1957 in China

none 1957 Events in the year 1957 in China. The country had an estimated population of 635 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 (until August), Chen Yu (starting August) Governor of Guizhou Province: Zhou Lin Governor of Hebei Province: Lin Tie Governor of Heilongjiang Province: Ouyang Qin 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: Du Zheheng Governor of Qinghai Province: Sun Zuobin Governor of Shaanxi Province: Zhao Shoushan Governor of Shandong Province: Zhao Jianmin Governor of Shanxi Province: Wang Shiying Governor of Sichuan Province: Li Dazhang Governor of Yunnan Province: Guo Yingqiu Governor of Zhejiang Province: Sha Wenhan (until November), Huo Shilian (starting November) Events End of the Hundred Flowers Campaign Start of the Anti-Rightist Movement Establishment of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology Continuing Kuomintang Islamic insurgency in China Promotion of the Five Goods Movement The Asian Flu killed around 1-2 million pe ple in China and Hong Kong. Official Soviet visit by Kliment Voroshilov Photo of the two leaders Other events January 1 — Opening of Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport, in Jianggan District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, to civil flights. October 15 — Opening of the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, in Wuhan, Hubei Establishments: Gaoming Prison, in Gaoming District, Foshan City, Guangdong Henan Experimental Middle School, in Jinshui District, Zhengzhou, Henan Lujiang Prison, in Chaohu City, Anhui Births January January 1 — Qiu He, politician who spent his career in Jiangsu and Yunnan January 13 — Fernando Chui, 2nd Chief Executive of Macau January 14 — Anchee Min, Chinese American author Li Jiheng, 10th Minister of Civil Affairs March March 8 — Zhao Leji, 11th Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress April April 19 — Ge You, actor May He Weidong, general of the People's Liberation Army June June 7 — Hou Yu-ih, Taiwanese politician and former police officer June 12 — Ho Iat Seng, 3rd Chief Executive of Macau June 15 — Zhang Tielin, Chinese-British actor and film director June 22 — Lau Kong-wah, former Hong Kong government official July July 11 — Wang Xiaohong, 15th Minister of Public Security July 25 — Alex Man, Hong Kong actor July 26 — Yuen Biao, Hong Kong actor, martial artist and stuntman Losang Jamcan, 9th Chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region August August 1 Jiang Chaoliang, 13th Secretary of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Xu Haifeng, pistol shooter August 18 — Tan Dun, Chinese-American composer and conductor August 26 — Yan Weiwen, contemporary opera singer September September 8 — Fang Shu, film actress Tie Ning, author October October 2 — Zhao Benshan, skit and sitcom actor, comedian, television director and businessman October 19 — Zhang Yu, actress October 20 — Gong Hanlin, actor, xiangsheng performer and sketch performer October 22 — Deng Jie, actress and producer November November 11 — He Lin, engineer and a major general of the People's Liberation Army November 17 — Ying Yong, 11th Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate Wang Ying, actor (d. 2024) Wang Yaonan, scientist December December 1 — Wang Anshun, 16th Mayor of Beijing December 6 — Feng Gong, actor, xiangsheng performer, director, screenwriter and politician December 7 — John Lee Ka-chiu, 5th Chief Executive of Hong Kong December 12 — Gu Changwei, cinematographer and film director Dates unknown Zhu Guohua, criminal and a grandson of Zhu De (d. 1983) Deaths August 18 — Zhang Shuqi, painter from Zhejiang (b. 1900) September 16 — Qi Baishi, painter (b. 1864) September 22 — Zhou Xuan, singer and film actress (b. 1920) October 7 — Yang Gang, journalist, novelist and translator (b. 1905) October 9 — Lü Simian, historian (b. 1884) See also 1957 in Chinese film References 1957 in Category:1950s in China Category:Years of the 20th century in China