1971 in China

Events from the year 1971 in China.

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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 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
  • 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
Kissinger, shown here with Zhou Enlai and Mao Zedong, negotiated rapprochement with China.

March

May

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
  • October 29 – Ma Huateng, Chinese business magnate, founder of TenCent
  • November 12 – Chen Guangcheng, Chinese civil rights activist

Deaths
  • 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
  • 1971 in Chinese film

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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"
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