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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

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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Hu Yaobang Hu Yaobang (; 20 November 1915 – 15 April 1989) was a high-ranking official of the People's Republic of China. He held the top office of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1981 to 1987, first as Chairman from 1981 to 1982, then as Gen ...

(until September 12) *

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party The general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party () is the head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Since 1989, the CCP general secretary has been the paramount lead ...

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* Chairman of the National Congress –

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 overthre ...

(head of state) *

Premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of governm ...

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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 19 ...

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 China, People's Republic of China (PRC) from December 1978 to November 1989. Aft ...

* First Vice Premier –

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 ...

Governors

* Governor of Anhui Province – Zhou Zijian * Governor of Fujian Province – Ma Xingyuan * Governor of Gansu Province –

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 –

Liu Tianfu Liu Tianfu (; October 1908 – 21 April 2002) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician. He was a leader of the East River Column, an anti-Japanese guerrilla force in Guangdong during the Second Sino-Japanese War. From 1981 to 1983 ...

* Governor of Guizhou Province – Su Gang * Governor of Hebei Province –

Li Erzhong Li Erzhong () (1914–2010) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Hebei Province. He was governor of his home province (1980–1982). He was a delegate to the 5th National People's Congress The 5th National People's C ...

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Liu Bingyan Liu Bingyan () (1915–1998) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Hebei. He was governor of his home province. He was a delegate to the 1st National People's Congress, 5th National People's Congress and 6th National Peop ...

* Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Chen Lei * Governor of Henan Province –

Dai Suli Dai Suli () (21 November 1919 – 22 January 2000) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Xiangyuan County, Shanxi Province. He was governor of Henan Province (1981–1983). He was a member of the Central Advisory Commission. ...

(acting) then

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 ...

(acting) * Governor of Hubei Province –

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 – Sun Guozhi * 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 ...

then Han Peixin * Governor of Jiangxi Province –

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 ...

then Zhao Zengyi * Governor of Jilin Province – Yu Ke then Zhang Gensheng * Governor of Liaoning Province –

Chen Puru Chen Puru () (March 1918 – December 11, 1998) was a politician of the People's Republic of China. Born in Boxing, Shandong, Chen joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in October 1937. In January 1980, Chen became the governor of Liaoning ...

(until April) * Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhang Guosheng then Huang Jingbo * Governor of Shaanxi Province –

* Governor of Shandong Province – Su Yiran then Liang Buting * Governor of Shanxi Province –

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 S ...

* Governor of Sichuan Province –

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 Gu ...

Yang Xizong Yang Xizong (; September 1928 – 21 July 2007) was a politician of the People's Republic of China. He served as Communist Party Chief of Henan province and Governor of Sichuan province. Biography Yang Xizong was born in 1928 in Dayi County, Si ...

(starting December) * Governor of Yunnan Province –

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 – Li Fengping

Events

* 2nd Golden Rooster Awards * 12th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party * Qidong (meteorite) fell to earth *

Third National Population Census of the People's Republic of China The 1982 Chinese census, officially the Third National Population Census of the People's Republic of China, was conducted by the People's Republic of China with a zero hour of 1 July 1982.Aird, John S.The Preparations for China's 1982 Census. ''Th ...

Three Communiqués The Three Communiqués or Three Joint Communiqués () are a collection of three joint statements made by the governments of the United States and the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.). The communiqués played a crucial role in the establishme ...

Births

* May 5 – Jia Dandan * July 27 – Tang Li * April 3 – Liang Lei * April 14 – Zhao Shengbo * October 9 – Nian Yun

Deaths

Yang Tingbao Yang Tingbao (; 1901–1982) was a Chinese architect and architectural educator known as one of "the Four Modern Masters in Architecture" in mainland China, along with Liang Sicheng, Tung Chuin, and Liu Dunzhen. Education Born in Nanyang, Hena ...

Huang Xianfan Huang Xianfan ( zhuang: ; ) (November 13, 1899 – January 18, 1982) was a Zhuang Chinese historian, ethnologist and educator. He was the first college graduate of Zhuang ethnicity and trained at Peking National University under leading historia ...

* Wei Ming *

Mok Kwai-lan Mok Kwai-lan (; October 15, 1892 – November 3, 1982) was the fourth spouse of Lingnan martial arts grandmaster Wong Fei-hung. History Early life Born on October 15, 1892, a native of Nanhai in Guangdong. When Mok was a child, she was adopte ...

Pei Wenzhong PEI or Pei may refer to: Places *Matecaña International Airport, Pereira, Colombia, IATA code PEI * Pei County (沛县), Jiangsu, China *Pei Commandery (沛郡), a commandery in Chinese history *Prince Edward Island, a province of Canada *Pei, ...

* Liu Lanbo

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