hubei Province – Chen Pixian then Han Ningfu
Governor of Hunan Province – Mao Zhiyong then Sun Guozhi
Governor of Jiangsu Province – Xu Jiatun then Hui Yuyu
Governor of Jiangxi Province – Jiang Weiqing then Bai Dongcai
Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Enmao
Governor of Liaoning Province – vacant
Governor of Qinghai Province – Tan Qilong then Zhang Guosheng
Governor of Shaanxi Province – Wang Renzhong then Yu Mingtao
Governor of Shandong Province – Bai Rubing then Su Yiran
Governor of Shanxi Province – Wang Qian then Luo Guibo
Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhao Ziyang then Lu Dadong
Governor of Yunnan Province – An Pingsheng then Liu Minghui
Governor of Zhejiang Province – Tie Ying then Li Fengping
Events
thumb|right|Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping with U.S. President Jimmy Carter, 31 January 1979
January
January 1 — The United States broke diplomatic relations with Republic of China, and established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
January - The One Child Policy is announced and implemented (est.)Rocha da Silva, Pascal (2006). "La politique de l'enfant unique en République populaire de Chine https://web.archive.org/web/20071128072311/http://www.sinoptic.ch/textes/recherche/2006/200608_Rocha.Pascal_memoire.pdf 2007-11-28 " ("The politics of one child in the People's Republic of China"). Université de Genève (University of Geneva). p. 22-8. fr
February
February 17 – The People's Republic of China invades northern Vietnam, launching the Sino-Vietnamese War.
March
March 5 – Zhuhai County was upgraded to Zhuhai City.
March 14 – In China, a Hawker Siddeley Trident crashes into a factory near Beijing, killing at least 260.
September
September 27 – Stars Art Exhibition, the first independent art exhibition, takes place in Beihai Park, Beijing
Births
January 13 – Yang Wei, Badminton player
February 9 – Zhang Ziyi, film actress
February 17 – Xu Yunlong, footballer
March 5 – Tang Gonghong, Chinese weightlifter
March 12 – Liu Xuan, Gymnast
March 14 – Gao Ling, badminton player
May 15 – Li Yanfeng, discus thrower
April 19 – Zhao Junzhe, footballer
June 14 – Ma Ning, association football referee
June 20 – Li Yi, footballer
July 19 – Mo Huilan, gymnast
August 15 – Tong Jian, pair skater
August 27 – Tian Liang, diver
September 18 – Bobo Chan, Musical artist
October 5 – Gao Yuanyuan, actress and model
October 7 – Tang Wei, actress
December 10 – Yang Jianping, archerJianping YANG - Olympic Archery People's Republic of China https://www.olympic.org/jianping-yang International Olympic Committee 3 July 2019 en 18 June 2016
December 24 – Pang Qing, figure skater
December 27 – Sa Dingding, folk singer and songwriter
Deaths
January 15 — Yang Zhongjian, vertebrate paleontologist (b. 1897)
February 7
Su Zhenhua, general and politician (b. 1912)
Cui Wei, film director and actor (b. 1912)
March 7 — Lei Chen, Taiwanese politician and dissident (b. 1897)
March 12 — Zheng Xiaocang, writer, translator, and educator (b. 1892)
March 30 — Tong Dizhou, embryologist (b. 1902)
May 27 — Yao Zhe, lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army (b. 1906)
June 30 — Zhou Shidi, general of the People's Liberation Army (b. 1900)
July 1 — Huang Minlon, organic chemist and pharmaceutical scientist (b. 1898)
July 4 — Lee Wai Tong, Hong Kong and Chinese international association football player, head coach and former Vice President of FIFA (b. 1905)
August 1 — Li Ji, influential archaeologist (b. 1896)
August 14 — Wang Yun-wu, scholar of history and political science (b. 1888)
August 27 — Shi Jianqiao, assassin of the Warlord Sun Chuanfang (b. 1905)
September 25 — Zhou Libo, novelist and translator (b. 1908)
October 13 — Chang Kia-ngau, banker, politician and scholar (b. 1889)
December 3 — Zhang Guotao, revolutionary, founding member of the Chinese Communist Party and a rival to Mao Zedong (b. 1897)
See also
1979 in Chinese film
References
1979 in
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