1973 in China

none 1973 December 2025 July 2025 Events from the year 1973 in China. Incumbents Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party — Mao Zedong President of the People's Republic of China — vacant Premier of the People's Republic of China — Zhou Enlai Chairman of the National People's Congress — Zhu De Vice President of the People's Republic of China — Soong Ch'ing-ling and Dong Biwu Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China — Deng Xiaoping Governors Governor of Anhui — Li Desheng Governor of Fujian — Han Xianchu Governor of Gansu — Xian Henghan Governor of Guangdong — Ding Sheng Governor of Guizhou — Lan Yinong (until September); Lu Ruilin (September onward) Governor of Hebei — Liu Zihou Governor of Heilongjiang — Wang Jiadao Governor of Henan — Liu Jianxun Governor of Hubei — Zeng Siyu (until December); Zhao Xinchu (December) Governor of Hunan — Hua Guofeng Governor of Jiangsu — Xu Shiyou; later Peng Chong Governor of Jiangxi — She Jide zh 佘积德 Governor of Jilin — Wang Huaixiang Governor of Liaoning — Chen Xilian (until December); vacant (December) Governor of Qinghai — Liu Xianquan zh 劉賢權 Governor of Shaanxi — Li Ruishan Governor of Shandong — Yang Dezhi Governor of Shanxi — Xie Zhenhua Governor of Sichuan — Liu Xingyuan Governor of Yunnan — Zhou Xing Governor of Zhejiang — Nan Ping (until May); Tan Qilong (May onward) Events January — The Yanbian Museum formally openshttp://www.ybbwg.org.cn/about/4.html Historical History - Yanbian Museum Yanbian Museum 7 June 2025 zh January 15 — The Chinese Rowing Association is founded论中国体育社团: 国家与社会关系转变下的体育社团改革 Beijing Sport University Press 2004 978-7-81100-232-4 https://books.google.com/books?id=h_FFAAAAMAAJ zh 7 June 2025 242 February 6 — Luhuo earthquake: A 7.6 magnitude earthquake occurs in Sichuan, causing extensive destruction and killing 2,204 peoplehttps://www.chinanews.com/tp/hd2011/2013/02-06/172883.shtml 四川炉霍40年从地震废墟上崛起 Sichuan Luhuo rises from earthquake ruins in 40 years China News Service 6 February 2013 7 June 2025 zh Yang Yanyu April 23 — Pingguoyuan station openshttp://www.bjsubway.com/node/1842 https://web.archive.org/web/20101231221907/http://www.bjsubway.com/node/1842 地铁公司1971 -- 1980年 Metro Corporation 1971–1980 26 December 2010 31 December 2010 7 June 2025 dead zh Beijing Subway May — The Chinese Fencing Association is founded中国党派社团辞典 Chinese Communist Party History Publishing House 1989 978-7-80023-070-7 https://books.google.com/books?id=EAUNAAAAYAAJ zh 7 June 2025 272 May 28 — A man suffering from a "nerve disorder" kills his wife and daughter in Xianhu, Wuming, Nanning; he then broke into the village's communal building, killing an additional nine people and injuring nine others, before being lynched by an angry mobhttp://www.gxdqw.com/bin/mse.exe?K=a&A=63&rec=442&run=13 1970-1989 gxdqw.com https://web.archive.org/web/20161221003520/http://www.gxdqw.com/bin/mse.exe?K=a&A=63&rec=442&run=13 21 December 2016 7 June 2025 dead zh June — Sungang railway station opens August 24–28 — The 10th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing29 August 1973 中国共产党第十次全国代表大会新闻公报 Press Release of the Tenth National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party http://cpc.people.com.cn/GB/64162/64168/64562/65450/4429433.html 7 June 2025 People's Daily zh September 6 — The Guimin 204 passenger and cargo ship sinks due to strong waves, killing 71 people September 14 — Typhoon Marge hits Hainan; 771 people were killed in Qionghaihttps://hnrb.hinews.cn/html/2009-11/06/content_170358.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060131/https://hnrb.hinews.cn/html/2009-11/06/content_170358.htm dead 6 November 2009 4 March 2016 7 June 2025 zh 7314台风 一场没有预兆的强台风 Typhoon 7314 A strong typhoon without warning November 16 – December 26 — 13 major fires and accidental explosions occur in Guilin, causing serious damage and a high, but unknown, total number of deaths November 24 — An accidental explosion occurs at an explosives factory in Xing'an County, Guilin, causing 23 deaths and 42 injuries November 23 — An industrial accident involving potassium chlorate occurs near Liuyang, Hunan, killing 53 people and injuring 37 othershttp://www.ohcs-gz.net/topics/t-old/ldbhs/200909-201003.