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1956 in China
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1956
Events in the year 1956 in China. The country had an estimated population of 620 million people. Fernand Braudel Fernand Braudel 1989 Gramática das Civilizações teorema 202 Portuguese
Incumbents
Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party: Mao Zedong
President of the People's Republic of China: Mao Zedong
Premier of the People's Republic of China: Zhou Enlai
Chairman of the National People's Congress: Liu Shaoqi
Vice President of the People's Republic of China: Zhu De
Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China: Chen Yun
Governors
Governor of Anhui Province: Huang Yan
Governor of Fujian Province: Ye Fei
Governor of Gansu Province: Deng Baoshan
Governor of Guangdong Province: Tao Zhu
Governor of Guizhou Province: Zhou Lin
Governor of Hebei Province: Lin Tie
Governor of Heilongjiang Province: Han Guang then Ouyang Qin
Governor of Henan Province: Wu Zhipu
Governor of Hubei Province: Liu Zihou then 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: Du Zheheng
Governor of Qinghai Province: Sun Zuobin
Governor of Shaanxi Province: Zhao Shoushan
Governor of Shandong Province: Zhao Jianmin
Governor of Shanxi Province: Pei Lisheng then Wang Shiying
Governor of Sichuan Province: Li Dazhang
Governor of Yunnan Province: Guo Yingqiu
Governor of Zhejiang Province: Sha Wenhan
Events
September 28 — First Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
September 28 — Election of the 8th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
Hundred Flowers Campaign
Continuing Kuomintang Islamic insurgency in China
Other events
Establishment of the Chinese Skating Association
Establishment of the Shanghai Natural History Museum
Hnhhot Huimin Cattle and Breeding Association, as predecessor of Yili Diary Group was founded in Inner Mongolia.June 2020
Shaoxinggaoji High School is founded.Shaoxinggaoji high school https://mapio.net/o/1919759/ Mapio.net 4 August 2022January 2024
China began a formal computing development program in 1956 when it launched the Twelve-Year Science Plan and formed the Beijing Institute of Computing Technology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).Mullaney Thomas S. The Chinese Computer: a Global History of the Information Age 2024 The MIT Press 9780262047517 Cambridge, MA100
Education
Establishments:
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Capital University of Economics and Business
Central Institute for Correctional Police
Chongqing Medical University
Chongqing Three Gorges University
First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University
Hangzhou Xuejun High School
High School Affiliated to Beijing International Studies University
Sports
Establishment of Jilin Northeast Tigers
Chinese Sports Committee oversees creation of new, simplified (and shorter) 24 Form Tai Chi. Due to this official promotion, the 24-form is most likely the Taiji form with the most practitioners in China and the world over.
Births
January
January 5 — Tong Xiaolin, physician
January 11 — Geoffrey Ma, 3rd Chief Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong
February
February 25 — Wei Zi, film and television actor
March
March 9 — Chen Baoguo, actor
June
June 21 — Larry Hsien Ping Lang, Hong Kong-based economist, commentator, author and TV host
June 22 — Sima Nan, television pundit, social commentator and journalist
August
August 13 — Li Hongzhong, member of the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
August 15 — Lu Shuming, actor (d. 2022)
August 30 — King Pu-tsung, Taiwanese politician
August 31 — Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwanese politician
September
September 1 — Zhang Fengyi, actor
September 2 — Cheung Ming-man, Hong Kong singer and occasional actor
September 12 — Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer and actor (d. 2003)
September 30 — Teresa Carpio, Hong Kong English and Cantonese language pop singer, actress and singing teacher
Shi Taifeng, member of the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
October
October 1 — Hou Dejian, Taiwanese songwriter, composer and singer
October 2 — Deng Zongquan, scientist
October 3 — Chang Chen-kuang, Taiwanese actor
October 7 — Sun Haiying, actor
October 12 — Regina Hing Yue Tsang, actress, singer and beauty pageant
October 16 — Li Xi, 13th Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
November
November 15 — Huang Kunming, member of the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
December
December 27 — Wu Yingjie, 14th Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
December 30 — Yuen Kwok-yung, Hong Kong microbiologist, physician and surgeon
Deaths
March 7 — Yang Zhensheng, educator and author (b. 1890)
April 2 — Tan Pingshan, early member of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1886)
April 25 — He Jian, nationalist general (b. 1887)
August 23 — Li Du, leading general of the Jilin Self-Defence Army (b. 1880)
December 11 — Mao Renfeng, nationalist general and spymaster (b. 1898)
See also
1956 in Chinese film
References
1956 in
Category:1950s in China
Category:Years of the 20th century in China