Events in the year 1956 in China. The country had an estimated population of 620 million people.

Incumbents

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 Mao Zedong pronounced ; also romanised traditionally as Mao Tse-tung. (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC) ...

President of the People's Republic of China The president of the People's Republic of China, commonly called the president of China, is the head of state and the second-highest political office of the People's Republic of China. The presidency is constitutionally a largely ceremonial off ...

Premier of the People's Republic of China The premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, commonly called the premier of China and sometimes also referred to as the prime minister, is the head of government of China and leader of the State Council. The premier is ...

Zhou Enlai Zhou Enlai (; 5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was a Chinese statesman and military officer who served as the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, premier of the People's Republic of China from 1 October 1949 until his death on 8 J ...

* Chairman of the National People's Congress:

Liu Shaoqi Liu Shaoqi ( ; 24 November 189812 November 1969) was a Chinese revolutionary, politician, and theorist. He was Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee from 1954 to 1959, First Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party from 1956 to 1966 and C ...

Vice President of the People's Republic of China The vice president of the People's Republic of China (), also known as state vice chairman (), is a senior position in the government of the People's Republic of China. It was formerly translated as the vice chairman of the People's Republic of ...

: Zhu De *

Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China The vice premiers of the State Council of the People's Republic of China () are high-ranking officials under the premier and above the state councillors and ministers. Generally, the title is held by multiple individuals at any given time, with ...

Chen Yun Chen Yun (, pronounced ; 13 June 1905 – 10 April 1995) was one of the most influential leaders of the People's Republic of China during the 1980s and 1990s and one of the major architects and important policy makers for the Reform and op ...

Governors

* Governor of Anhui Province: Huang Yan * Governor of Fujian Province:

Ye Fei Ye Fei (; 7 May 1914 – 18 April 1999) was a Philippine-born Chinese military general and politician of the People's Republic of China. Born Sixto Mercado Tiongco in the Philippines to a Chinese father and a Filipino mother, he joined the Chi ...

* Governor of Gansu Province: Deng Baoshan * Governor of Guangdong Province:

Tao Zhu Tao Zhu (; 16 January 1908 – 30 November 1969) was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party . Biography Born in Qiyang, Hunan, Tao Zhu was Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Committee and Commander of the ...

* Governor of Guizhou Province: Zhou Lin * Governor of Hebei Province:

Lin Tie Lin Tie (; November 1904 – 17 August 1989) was a Communist revolutionary leader and politician of the People's Republic of China (PRC). He served as the first Communist Party Chief and the second Governor of Hebei province of the PRC, but was p ...

* Governor of Heilongjiang Province:

Han Guang Han Guang (died 206 BC) was the ruler of the Kingdom of Liaodong () of the Eighteen Kingdoms during the Chu–Han Contention, an interregnum between the Qin and Han dynasties of China. Han Guang was initially a minor official serving in the ...

then

Ouyang Qin Ouyang Qin () (1900 – May 15, 1978) original name Yang Qing (), was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Ningxiang County, Hunan Province and educated in Changsha. His parents died when he was young. In 1926, he participated ...

* Governor of Henan Province: Wu Zhipu * Governor of Hubei Province: Liu Zihou then Zhang Tixue * Governor of Hunan Province: Cheng Qian * Governor of Jiangsu Province: Hui Yuyu * Governor of Jiangxi Province:

Shao Shiping Shao Shiping () (1900–1965) was a Chinese politician. He was born in Yiyang County, Jiangxi Province in the People's Republic of China. He joined the Communist Youth League of China and the Communist Party of China in 1925. In January 1928, al ...

* Governor of Jilin Province:

Li Youwen Li Youwen () (1901–1984) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Liaoyang County, Liaoning Province. He served as Governor of Jilin Province. He was a delegate to the 5th National People's Congress The 5th National Peo ...

* Governor of Liaoning Province:

Du Zheheng Du Zheheng () (1910–1975) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Kaiyuan, Liaoning. In 1936, after attending Northeastern University, he went to Xi'an to participate in the Xi'an Incident. In 1937, he joined the Chinese Comm ...

