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1954
Events in the year 1954 in China.
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 (starting September 27)
Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China: Dong Biwu (until September 15), Chen Yun (starting September 15)
Governors
Governor of Anhui Province: Zeng Xisheng
Governor of Fujian Province: Zhang Dingcheng then Ye Fei
Governor of Gansu Province: Deng Baoshan
Governor of Guangdong Province: Tao Zhu
Governor of Guizhou Province: Yang Yong (until unknown)
Governor of Hebei Province: Yang Xiufeng then Lin Tie
Governor of Heilongjiang Province: Chen Lei then Han Guang
Governor of Henan Province: Wu Zhipu
Governor of Hubei Province: Li Xiannian then Liu Zihou
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 (starting August)
Governor of Qinghai Province: Zhang Zhongliang then Sun Zuobin
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
January 1 — The First five-year plan began, this would be the basis of the rest of the 5 Year Plans later introuduced through the Peoples Republic of China.
September 20 — The first meeting of the National People's Congress in Beijing unanimously approved the 1954 Constitution of the People's Republic of China, the first constitution in the PRC since the state's founding
June 30 — The 1953 Chinese Census started which was the official national census in Modern Chinese History.
October 1 — The China Construction Bank was founded.
Other
In 1954, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions began a nationwide technological innovation movement.Kennedy Andrew B. Rebellious Follower: China's Search for Science, Technology, and Innovation Oxford University Press 2026 9780197824658 10.1093/9780197824689.001.0001 free46 Emphasizing workers' contributions to technology, it called for learning from the Soviet experience while "giving full play to the talents and wisdom of the laboring masses."46-47
Fuzhou Battery Factory, as predecessor of Nanfu Battery was founded in Fujian Province.The Development of NanFu Alkaline Batteries https://www.nanfubatteries.com/blog/the-development-of-nanfu-alkaline-batteries_b12 2026-02-09 FUJIAN NANPING NANFU BATTERY CO., LTD en
Births
January
January 9 — Cao Wenxuan, novelist
January 23 — You Quan, 12th Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
February
February 1 — Chen Peisi, sketch comedian, film and stage actor and voice actor
February 18 — Maria Cordero, Macanese singer, actress, TV host and DJ
February 20 — Li Xuejian, actor
Wei Fenghe, 12th Minister of National Defense
Xue Yanzhong, politician
March
March 16 — Ma Ju-feng, Taiwanese actor (d. 2018)
March 28 — Zhu Shimao, comedian, sketch actor and actor
April
April 7 — Jackie Chan, Hong Kong actor, director, writer, producer, martial artist and stuntman
April 22 — Han Zheng, 11th Vice President of China
May
May 15 — Yang Chuantang, 12th Minister of Transport
Yin Qing, composer
June
June 14 — Huang Jianxin, filmmaker
July
July 3 — Billy Lau, Hong Kong film actor
July 4 — Ba Ge, Taiwanese actor and television host (d. 2022)
July 20 — Lo Ta-yu, Taiwanese singer and songwriter
Zhao Yupei, surgeon and politician
August
August 12 — Leung Chun-ying, 3rd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
September
September 22 — Jiang Dingzhi, 7th Governor of Hainan
September 23 — Du Xian, news anchor, journalist and professor
Liu Yuejun, general of the People's Liberation Army
October
October 5 — Luo Huining, 15th Secretary of the Qinghai Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
October 10 — Han Changfu, politician
October 16 — Guo Shengkun, politician and business executive
October 20 — Alexander Fu Sheng, Hong Kong martial arts actor (d. 1983)
October 23 — Ang Lee, Taiwanese actor
October 24 — Wang Jianlin, business magnate, investor and philanthropist
Huang Xingguo, 15th Mayor of Tianjin
November
November 3 — Brigitte Lin, Taiwanese actress
November 4 — Pan Hong, film actress
Feng Xiaoning, film director, screenwriter and cinematographer
December
December 9 — Li Xiuming, film actress
December 18 — Jiang Lili, actress
Dates unknown
Batdorj-in Baasanjab, actor of Mongol descent
Deaths
January 3 — Yu Yan, physician and writer (b. 1879)
April 2 — Liang Siyong, anthropologist and archaeologist (b. 1904)
June 3 — Wang Yaoqing, actor and singer (b. 1881)
June 29 — Tang Enbo, nationalist general (b. 1898)
August 17 — Gao Gang, 1st Chairman of the State Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China (b. 1905)
November 3 — Chen Jitang, nationalist military officer (b. 1890)
Dates unknown
Ma Hushan, Chinese Muslim general of the Ma clique (b. 1910)
See also
1954 in Chinese film
References
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