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1953
Events in the year 1953 in China.
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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 Enlaihttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Zhou-Enlai Zhou Enlai Encyclopædia Britannica March 1, 2026
Vice Premiers – Dong Biwu, Chen Yun, Guo Moruo, Huang Yanpei, Deng Xiaoping
Governors
Governor of Anhui Province – Zeng Xisheng
Governor of Fujian Province – Zhang Dingcheng
Governor of Gansu Province – Deng Baoshan
Governor of Guangdong Province – Ye Jianying (until September), Tao Zhu (starting September)
Governor of Guizhou Province – Yang Yong
Governor of Hebei Province – Yang Xiufeng
Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Zhao Dezun then Chen Lei
Governor of Henan Province – Wu Zhipu
Governor of Hubei Province – Li Xiannian
Governor of Hunan Province – Cheng Qian
Governor of Jiangsu Province – Tan Zhenlin
Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shao Shiping
Governor of Jilin Province – Li Youwen
Governor of Liaoning Province – Du Zheheng
Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhang Zhongliang
Governor of Shaanxi Province – Zhao Shoushan
Governor of Shandong Province – Kang Sheng
Governor of Shanxi Province – Pei Lisheng
Governor of Sichuan Province – Li Jingquan
Governor of Yunnan Province – Chen Geng
Governor of Zhejiang Province – Tan Zhenlin
Events
July 15 – FAW Group (First Automobile Group) was founded.July 2020
July 27 – The Korean War ends: United Nations Command (Korea) (United States), People's Republic of China, North Korea sign an armistice agreement.
September 5 – The United Nations rejects the Soviet Union's suggestion to accept the People's Republic of China as a member.
Births
January
January 29 — Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer and actress (d. 1995)
January 30 — Liu Qibao, member of the 18th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
Zhu Xiaodan, 16th Governor of Guangdong
February
February 18 — Charles Xue, Chinese-American entrepreneur and angel investor
February 20 — Jenny Tseng, singer
February 22 — Blackie Ko, Taiwanese film director, producer, stuntman, singer and actor (d. 2003)
February 23 — Kenny Bee, Hong Kong singer, musician and actor
February 26 — Lin Ching-hsuan, Taiwanese essayist (d. 2019)
April
April 3 — Shi Shengjie, xiangsheng comedian (d. 2018)
April 4 — Chen Yi, Chinese violinist and composer of contemporary classical music
April 14 — Eric Tsang, Hong Kong actor, film director, producer and television host
April 21 — Terry Hu, Taiwanese actress, writer and translator
May
May 12 — Zhang Chunxian, 9th Secretary of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Gao Hongbin, official (d. 2024)
June
June 15 — Xi Jinping, CCP General Secretary and 6th paramount leader of China
July
July 8 — Zhou Long, Pulitzer-prize-winning Chinese American composer
July 21 — Sylvia Chang, Taiwanese actress, singer director, screenwriter and producer
July 31 — Pu Cunxin, actor
August
August 9 — Nur Bekri, 10th Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
August 11 — Qian Gang, non-fiction writer and journalist
August 20 — Fong Fei-fei, Taiwanese singer, host and actress (d. 2012)
August 21 — Lu Qi, actor
Shohrat Zakir, 11th Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
September
September 16 — Chen Xi, 21st President of the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
September 26 — Bai Chunli, physical chemist, nanotechnology scientist and academic administrator
October
October 1 — Han Sanping, film producer and distributor
October 4 — Wu Jianping, computer scientist
October 19 — Wang Yi, 11th & 13th Minister of Foreign Affairs of China
October 26 — Yang Xiaodu, 1st Director of the National Supervisory Commission
Wu Weiren, physicist
November
November 6 — Guan Mucun, mezzo-soprano singer
Yang Xiong, 14th Mayor of Shanghai (d. 2021)
December
December 6 — Susanna Au-yeung, Hong Kong actress (d. 2017)
December 7 — Tao Zeru, film and television actor
December 28 — Zhao Kezhi, former State Councilor of China
Yang Jing, 9th Chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Unknown dates
Jing Jing Luo, composer
Deaths
June 20 — Huang Jinrong, chief detective who worked for the French Concession police force in Shanghai (b. 1868)
July 8 — Du Xinwu, martial artist (b. 1869)
July 10 — Wu Qiwei, military commander (b. 1891)
September 17 — Wenxiu, consort of China's last emperor Puyi (b. 1909)
September 26 — Xu Beihong, painter (b. 1895)
October 30 — Wu Zhihui, linguist and philosopher (b. 1865)
November 19 — Wu Tiecheng, nationalist politician (b. 1888)
See also
1953 in Chinese film
References
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