Events in the year 1979 in the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

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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Hua Guofeng Hua Guofeng (; born Su Zhu; 16 February 1921 – 20 August 2008), alternatively spelled as Hua Kuo-feng, was a Chinese politician who served as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and Premier of the People's Republic of China. The design ...

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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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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Ye Jianying Ye Jianying (; 28 April 1897 – 22 October 1986) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary leader and politician, one of the founding Ten Marshals of the People's Republic of China. He was the top military leader in the 1976 coup that overthrew ...

Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference () is the leader of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), which is a political advisory body i ...

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Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping (22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997) was a Chinese revolutionary leader, military commander and statesman who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from December 1978 to November 1989. After CC ...

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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Governors

* Governor of Anhui Province –

Wan Li Wan Li (1 December 1916 – 15 July 2015) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician. During a long administrative career in the People's Republic of China, he served successively as Vice Premier, Chairman of the Standing Committee of ...

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Zhang Jingfu Zhang Jingfu or Zhang Jinfu (; 6 June 1914 – 31 July 2015) was a politician of the People's Republic of China. He served as Governor and Communist Party Secretary of Anhui province, Minister of Finance, and State Councilor of the 5th and 6th St ...

* Governor of Fujian Province –

Liao Zhigao Liao Zhigao (; May 20, 1913 – August 28, 2000) was a politician of the People's Republic of China. He was born in Mianning, Sichuan. He joined Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in April, 1934. Biography In 1949 he was the secretary of CCP's Xika ...

then Ma Xingyuan * Governor of Gansu Province –

Song Ping Song Ping (; born 30 April 1917) is a Chinese Communist revolutionary and a retired high-ranking politician. He was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, which effectively rules China, and is considered the ...

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Li Dengying Li Dengying () (1914–1996) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Shenmu County, Shaanxi Province. He was a member of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army early in life. He was governor of Gansu Gansu (, ; alterna ...

* Governor of Guangdong Province –

Wei Guoqing Wei Guoqing (; Zhuang: Veiz Gozcing; 2 September 1913 – 14 June 1989) was a Chinese government official, military officer and political commissar of Zhuang ethnicity. He served as the Chairman of Guangxi from 1958 to 1975 and on the Chines ...

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Xi Zhongxun Xi Zhongxun (15 October 1913 – 24 May 2002) was a Chinese communist revolutionary and a subsequent political official in the People's Republic of China. He is considered to be among the first and second generation of Chinese leadership. ...

* Governor of Guizhou Province – Ma Li (until unknown) * 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 – Yang Yichen then Chen Lei * Governor of Henan Province –

Duan Junyi Duan Junyi ( Chinese: 段君毅; March 13, 1910 – March 8, 2004) was a politician of the People's Republic of China. After the fall of Gang of Four, Duan served as the Minister of Railways of China. In October 1978, he became the first secret ...

then Liu Jie * Governor of Hubei Province –

Chen Pixian Chen Pixian (; March 20, 1916 – August 23, 1995) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician. He served in several prominent roles, including party chief of Shanghai and party chief of Hubei province. He was purged at the beginnin ...

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Han Ningfu Han Ningfu () (1915–1995) original name Yu Shu (), was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Gaotang County, Shandong Province. He was governor of Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the Pe ...

* Governor of Hunan Province –

Mao Zhiyong Mao Zhiyong (; November 1929 – 4 March 2019) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Yueyang, Hunan. He was Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary (1977–1988), governor (1977–1979) and Chinese People's Political Con ...

then Sun Guozhi * Governor of Jiangsu Province –

Xu Jiatun Xu Jiatun (; 10 March 1916 – 29 June 2016) was a Chinese politician and dissident. He was the Chinese Communist Party secretary of Jiangsu Province from 1977 to 1983 and the Governor of Jiangsu from 1977 to 1979. After sympathising with the ...

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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 –

Jiang Weiqing Jiang Weiqing () (November 26, 1910 – June 16, 2000) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Pingjiang County, Hunan Province. He was Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary and CPPCC Committee Chairman of Jiangsu Pro ...

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Bai Dongcai Bai Dongcai (; January 3, 1916 – April 1, 2014) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Qingjian County, Shaanxi Province. He was a relative of Bai Rubing, Communist Party Chief and governor of Shandong Province and Bai E ...

* Governor of Jilin Province –

Wang Enmao

Wang Enmao () (May 19, 1913 – April 12, 2001) was a People's Li ...

* Governor of Liaoning Province – vacant * Governor of Qinghai 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 ...

then Zhang Guosheng * Governor of Shaanxi Province –

Wang Renzhong Wang Renzhong (; January 15, 1917 – March 16, 1992) was a Chinese political leader. He was born to a peasant family in Jing County, Hebei. In November 1933, he joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). From 1938, he served as the vice director of ...

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Yu Mingtao Yu Mingtao (; November 1917 – May 28, 2017) was a politician of the People's Republic of China. He was the first Auditor General of National Audit Office of the People's Republic of China. He also served as governor of Shaanxi Province, and pr ...

* Governor of Shandong Province –

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 ...

then Su Yiran * Governor of Shanxi Province –

Wang Qian Wang Qian (; born 30 June 1993) is a Chinese sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weap ...

