Events from the year 1963 in China.

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 – Zhu De *

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 ...

– Soong Ching-ling and

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 –

Wei Jinshui Wei or WEI may refer to: States * Wey (state) (衛, 1040–209 BC), Wei in pinyin, but spelled Wey to distinguish from the bigger Wei of the Warring States * Wei (state) (魏, 403–225 BC), one of the seven major states of the Warring States per ...

* Governor of Gansu Province – Deng Baoshan * Governor of Guangdong Province – Chen Yu * Governor of Guizhou Province – Zhou Lin * Governor of Hebei Province – Liu Zihou * Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Li Fanwu * Governor of Henan Province –

Wen Minsheng Wen Minsheng () (1915–1997) was CPC Committee Secretary and Governor of Henan. Born in Shanxi. 1915 births 1997 deaths People's Republic of China politicians from Shanxi Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shanxi Governors o ...

* Governor of Hubei Province – 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 –

Huang Oudong Huang Oudong () (September 14, 1905 – November 28, 1993) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Yongfeng County, Jiangxi Province. He was Communist Party of China Committee Secretary (1954–1958), Governor (1958–1967) an ...

* Governor of Qinghai Province – Wang Zhao * Governor of Shaanxi Province –

Zhao Boping Zhao Boping () (July 1, 1902 – May 7, 1993) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Lantian County, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in February 1927. He was governor of his home province. He was ...

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Li Qiming Li Qiming () (September 1915 – December 19, 2007) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Shenchi County, Shanxi Province. He was governor of Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see #Name, § Name) is a landlocked Pr ...

(starting March) * 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 ...

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Bai Rubing Bai Rubing () (1912–1994) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Qingjian County, Shaanxi Province. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1928. He was a member of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and Eighth Rou ...

* 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 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 –

Ding Yichuan Ding may refer to: Bronze and ceramics * Ding (vessel), a bronze or ceramic cauldron used in ancient and early imperial China * Ding ware, ceramics produced in Dingzhou in medieval China People * Ding (surname) (丁), a Chinese surname and lis ...

* 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

* August 9 – According to Chinese government official confirmed document on 1986, a torrential heavy massive rain, with many

dam collapse A dam failure or dam burst is a catastrophic type of structural failure characterized by the sudden, rapid, and uncontrolled release of impounded water or the likelihood of such an uncontrolled release. Between the years 2000 and 2009 more than ...

, flood swept hit in

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

Tianjin Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popul ...

and Hebei Province, total 5,154 persons were human fatalities.

Births

* January 16 -

Pu Zhongjie Pu Zhongjie (; born January 16, 1963) is a Chinese businessman and entrepreneur. He founded the pharmaceutical company Lepu Group Co. Ltd. in 1998, and now serves as its Chairman, President, Technical director, Controller, and general manager. ...

, businessman and entrepreneur * February 20 - Cui Yongyuan, Chinese TV host * November - Hu Zhaoyun, entrepreneur and industrialistCPPCC Newspaper
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