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Events from the year 1971 in China.

## Incumbents

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* Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Mao Zedong
* President of the People's Republic of China – vacant
* Premier of the People's Republic of China – Zhou Enlai
* Chairman of the National People's Congress – Zhu De
* Vice President of the People's Republic of China – Soong Ching-ling and Dong Biwu
* Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China – Lin Biao (until 13 September), Deng Xiaoping (starting 13 September)

### Governors

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* Governor of Anhui Province - Li Desheng
* Governor of Fujian Province - Han Xianchu
* Governor of Gansu Province - Song Ping
* Governor of Guangdong Province - Liu Xingyuan
* Governor of Guizhou Province - Ma Li
* Governor of Hebei Province - Li Zaihe then Liu Zihou
* Governor of Heilongjiang Province - Pan Fusheng then Wang Jiadao
* Governor of Henan Province - Liu Jianxun
* Governor of Hubei Province - Zeng Siyu
* Governor of Hunan Province - Hua Guofeng
* Governor of Jiangsu Province - Xu Shiyou
* Governor of Jiangxi Province - Cheng Shiqing then She Jide
* Governor of Jilin Province - Wang Huaixiang
* Governor of Liaoning Province - Chen Xilian
* Governor of Qinghai Province - Liu Xianquan
* Governor of Shaanxi Province - Li Ruishan
* Governor of Shandong Province - Yang Dezhi (starting unknown)
* Governor of Shanxi Province - Liu Geping then Xie Zhenhua
* Governor of Sichuan Province - Zhang Guohua
* Governor of Yunnan Province - Zhou Xing
* Governor of Zhejiang Province - Nan Ping

## Events

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Kissinger, shown here with Zhou Enlai and Mao Zedong, negotiated rapprochement with China.

### March

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* March 26 – Cameroon and the People's Republic of China established bilateral relations.[1]

### May

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* May 26 – Austria and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations.

### June

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* June 10 – The U.S. ends its trade embargo of China.

### September

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* September 13 – The Chinese Communist military leader Lin Biao dies in a plane crash in Mongolia after what appeared to be a failed coup to oust Mao. After his death, he was officially condemned as a traitor.

### October

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* October 25 – The United Nations General Assembly admits the People's Republic of China and expels the Republic of China (Taiwan).

### November

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* November 23 – The People's Republic of China takes the Republic of China's seat on the United Nations Security Council (see China and the United Nations).
* Henry Kissinger secretly visits Beijing

## Births

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* January 26 - Li Ming, Chinese footballer and football executive
* October 29 - Ma Huateng, Chinese business magnate, founder of TenCent
* November 12 - Chen Guangcheng, Chinese civil rights activist

## Deaths

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* January 27 — Weng Wenhao, geologist and politician (b. 1889)
* April 25 — T.V. Soong, businessman, banker and politician (b. 1894)
* April 29 — Li Siguang, geologist and founder of China's geomechanics (b. 1889)
* June 15 — Xie Juezai, 3rd President of the Supreme People's Court (b. 1884)
* September 13 — Lin Biao Incident
* Lin Biao, 2nd Minister of National Defence and Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1907)[2]
* Ye Qun, politician and wife of Lin Biao (b. 1917)
* Lin Liguo, son of Lin Biao (b. 1945)
* October 27 — Zhang Jingwu, politician and lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army (b. 1906)

## See also

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* 1971 in Chinese film

## References

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1. ^ Milutin Tomanović, ed. (1972). Hronika međunarodnih događaja 1971 [The Chronicle of International Events in 1971] (in Serbo-Croatian). Belgrade: Institute of International Politics and Economics. p. 2598.
2. ^ 1971年9月13日 林彪叛国出逃坠机身亡. china.org.cn. 11 September 2009. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2019. ""9月13日凌晨3时，林彪乘坐的256号飞机在蒙古温都尔汗附近肯特省贝尔赫矿区南10公里处强行着陆坠毁""

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