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Luo Guibo Luo Guibo (; Vietnamese: Lã Quý Ba) (1907–1995) was a Chinese diplomat and People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Nankang County, Jiangxi (modern Nankang District, Ganzhou). He was the first Chinese ambassador to Viet Nam in ...

* Governor of Sichuan Province –

Zhao Ziyang Zhao Ziyang ( zh, 赵紫阳; pronounced , 17 October 1919 – 17 January 2005) was a Chinese politician. He was the third premier of the People's Republic of China from 1980 to 1987, vice chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 198 ...

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Lu Dadong Lu Dadong (; 1915 – 28 August 1998) was a communist revolutionary and politician of the People's Republic of China. He served as Communist Party Chief of Chongqing city and Governor of Sichuan province. Biography Lu Dadong was a native of Guan ...

* Governor of Yunnan Province –

An Pingsheng An Pingsheng () (1917–1999) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was governor of Guangxi (1975–1977) and Secretary of the Communist Party of China Guangxi Committee (1975–1977). Born in Xi'an, Shaanxi. An was governor of Yunnan a ...

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Liu Minghui Liu Minghui () (1914–2010) was a People's Republic of China politician born in Shicheng County, Jiangxi Province. He was governor of Yunnan Province and police chief of Chongqing. He was a delegate to the 3rd National People's Congress ...

* Governor of Zhejiang Province –

Tie Ying Tie Ying (; 1916 – February 6, 2009) was a Chinese politician and People's Liberation Army major general. He was born in Nanle County, Henan Province. He was Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party's Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also ...

then Li Fengping

Events

January

* January 1 — The

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

broke diplomatic relations with Republic of China, and established

diplomatic relations Diplomacy comprises spoken or written communication by representatives of states (such as leaders and diplomats) intended to influence events in the international system.Ronald Peter Barston, ''Modern diplomacy'', Pearson Education, 2006, p. 1 ...

with the

. * January - The

One Child Policy The term one-child policy () refers to a Human population planning, population planning initiative in China implemented between 1980 and 2015 to curb Demographics of China#Population, the country's population growth by restricting many familie ...

is announced and implemented (est.)

February

* February 17 – The

invades northern

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

, launching the

Sino-Vietnamese War The Sino-Vietnamese War (also known by #Names, other names) was a border war fought between China and Vietnam in early 1979. China launched an offensive in response to Vietnam's Cambodian–Vietnamese War, actions against the Khmer Rouge in 1 ...

. * February 26 – The

Chiang Kai-shek International Airport Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport is an international airport serving Taipei and northern Taiwan. Located about west of Taipei in Dayuan District, Taoyuan, the airport is Taiwan's largest. It was also the busiest airport in Taiwan before ...

opens.

March

* March 5 – Zhuhai County was upgraded to

Zhuhai Zhuhai (, ; Yale: ''Jyūhói''), also known as Chuhai is a prefecture-level city located on the west bank of Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern Guangdong province, People's Republic of China, on the southeastern edge of Pearl ...

City. * March 14 – In

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, a

Hawker Siddeley Trident The Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident (originally the de Havilland DH.121 and briefly the Airco DH.121) is a British airliner produced by Hawker Siddeley. In 1957, de Havilland proposed its DH.121 trijet design to a British European Airways (B ...

crashes into a factory near

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 ...

, killing at least 260.

September

*September 27 – Stars Art Exhibition, the first independent art exhibition, takes place in

Beihai Park Beihai Park () is a public park and former imperial garden located in the northwestern part of the Imperial City, Beijing. First built in the 11th century, it is among the largest of all Chinese gardens and contains numerous historicall ...

, Beijing

Births

* February 9 –

Zhang Ziyi Zhang Ziyi (; ; born 9 February 1979) is a Chinese actress and model. She is regarded as one of the Four Dan Actresses of China. Her first major role was in '' The Road Home'' (1999). She later gained international recognition for her role in ...

, film actress * March 5 – Tang Gonghong, Chinese weightlifter * March 12 – Liu Xuan, Gymnast * August 27 –

Tian Liang Tian Liang (; born August 27, 1979) is a male Chinese actor and former diver. Diving career Tian won gold in the 10 m platform event in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. In the Summer Olympics 2004, he won the bronze medal in the 10 m platform event ...

, diver * December 10 –

Yang Jianping Yang Jianping (born 10 December 1979) is a Chinese recurve archer. Yang competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics where she came 6th in the women's team event and 29th in the individual. She also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics where she came ...

, archer

Deaths

* May 27 – Yao Zhe, People's Liberation Army lieutenant general (b.

1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...

) * June 1 –

Yang Zhongjian Yang Zhongjian, also Yang Chung-chien (; 1 June 1897 – 15 January 1979), courtesy name Keqiang (), also known as C.C. (Chung Chien) Young, was a Chinese paleontologist and zoologist. He was one of China's foremost vertebrate paleontologists. H ...

, vertebrate paleontologist (b.

1897 Events January–March * January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City. * January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a puniti ...

) *

Zheng Xiaocang Zheng Xiaocang (1892–1979; ), was a Chinese writer, translator, and educator. He is well known for his large publications about education in China. Zheng was a former acting president of Zhejiang University, and former president of Zhejiang No ...

, writer, translator, and educator (b.

1892 Events January–March * January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States. * February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado. * February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies for ...

)

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