1971 in China
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Events from the year 1971 in China.
Incumbents[edit]
- 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 Ching-ling and Dong Biwu
- Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China – Lin Biao (until 13 September), Deng Xiaoping (starting 13 September)
Governors[edit]
- 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[edit]
March[edit]
- March 26 – Cameroon and the People's Republic of China established bilateral relations.[1]
May[edit]
- May 26 – Austria and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations.
June[edit]
- June 10 – The U.S. ends its trade embargo of China.
September[edit]
- 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[edit]
- October 25 – The United Nations General Assembly admits the People's Republic of China and expels the Republic of China (Taiwan).
November[edit]
- 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[edit]
- January 26 – Li Ming, Chinese footballer and football executive
- October 29 – Ma Huateng, Chinese business magnate, founder of TenCent
- November 12 – Chen Guangcheng, Chinese civil rights activist
Deaths[edit]
- April 29 - Li Siguang, Chinese scientist. the founder of China's geomechanics (born 1899)
- September 13 –
- Lin Biao, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (plane crash) (born 1907)[2]
- Lin Liguo, the son of the Chinese Communist military leader Lin Biao (born 1945)
- Ye Qun, the wife of the Chinese Communist military leader Lin Biao (born 1945)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Milutin Tomanović, ed. (1972). Hronika međunarodnih događaja 1971 [The Chronicle of International Events in 1971] (in Serbo-Croatian). Belgrade: Institute of International Politics and Economics. p. 2598.
- ^ 1971年9月13日 林彪叛国出逃坠机身亡. china.org.cn. 11 September 2009. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
"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"