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20150304195525/http://www.ohcs-gz.net/topics/t-old/ldbhs/200909-201003.htm 4 March 2015 8 June 2025 dead ohcs-gz.net zh 劳动保护、安全生产60年大事记（1949－2009） Major events in labor protection and production safety over the past 60 years (1949–2009) Unknown date Baihe railway station openshttp://search.huochepiao.com/huochezhan/jieshao/3040.htm 白河火车站 (BaiHe Railway Station) Baihe Railway Station (BaiHe Railway Station) zh 7 June 2025 huochepiao.com 26 January 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200126125226/http://search.huochepiao.com/huochezhan/jieshao/3040.htm live The Beijing–Yuanping railway begins operationshttp://www.jrsx.com.cn/onews-1.asp?id=14649&owen1=%D0%C2%D6%D0%B9%FA%B3%C9%C1%A260%D6%DC%C4%EA&owen2=%CB%EA%D4%C2%B5%B5%B0%B8 https://web.archive.org/web/20120330223459/http://www.jrsx.com.cn/onews-1.asp?id=14649&owen1=%D0%C2%D6%D0%B9%FA%B3%C9%C1%A260%D6%DC%C4%EA&owen2=%CB%EA%D4%C2%B5%B5%B0%B8 27 September 2009 30 March 2012 7 June 2025 jrsx.com.cn dead zh 京原铁路（图） Gyeongwara Railway (Picture) CCTV-2 is launched2005 World Radio and Television Handbook, page 639 The Heilongjiang Winter Sports Training Center openshttps://www.harbin2025.com/news/p/gD7OvvDl.html Heilongjiang Ice Training Center 11 November 2024 7 June 2025 2025 Asian Winter Games Kaifeng Thermal Power Station begins operationsShao Wenjie 河南省志: 电力工业志. 第三十二卷 https://books.google.com/books?id=DEHmAAAAMAAJ 1991 Henan People's Publishing House 90 9787215018969 The Ningxia Museum openshttps://www.visitourchina.com/yinchuan/attraction/ningxia-museum.html Ningxia Museum 7 June 2025 Visit Our China Shigatse Peace Airport opens for military usehttps://www.airport-technology.com/features/feature-the-top-10-highest-altitude-airports-in-the-world/ The highest-altitude airports in the world Gupta Akanksha 5 November 2013 7 June 2025 Airport Technology Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport opensWu Fuhuan Guo Taishan 新疆改革开放30年通览 https://books.google.com/books?id=nNlKAQAAIAAJ 2008 Xinjiang People's Publishing House 978-7-228-11641-6 Births January 9 — Wang Junxia, long-distance runnerhttps://worldathletics.org/athletes/pr-of-china/junxia-wang-14265107 Junxia WANG World Athletics 7 June 2025 February 5 — Deng Yaping, table tennis playerhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Deng-Yaping Deng Yaping Encyclopædia Britannica 7 June 2025 February 27 — Li Bingbing, actresshttps://joy.online.sh.cn/content/2020-02/28/content_9509804.htm 李冰冰迎47岁生日感谢祝福，祈愿国泰民安 Li Bingbing celebrates her 47th birthday and thanks the blessings, praying for peace and prosperity for the country and the people zh 28 February 2020 7 June 2025 joy.online.sh.cn 20 October 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231020194531/https://joy.online.sh.cn/content/2020-02/28/content_9509804.htm dead November 1 — Li Xiaoshuang, gymnasthttp://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LIXIA01 https://web.archive.org/web/20121024030748/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LIXIA01 24 October 2012 dead Xiaoshuang Li databaseOlympics.com Deaths January 8 — Dong Xiwen, painter, best known for The Founding Ceremony of the Nation (b. 1914) January 16 — Nellie Yu Roung Ling, dancer, lady-in-waiting for Empress Dowager Cixi (b. 1882)https://www.setn.com/News.aspx?NewsID=837914 她曾教慈禧太后跳現代舞 晚年悽慘遭紅衛兵批鬥斷雙腿！ She once taught Empress Dowager Cixi modern dance, and in her later years she was miserably criticized and persecuted by the Red Guards and had her legs broken! SET News 27 October 2020 7 June 2025 zh March 10 — Li Mi, high-ranking Nationalist general (b. 1902) April 23 — Mei Ju-ao, jurist, professor, politician, and author (b. 1904) April 28 — Yuan Changying, writer (b. 1894) June 2 — Zhang Dongsun, philosopher, public intellectual, and political figure (b. 1886) July 1 — Zhang Shizhao, journalist, educator, and politician (b. 1881) July 19 — Feng Baiju, chief leader of the Hainan Independent Column of the CCP in Hainan Island (b. 1903) July 20 — Bruce Lee, Hong Kong-American martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and philosopher (b. 1940) September 13 — Sun Fo, politician and high-ranking official in the Kuomintang (b. 1891) October 20 — Soong Ai-ling, businesswoman and the eldest of the Soong sisters (b. 1889) See also Chinese films of 1973 References 1973 in China Category:Years of the 20th century in China