Events in the year 1961 in China. The country had an estimated population of 695 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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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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 The chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress is the presiding officer of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC), which is the permanent body of the National People's Congress, highest orga ...

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Zhu De Zhu De (; ; also Chu Teh; 1 December 1886 – 6 July 1976) was a Chinese general, military strategist, politician and revolutionary in the Chinese Communist Party. Born into poverty in 1886 in Sichuan, he was adopted by a wealthy uncle at ...

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 ...

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Soong Ching-ling Rosamond Soong Ch'ing-ling (27 January 189329 May 1981) was a Chinese political figure. As the third wife of Sun Yat-sen, then Premier of the Kuomintang and President of the Republic of China, she was often referred to as Madame Sun Yat-sen. ...

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Dong Biwu Dong Biwu (; 5 March 1886 – 2 April 1975) was a Chinese communist revolutionary and politician, who served as acting Chairman of the People's Republic of China between 1972 and 1975. Early life Dong Biwu was born in Huanggang, Hubei to ...

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 ...

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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 –

Wu Hongxiang Wu may refer to: States and regions on modern China's territory *Wu (state) (; och, *, italic=yes, links=no), a kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period 771–476 BCE ** Suzhou or Wu (), its eponymous capital ** Wu County (), a former county i ...

* Governor of Gansu Province –

Deng Baoshan Deng Baoshan () (1894 – November 27, 1968) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Tianshui, Gansu Province. He was commander of the New 1st Army. During the Xi'an Incident of 1936, he supported Zhang Xueliang and Yang Huch ...

* Governor of Guangdong Province – Chen Yu * Governor of Guizhou Province – Zhou Lin * Governor of Hebei Province –

Liu Zihou Liu Zihou (; December 1909 – December 22, 2001) was a Communist revolutionary leader and politician of the People's Republic of China. He served as Governor of Hubei and Hebei provinces, and as the top leader of Hebei during the Cultural Revol ...

* Governor of Heilongjiang Province –

Li Fanwu Li Fanwu () (May 3, 1912 – 1986) original name Li Fude (), also known as Zhang Song (), was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Muling, Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang Province. He was governor of his home province. He was a dele ...

* Governor of Henan Province –

Wu Zhipu Wu Zhipu () (1906–1967) was the first CPC governor of Henan and CPC Committee Secretary of Henan. He was born in Henan. Wu pressured his subordinates to harvest grain well in excess of official quotas during the Great Leap Forward The Grea ...

* Governor of Hubei Province –

Zhang Tixue Zhang Tixue () (1915–1973) born Zhang Tizhao () was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Xin County, Henan Province. He was Communist Party of China Committee Secretary and Governor of Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hup ...

* Governor of Hunan Province –

Cheng Qian Cheng Qian (; 31 March 1882 – 5 April 1968) was a Chinese army officer and politician who held very important military and political positions in both the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China.Wolfgang Bartke, ''Who was Who in the ...

* Governor of Jiangsu Province –

Hui Yuyu Hui Yuyu () (1909 – July 1989) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was the older brother of Zhou Hui, Communist Party of China Committee Secretary of Hunan and Inner Mongolia. He was born in Guannan County, Jiangsu Province. He was t ...

* 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, a ...

* Governor of Jilin Province – Li Youwen * Governor of Liaoning Province – Huang Oudong * Governor of Qinghai Province – Yuan Renyuan * Governor of Shaanxi Province – Zhao Boping * Governor of Shandong Province –

Tan Qilong Tan Qilong (; 3 January 1913 – 22 January 2003) was a politician in the People's Republic of China. Over his long career, he served as the Communist Party Chief, the top government official, of four different provinces: Zhejiang (twice), Shand ...

* Governor of Shanxi Province –

Wei Heng Wei Heng (; 1915 – 29 January 1967), also known as Wei Laiyu (), was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician from Shanxi province. He was the Communist Party First Secretary and top leader of Shanxi province until he was overthro ...

* Governor of Sichuan Province – Li Dazhang * Governor of Yunnan Province – Ding Yichuan * Governor of Zhejiang Province –

Zhou Jianren Zhou Jianren (; 1888–1984) was a politician and biologist of the People's Republic of China. He was the younger brother of Lu Xun and Zhou Zuoren. When the office of the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress was ...

Events

* until February 9 -

Campaign at the China–Burma border Campaign or The Campaign may refer to: Types of campaigns * Campaign, in agriculture, the period during which sugar beets are harvested and processed *Advertising campaign, a series of advertisement messages that share a single idea and theme *Bl ...

* July 11 - Signing of the

Sino-North Korean Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty The China-DPRK Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, or The Sino-North Korean Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty is a treaty signed on 11 July 1961 between North Korea and China. The treaty is currently the only def ...

* Continuing

Great Chinese Famine The Great Chinese Famine () was a period between 1959 and 1961 in the history of the People's Republic of China (PRC) characterized by widespread famine. Some scholars have also included the years 1958 or 1962. It is widely regarded as the dead ...

Other events

* Establishment of the Logistical Engineering University of PLA, in

Chongqing Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Romanization, alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality in Southwes ...

* April 27 – A

container shipping Containerization is a system of intermodal freight transport using intermodal containers (also called shipping containers and ISO containers). Containerization is also referred as "Container Stuffing" or "Container Loading", which is the pro ...

and logistics brand on worldwide,

COSCO China Ocean Shipping Company, Limited, formerly China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company, commonly known for its abbreviated name COSCO Group, or simply, COSCO, is a former Chinese Government owned shipping and logistics services supplier compan ...

was founded. *　Establishment of Oil Worker's Children Middle School, in

Ranghulu District Ranghulu District () is a district of Daqing, Heilongjiang Heilongjiang () Postal romanization, formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a Provinces of China, province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the provinc ...

Daqing Daqing (; alternately romanized as Taching) is a prefecture-level city in the west of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. The name literally means "Great Celebration". Daqing is known as the "Oil Capital of China" and has experi ...

Heilongjiang Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...

Sports

* April 5 to April 14 - 1961 World Table Tennis Championships

References