1955 in China

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Events in the year 1955 in China. The country had an estimated population of 605 million people.[1]

## Incumbents[edit]

* Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party: Mao Zedong
* President of the People's Republic of China: Mao Zedong
* Premier of the People's Republic of China: Zhou Enlai
* Chairman of the National People's Congress: Liu Shaoqi
* Vice President of the People's Republic of China: Zhu De
* Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China: Chen Yun

### Governors[edit]

* Governor of Anhui Province: Zeng Xisheng then Huang Yan
* Governor of Fujian Province: Ye Fei
* Governor of Gansu Province: Deng Baoshan
* Governor of Guangdong Province: Tao Zhu
* Governor of Guizhou Province: Zhou Lin
* Governor of Hebei Province: Lin Tie
* Governor of Heilongjiang Province: Han Guang
* Governor of Henan Province: Wu Zhipu
* Governor of Hubei Province: Liu Zihou then Zhang Tixue
* Governor of Hunan Province: Cheng Qian
* Governor of Jiangsu Province: Tan Zhenlin then Hui Yuyu
* Governor of Jiangxi Province: Shao Shiping
* Governor of Jilin Province: Li Youwen
* Governor of Liaoning Province: Du Zheheng
* Governor of Qinghai Province: Sun Zuobin
* Governor of Shaanxi Province: Zhao Shoushan
* Governor of Shandong Province: Kang Sheng then Zhao Jianmin
* Governor of Shanxi Province: Pei Lisheng
* Governor of Sichuan Province: Li Jingquan then Li Dazhang
* Governor of Yunnan Province: Chen Geng then Guo Yingqiu
* Governor of Zhejiang Province: Tan Zhenlin then Sha Wenhan

## Events[edit]

* Continuing Kuomintang Islamic insurgency in China
* January 18 to January 20 - Battle of Yijiangshan Islands
* January 19 to February 26 - Battle of Dachen Archipelago
* January 29 - Formosa Resolution of 1955
* April 11 - Kashmir Princess
* until May 1 - First Taiwan Strait Crisis
* August - Start of the Sufan movement
* September–November Bumper rice and wheat crop

### Other events[edit]

* July - Opening of Taizhou Luqiao Airport
* Opening of the Chongqing Zoo
* Completion of the Sino-Soviet Friendship Building, in Shanghai

#### Other establishments[edit]

* Pingshi Prison
* Shushan Prison
* Sunan Shuofang International Airport

## Education[edit]

* Establishments:
* Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
* China Foreign Affairs University
* Chongqing Communication Institute
* Chongqing No.1 Middle School
* Guangdong Institute of Education
* Zhongyuan University of Technology

## Sports[edit]

* Establishment of Jilin FC

## Births[edit]

* Li Qiang
* Mai Cheng
* Yang Yumin
* Lu Ke
* Ding Lieyun
* Jing Yidan
* Wang Jiasheng

## Deaths[edit]

* Hong Shen
* Huang Binhong
* Shi Dongshan

## See also[edit]

* 1955 in Chinese film

## References[edit]

1. ^ Fernand Braudel (1989). Gramática das Civilizações (in Portuguese). teorema. p. 202.

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