Events in the year 1954 in China.

Incumbents

* Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party:

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:

* Premier of the People's Republic of China:

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 from 1 October 1949 until his death on 8 January 1976. Zhou served under Chairman Ma ...

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 ...

: Liu Shaoqi *

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 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 ...

(starting September 27) * Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China:

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 ...

(until September 15),

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 ...

(starting September 15)

Governors

* Governor of Anhui Province: Zeng Xisheng * Governor of Fujian Province:

Zhang Dingcheng Zhang Dingcheng (; December 1898 – December 16, 1981) was a politician of the People's Republic of China, Procurator–General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate from 1954 to 1975.

then

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 Ch ...

* 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:

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: Yang Yong (until unknown) * Governor of Hebei Province:

Yang Xiufeng Yang Xiufeng ( Chinese: 杨秀峰; Pinyin: ''Yáng Xiùfēng''; February 24, 1897 – c. November 10, 1983) was a Chinese politician and the President of the Supreme People's Court of China. Biography Yang Xiufeng was born in Qian'an, Hebei in ...

then

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: Chen Lei then Han Guang * 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:

Li Xiannian Li Xiannian (pronounced ; 23 June 1909 – 21 June 1992) was a Chinese Communist military and political leader, President of the People's Republic of China (''de jure'' head of state) from 1983 to 1988 under Paramount Leader Deng Xiaoping and t ...

then

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 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:

Tan Zhenlin Tan Zhenlin (; 24 April 1902 – 30 September 1983) was a political commissar in the People's Liberation Army during the Chinese Civil War, and a politician after the establishment of the People's Republic of China. Tan Zhenlin was born in You C ...

* 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: Du Zheheng (starting August) * Governor of Qinghai Province:

Zhang Zhongliang Zhang Zhongliang ( Chinese: 张仲良; 1907–1983) was a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He was born in Yao County, Shaanxi Province where he joined the Communist Party in February 1931. He was the secretary of the CCP Qinghai commit ...

then 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:

Kang Sheng Kang Sheng (; 4 November 1898 – 16 December 1975) was a Chinese Communist politician best known for having overseen the CCP's internal security and intelligence apparatus during the early 1940s and again at the height of the Cultural Revolu ...

* Governor of Shanxi Province:

Pei Lisheng 200px, right Pei Lisheng (; October 31, 1906 – March 18, 2000) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Yuanqu County, Shanxi Province. He was a graduate of Tsinghua University. He was twice governor of his home province (Sep ...

* Governor of Sichuan Province: Li Jingquan * Governor of Yunnan Province: Chen Geng * Governor of Zhejiang Province:

Events

* September 20 – the first meeting of the

National People's Congress The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (NPC; ), or simply the National People's Congress, is constitutionally the supreme state authority and the national legislature of the People's Republic of China. With 2,9 ...

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 ...

unanimously approved the 1954 Constitution of the People's Republic of China, the first constitution in the PRC since the state's founding * October 1 – The

China Construction Bank China Construction Bank Corporation (CCB) is one of the " big four" banks in China. In 2015, CCB was the 2nd largest bank in the world by market capitalization and 6th largest company in the world. The bank has approximately 13,629 domestic branc ...

was founded. * Unknown date – Fuzhou Battery Factory, as predecessor of Nanfu Battery was founded in

Fujian Province Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its cap ...

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