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1975
Events in the year 1975 in the People's Republic of China.
Incumbents
Paramount leader — Mao Zedong
Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party — Mao Zedong
Premier of the People's Republic of China — Zhou Enlai
Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress — Zhu De
Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference — Zhou Enlai
Governors
Governor of Anhui Province – Song Peizhang
Governor of Fujian Province – Liao Zhigao
Governor of Gansu Province – Xian Henghan
Governor of Guangdong Province – Zhao Ziyang → Wei Guoqing
Governor of Guizhou Province – Lu Ruilin
Governor of Hebei Province – Liu Zihou
Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Liu Guangtao
Governor of Henan Province – Liu Jianxun
Governor of Hubei Province – Zhao Xinchu
Governor of Hunan Province – Hua Guofeng
Governor of Jiangsu Province – Peng Chong
Governor of Jiangxi Province – Jiang Weiqing
Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Huaixiang
Governor of Liaoning Province – Zeng Shaoshan
Governor of Qinghai Province – Liu Xianquan
Governor of Shaanxi Province – Li Ruishan
Governor of Shandong Province – Bai Rubing
Governor of Shanxi Province – Xie Zhenhua → Wang Qian
Governor of Sichuan Province – Liu Xingyuan → Zhao Ziyang
Governor of Yunnan Province – Zhou Xing → Jia Qiyun
Governor of Zhejiang Province – Tan Qilong
Events
January 5 — Mao Zedong propose Deng Xiaoping as Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission and Chief of the General Staff of the PLA.Deng Xiaoping's Third Comeback http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/ctenglish/se/txt/2009-06/12/content_202401.htm 2025-07-17 www.chinatoday.com.cn
January 9 — Li Fuchun, Vice Premier of China, dies at 75.1975-01-16 LI FU‐CHUN DIES; LEADER IN PEKING https://www.nytimes.com/1975/01/16/archives/li-fuchun-dies-leader-in-peking-vice-premier-and-official-for.html 2025-07-17 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331
January 13–17 — The first session of the 4th National People's Congress was opened. The office of the President of China, Vice President of China and Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate were abolished.张若琼 Jan 13-17,1975: The 1st Session of the 4th National People's Congress is held https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201103/25/WS5a2f895da3108bc8c6725769.html 2025-07-17 www.chinadaily.com.cn
January 17 — The second constitution of the People's Republic of China is adopted, replacing the 1954 constitution.Kim Chin 1977-01-01 The 1975 Constitution of the People's Republic of China https://repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_international_comparative_law_review/vol1/iss2/1 UC Law SF International Law Review 1 2 1 0149-9246Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1975) - Wikisource, the free online library https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China_(1975) 2025-07-24 en.wikisource.org en
February 4 — An earthquake hit the city of Haicheng in Liaoning Province at 19:36 CST.Background--Haicheng Earthquake https://www.ief.ac.cn/bg/ 2025-07-17 www.ief.ac.cnAdams R. D. 1976 The Haicheng, China, earthquake of 4 February 1975; the first successfully predicted major earthquake https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/eqe.4290040502 Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics en 4 5 423–437 10.1002/eqe.4290040502 1096-9845 subscription
April 2 — Dong Biwu, acting President of China, dies at 89.张若琼 April 2—5, 1959: The 7th Plenary Meeting of the 8th CPC Central Committee is held https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201104/02/WS5a2f8975a3108bc8c672578d.html 2025-07-17 www.chinadaily.com.cn
April 5 — Chiang Kai-shek, the last leader who ruled the Republic of China in the Mainland from 1928 to 1949 and the island of Taiwan from 1949 to 1975, dies in Taipei, Taiwan at the age of 88.1975-04-06 Chiang Kai‐shek Is Dead in Taipei at 87; Last of Allied Big Four of World War II https://www.nytimes.com/1975/04/06/archives/chiang-kaishek-is-dead-in-taipei-at-87-last-of-allied-big-four-of.html 2025-07-17 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331
July 5 — The Baoji–Chengdu railway was electrified.History Of Chinese Railway Development Railway In Contemporary China http://www.railway-fasteners.com/news/chinese-railway-in-contemporary-china.html 2025-07-17 www.railway-fasteners.com
August 8 — The Banqiao Dam in China's Henan Province, fails after Typhoon Nina; over 200,000 people perish.Banqiao Dam Failure: Series of Events – Will Hausmann Imagining Disaster https://courses.bowdoin.edu/history-2203-fall-2020-whausman/narrative-of-the-event/ 2025-07-17 courses.bowdoin.edu
November 26 — The Counterattack the Right-Deviationist Reversal-of-Verdicts Trend was launched against Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping's anti Cultural Revolution program.奠定结束文革的基础:1975年邓小平重回中央后_资讯_凤凰网 https://news.ifeng.com/history/1/200708/0804_335_176437_12.shtml 2025-07-24 news.ifeng.com
December 16 — Kang Sheng, the Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, dies at 77.Times Fox Butterfield Special to The New York 1975-12-17 KANG SHENG DIES IN PEKING AT 76 https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/17/archives/kang-sheng-dies-in-peking-at-76-member-of-the-leadership-had-been-a.html 2025-07-17 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331
Deaths
January 9 — Li Fuchun, Vice Premier of China (b. 1900)
March 2 — Rao Shushi, politician (b. 1903)
April 2 — Dong Biwu, acting President of China (b. 1886)
April 5 — Chiang Kai-shek, nationalist leader who led Mainland China from 1928 to 1949 and Taiwan from 1949 to 1975 (b. 1887)
May 26 — Kurban Tulum, Uyghur farmer and electrician, promoted as a symbol of unity between the Uyghurs and Han Chinese (b. 1883)
July 31 — Ma Bufang, prominent Chinese Muslim warlord of the Ma clique (b. 1903)
December 16 — Kang Sheng, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1898)
References
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