1953 in China
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Events in the year 1953 in China.
Incumbents
- Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Mao Zedong
- Chairman of the Government – Mao Zedong
- Vice Chairmen of the Government – Zhu De Liu Shaoqi, Song Qingling, Li Jishen, Zhang Lan, Gao Gang
- Premier – Zhou Enlai
- Vice Premiers – Dong Biwu, Chen Yun, Guo Moruo, Huang Yanpei, Deng Xiaoping
Governors
- Governor of Anhui Province – Zeng Xisheng
- Governor of Fujian Province – Zhang Dingcheng
- Governor of Gansu Province – Deng Baoshan
- Governor of Guangdong Province – Ye Jianying (until September), Tao Zhu (starting September)
- Governor of Guizhou Province – Yang Yong
- Governor of Hebei Province – Yang Xiufeng
- Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Zhao Dezun then Chen Lei
- Governor of Henan Province – Wu Zhipu
- Governor of Hubei Province – Li Xiannian
- 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
- Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhang Zhongliang
- 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
- July 15 – FAW Group (First Automobile Group) was founded.[citation needed]
- July 27 – The Korean War ends: United Nations Command (Korea) (United States), People's Republic of China, North Korea sign an armistice agreement.
- September 5 – The United Nations rejects the Soviet Union's suggestion to accept the People's Republic of China as a member.
Births
- July 8 - Zhou Long, Pulitzer-prize-winning Chinese American composer
- April 4 - Chen Yi, Chinese violinist and composer of contemporary classical music
- Jing Jing Luo, a Chinese composer
- June 15 - Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party (paramount leader) and 7th President of China
Deaths
- September 17 – Wenxiu, consort of China's last emperor Puyi (born 1909).
- September 26 – Xu Beihong, Chinese painter (born 1895)
