The following lists events in the year

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

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 ...

* Chairman of the Congress – Ye Jianying (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 198 ...

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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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(until September 13), Wan Li (starting September 13)

Governors

* Governor of Anhui Province – Zhang Jingfu * Governor of Fujian Province – Ma Xingyuan * Governor of Gansu Province –

Feng Jixin Feng Jixin () (1915–2005) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Jinzhai County, Anhui Province. A member of the New Fourth Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War, he was sent to Nenjiang Province (now part of Heilongjiang ...

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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 – Xi Zhongxun * Governor of Guizhou Province – Su Gang (starting unknown) * Governor of Hebei Province –

Li Erzhong Li Erzhong () (1914–2010) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million peo ...

(starting unknown) * Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Chen Lei * Governor of Henan Province –

Liu Jie Liu Jie (; 17 February 1915 – 23 September 2018) was a Chinese communist politician. From 1960 to the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution he was minister of the Second Ministry of Machine Building which was responsible for the nuclear industry. S ...

* Governor of Hubei Province – Chen Pixian then

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 Sun Guozhi (; January 1917 – April 21, 2005) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Laiyuan County, Hebei. He was People's Congress Chairman of both his home province and Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of ...

* Governor of Jiangsu Province – Hui Yuyu * Governor of Jiangxi Province – Bai Dongcai * Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Enmao then

Yu Ke Yu Ke () (1913–2004), original name Yu Wen (), was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Changchun, Jilin Province. He was governor and People's Congress Chairman of his home province. He was a delegate to the 5th National Peo ...

* Governor of Liaoning Province – Chen Puru (starting unknown) * Governor of Qinghai Province –

Zhang Guosheng Zhang may refer to: Chinese culture, etc. * Zhang (surname) (張/张), common Chinese surname ** Zhang (surname 章), a rarer Chinese surname * Zhang County (漳县), of Dingxi, Gansu * Zhang River (漳河), a river flowing mainly in Henan * ''Zha ...

* Governor of Shaanxi Province – Yu Mingtao * Governor of Shandong Province –

Su Yiran Su Yiran (; 5 November 1918 – 7 June 2021) was a Chinese revolutionary and politician. He served as party chief of Shandong from 1982 to 1985, and governor of Shandong from 1979 to 1982. He was a member of the 11th and 12th Central Committee ...

* Governor of Shanxi Province – Luo Guibo * Governor of Sichuan Province – Lu Dadong * 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 Li Fengping (1912–2008) was a politician of the People's Republic of China. He was born in Tongliang District, Chongqing, which was then part of Sichuan Province. He attended the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party in Yan'an, Sha ...

Events

*May 20 – Guangming Huaqiao Electronic Industry, as predecessor of Konka Group was founded.

Establishments

Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission The Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (), commonly referred to as ''Zhongyang Zhengfawei'' (中央政法委, literally "Central Poli-Legal Commission") in Chinese, is the organization under the Central Committee of the Chinese Commu ...

* Shenzhen Special Economic Zone * State Intellectual Property Office *

Tianjin Zoo Tianjin Zoo is located in Nankai District, Tianjin, China, as the south-most part of the Water Park A water park (or waterpark, water world) is an amusement park that features water play areas such as swimming pools, water slides, splash pads ...

* World Economic Herald *

Xiamen Special Economic Zone Xiamen Special Economic Zone (), established in October 1980, is one of the five special economic zones in the People's Republic of China. Originally comprising a territory of 2.5 km2 in Xiamen City, it was expanded to 131 km2 in 1984, cov ...

Yan'an Ershilipu Airport Yan'an Ershilipu Airport was a dual-use military and public airport serving the city of Yan'an in Shaanxi Province, China. It was opened in 1980, replacing the former Yan'an Dongguan Airport which was built in January 1936. It was closed on 8 ...

Zhuhai Special Economic Zone Zhuhai Special Economic Zone (Chinese: 珠海经济特区), established on 5 August 1980, is one of the five special economic zones in the People's Republic of China. Originally comprising a territory of 6.1 km2 in Zhuhai City, it was expanded ...

Culture

* 1980 in Chinese film

Sport

* China at the 1980 Winter Olympics won no medals

Births

5 November Events Pre-1600 *1138 – Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign. *1499 – The '' Catholicon'', written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tréguier, is published; this is the first Bret ...

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Qi Jianhua Qi Jianhua (齐建华; born November 5, 1980) is a Chinese volleyball player. She currently plays club ball for Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province i ...

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7 November Events Pre-1600 * 335 – Athanasius is banished to Trier, on the charge that he prevented a grain fleet from sailing to Constantinople. * 680 – The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople. * 921 – Treaty of ...

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Sam Chui Sam Chui (; zh, link=no, 崔佳星; born 7 November 1980) is a Chinese-born Australian aviation and travel vlogger, photographer, and author. He has written four books including ''Air1'', ''Air2'', ''Air 3'', and ''Air747''. Chui is also a Y ...

, Chinese-Australian aviation and travel blogger, photographer, and author

Deaths

*10 March –

Zhang Fakui Zhang Fakui (2 September 1896 – 10 March 1980) was a Chinese Nationalist general who fought against northern warlords, the Imperial Japanese Army and Chinese Communist forces in his military career. He served as commander-in-chief of the 8 ...

, Nationalist general (born 1896) *3 July –

Deng Hua Deng Hua (; 28 April 1910 – 3 July 1980) was a general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army. He was the Deputy Commander of the People's Volunteer Army. After Marshal Peng Dehuai returned to China for medical treatment, Deng Hua became the A ...

, general (born 1910) *1 August –

Guan Linzheng Guan Linzheng (; 1905–1980) was a highly successful Chinese general in the Kuomintang who fought against both the Communists and the Imperial Japanese Army, and was a recipient of Order of Blue Sky and White Sun, the highest honor for a Chinese ...

, Nationalist general (born 1905) *10 October –

Zhao Dan Zhao Dan (June 27, 1915 – October 10, 1980) was a Chinese actor popular in the golden age of Chinese Cinema. Biography Zhao first became famous working in the Mingxing Film Company in the 1930s including playing opposite Zhou Xuan in '' St ...

, actor (born 1915)

References

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