* Governor of Qinghai Province: Sun Zuobin * Governor of Shaanxi Province:

Zhao Shoushan Zhao Shoushan (; 12 November 1894 – 20 June 1965) was a KMT general and later Chinese Communist Party politician. He is the grandfather of Zhao Leji. Career Zhao Shoushan was born in Hu County, Shaanxi in 1894. After the foundation of the Peop ...

* Governor of Shandong Province:

Zhao Jianmin Zhao Jianmin () (June 24, 1912 – April 8, 2012) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Guan County, Shandong Province. He was governor of his home province. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Zhao was political comissar for ...

* Governor of Shanxi Province: Pei Lisheng then Wang Shiying * Governor of Sichuan Province:

Li Dazhang Li Dazhang () ( December 1900 – May 3, 1976) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Hejiang County, Luzhou, Sichuan Province. In 1920 Li went to France on the same work-study leave scheme attended by numerous high level Comm ...

* Governor of Yunnan Province: Guo Yingqiu * Governor of Zhejiang Province:

Sha Wenhan Sha Wenhan (; 1908–1964), was a Chinese historian, revolutionary, educator and politician. He served as Governor of Zhejiang Province and President of Zhejiang University. Biography Sha was born 1908 in Yin County (now Yinzhou District, Nin ...

Events

* September 28 - First Plenary Session of the

8th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 8th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from 1956 to 1969. It was preceded by the 7th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. It held 12 plenary sessions in this period of 13 years. It was the longest serv ...

* September 28 - Election of the 8th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party *

Hundred Flowers Campaign The Hundred Flowers Campaign, also termed the Hundred Flowers Movement (), was a period from 1956 to 1957 in the People's Republic of China during which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) encouraged citizens to openly express their opinions of t ...

* Continuing Kuomintang Islamic insurgency in China

Other events

* Establishment of the

Chinese Skating Association The Chinese Skating Association (CSA) was founded in 1956. It hosts the annual Chinese Figure Skating Championships and the Cup of China. Notable people in Chinese figure skating *Yao Bin & Luan Bo Pairs team now coaches - first Chinese pair sk ...

* Establishment of the

Shanghai Natural History Museum The Shanghai Natural History Museum (; Shanghainese: Zånhae Zyzoe Pohvehguoe) is a museum dedicated to natural history in the city of Shanghai. It is one of the largest museums of natural sciences in China. Formerly housed in the Shanghai Cotto ...

* Hnhhot Huimin Cattle and Breeding Association, as predecessor of Yili Diary Group was founded in

Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...

. * Shaoxinggaoji High School is founded.

Education

* Establishments: ** Beijing University of Chinese Medicine **

Capital University of Economics and Business Capital University of Economics and Business (CUEB) () is a modern, multi-disciplinary financial and economic public university in Beijing, China. Founded in 1956 when the Ministry of Education founded the Beijing Economics Institute. In 1995, ...

Central Institute for Correctional Police The National Police University for Criminal Justice (), previously the Central Institute for Correctional Police, is a public university in Baoding, Hebei, China. The university, founded in 1956, is currently the only tertiary institution affiliat ...

Chongqing Medical University Chongqing Medical University (CQMU; ), previously referred to as the Chongqing University of Medical Sciences (CQUMS), was established in 1956 in Chongqing, China. It was originally a branch of the Shanghai First Medical College (now named the Sh ...

Chongqing Three Gorges University Chongqing Three Gorges University (CTGU, ), established in 1956, is a national comprehensive university in Wanzhou District, Chongqing, at the heart of the Three Gorges areas on the Yangtze River. It presently has a total enrolment of 13,000 full ...

** First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University **

Hangzhou Xuejun High School Hangzhou Xuejun High School (Chinese: 杭州学军中学) is a high school in Hangzhou China. The school is often referred to as one of the "three best high schools" in Hangzhou. Hangzhou Wenlan High School is attached to Hangzhou Xuejun High Scho ...

** High School Affiliated to Beijing International Studies University

Sports

* Establishment of Jilin Northeast Tigers *Chinese Sports Committee oversees creation of new, simplified (and shorter) 24 Form Tai Chi. Due to this official promotion, the 24-form is most likely the Taiji form with the most practitioners in China and the world over.

References

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