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1971
Events from the year 1971 in China.
Incumbents
Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Mao Zedong
President of China – vacant
Premier of China – Zhou Enlai
Chairman of the National People's Congress – Zhu De
Vice President of China – Soong Ching-ling and Dong Biwu
Vice Premier of China – Lin Biao (until 13 September), Deng Xiaoping (starting 13 September)
Governors
Governor of Anhui Province – Li Desheng
Governor of Fujian Province – Han Xianchu
Governor of Gansu Province – Song Ping
Governor of Guangdong Province – Liu Xingyuan
Governor of Guizhou Province – Ma Li
Governor of Hebei Province – Li Zaihe then Liu Zihou
Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Pan Fusheng then Wang Jiadao
Governor of Henan Province – Liu Jianxun
Governor of Hubei Province – Zeng Siyu
Governor of Hunan Province – Hua Guofeng
Governor of Jiangsu Province – Xu Shiyou
Governor of Jiangxi Province – Cheng Shiqing then She Jide
Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Huaixiang
Governor of Liaoning Province – Chen Xilian
Governor of Qinghai Province – Liu Xianquan
Governor of Shaanxi Province – Li Ruishan
Governor of Shandong Province – Yang Dezhi (starting unknown)
Governor of Shanxi Province – Liu Geping then Xie Zhenhua
Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Guohua
Governor of Yunnan Province – Zhou Xing
Governor of Zhejiang Province – Nan Ping
Events
thumb|right|250px|Kissinger, shown here with Zhou Enlai and Mao Zedong, negotiated rapprochement with China.
China tested its intercontinental DF-5 missile in 1971.Kennedy Andrew B. Rebellious Follower: China's Search for Science, Technology, and Innovation Oxford University Press 2026 9780197824658 10.1093/9780197824689.001.0001 free67
March
March 26 – Cameroon and the People's Republic of China established bilateral relations. Hronika međunarodnih događaja 1971 1972 Institute of International Politics and Economics Milutin Tomanović Belgrade 2598 sh The Chronicle of International Events in 1971
May
May 26 – Austria and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations.
June
June 10 – The U.S. ends its trade embargo of China.
September
September 13 – The Chinese Communist military leader Lin Biao dies in a plane crash in Mongolia after what appeared to be a failed coup to oust Mao. After his death, he was officially condemned as a traitor.
October
October 25 – The United Nations General Assembly admits the People's Republic of China and expels the Republic of China (Taiwan).
November
November 23 – The People's Republic of China takes the Republic of China's seat on the United Nations Security Council (see China and the United Nations).
Henry Kissinger secretly visits Beijing
Births
January 26 – Li Ming, Chinese footballer and football executive
April – Joseph Zhang Yinlin, priest and the bishop of Weihui
June 22 – Dao Lang, Chinese musician
October 29 – Ma Huateng, Chinese business magnate, founder of Tencent
November 12 – Chen Guangcheng, Chinese civil rights activist
Deaths
January 27 — Weng Wenhao, geologist and politician (b. 1889)
April 25 — T.V. Soong, businessman, banker and politician (b. 1894)
April 29 — Li Siguang, geologist and founder of China's geomechanics (b. 1889)
June 15 — Xie Juezai, 3rd President of the Supreme People's Court (b. 1884)
September 13 — Lin Biao Incident
Lin Biao, 2nd Minister of National Defence and Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1907)11 September 2009 zh:1971年9月13日 林彪叛国出逃坠机身亡 http://www.china.com.cn/aboutchina/txt/2009-09/11/content_18506886.htm live https://web.archive.org/web/20120916025820/http://www.china.com.cn/aboutchina/txt/2009-09/11/content_18506886.htm 16 September 2012 30 November 2019 china.org.cn zh-cn "9月13日凌晨3时,林彪乘坐的256号飞机在蒙古温都尔汗附近肯特省贝尔赫矿区南10公里处强行着陆坠毁"
Ye Qun, politician and wife of Lin Biao (b. 1917)
Lin Liguo, son of Lin Biao (b. 1945)
October 27 — Zhang Jingwu, politician and lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army (b. 1906)
See also
1971 in Chinese film
References
Category:Years of the 20th century in China
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