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Events from the year 1972 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 – Deng Xiaoping

### Governors

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* Governor of Anhui Province - Li Desheng
* Governor of Fujian Province - Han Xianchu
* Governor of Gansu Province - Xian Henghan
* Governor of Guangdong Province - Liu Xingyuan (until April), Ding Sheng (starting April)
* Governor of Guizhou Province - Lan Yinong
* Governor of Hebei Province - Liu Zihou
* Governor of Heilongjiang Province - 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
* Governor of Shanxi Province - Xie Zhenhua
* Governor of Sichuan Province - Zhang Guohua (until March), Liu Xingyuan (starting March)
* Governor of Yunnan Province - Zhou Xing
* Governor of Zhejiang Province - Nan Ping

## Events

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* Shanghai Communiqué
* Nixon goes to China \- 1972 Nixon visit to China \- Nixon's China Game
* Japan-China Joint Communiqué
* Typhoon Ora
* Three Communiqués

## Births

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* Kang Hui
* Zheng Yongshan
* Liang Qin
* Xiao Jiangang
* Hu Haifeng

## Deaths

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* Chen Yi \- January 6
* Zhang Guohua \- February 21
* Xie Fuzhi \- March 26
* Chen Zhengren \- April 6

## See also

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* 1972 in Chinese film

## References

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