Events in the year 1949 in China.

Incumbents

Republic of China: * President:

Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 ...

(-January 21), Li Zongren (January 21-) * Premiers: Sun Fo, He Yingqin, Yan Xishan People's Republic of China: *

Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party The Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party () was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party. The position was established at the 8th National Congress in 1945 and abolished at the 12th National Congress in 1982, bei ...

: Mao Zedong * Chairman of the Government: Mao Zedong *

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: Zhou Enlai

Events

January

* 21 January —

resigns from the presidency in a "temporary absence". Vice President Li Zongren was named as the successor

April

* 23 April — Communists capture the KMT's capital, Nanjing

June

* the Communist Party organised a "

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC, zh, 中国人民政治协商会议), also known as the People's PCC (, ) or simply the PCC (), is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of ...

" (CPPCC) to prepare for the establishment of a "New Democracy" regime to replace the Kuomintang-dominated Republic of China government

July

* Tropical storm Irma kills 1,600 people and destroys more than 63,000 houses in Shanghai, the worst typhoon on record in the city.

September

*21 September — The first meeting of the CPPCC, which was attended by the Communist Party along with eight aligned parties *27 September — Establishment of the Flag of the People's Republic of China (), a red field charged in the

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(upper corner nearest the flagpole) with five golden stars.

October

* 1 October – The People's Republic of China is officially proclaimed in Beijing * 17 October – Chinese communist troops take Guangzhou. * 25–27 October — Battle of Guningtou in Kinmen, Fujian * 27 October — Chinese communist troops fail to take Kinmen in the Battle of Kuningtou; their advance towards Taiwan is halted.

December

* 8 December — The government of the

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...

finishes its evacuation to Taiwan, and declares Taipei its temporary capital city. * 17 December — Burma recognizes the People's Republic of China. * 30 December — India recognizes the People's Republic of China.

Deaths

* September 6 –

Yang Hucheng Yang Hucheng () (26 November 1893 – 6 September 1949) was a Chinese general during the Warlord Era of Republican China and Kuomintang general during the Chinese Civil War. Yang Hucheng joined the Xinhai Revolution in his youth and had bec ...

, a Chinese warlord during the Warlord Era of Republican China and Kuomintang general during the Chinese Civil War (born 1893)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:1949 In The People's Republic Of China Years of the 20th century in China

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