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Events in the year 1959 in China. The country had an estimated population of 665 million people.^[1]

Incumbents

Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party: Mao Zedong
President of the People's Republic of China: Mao Zedong (until April 27), Liu Shaoqi (starting April 27)
Premier of the People's Republic of China: Zhou Enlai
Chairman of the National People's Congress: Liu Shaoqi (until April 27), Zhu De (starting April 27)
Vice President of the People's Republic of China: Zhu De (until April 27), Song Qingling & Dong Biwu (starting April 27)
Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China: Chen Yun

Governors

Events

Continuing Great Leap Forward
Continuing Great Chinese Famine
April - First plenary session of the 2nd National People's Congress, Liu Shaoqi was elected the President of China.
March 10 - Start of the 1959 Tibetan uprising
July 2 - Start of the Lushan Conference
October 1 - 10th anniversary of the People's Republic of China
Visit of Nikita Khrushchev from the Soviet Union: Photo of welcoming delegation: [1]

Other events

October 1 - Opening of Changfeng Park, in Putuo District, Shanghai
Opening of People's Park, in Xining, Qinghai
Establishment of Chaohu Prison, in Chaohu, Anhui
Establishment of the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of XMU, in Urumqi, Xinjiang
Establishment of the National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra
Establishment of the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping

Education

Establishments

Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, in Hefei, Anhui
Anhui University of Finance and Economics, in Bengbu, Anhui
Beijing Institute of Textile Technology
Yunnan Arts University, in Kunming, Yunnan

Births

Deaths

References

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

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

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+{{short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive -->
 {{Year in China|1959}}
-Events in the year '''1959 in [[China]]'''. The country had an estimated population of 665 million people.<ref>{{cite book |author= [[Fernand Braudel]]|date= 1989|title= Gramática das Civilizações|publisher= teorema|page= 202|language= Portuguese}}</ref>
+Events in the year '''1959 in China'''. The country had an estimated population of 665 million people.<ref>{{cite book |author= Fernand Braudel |author-link= Fernand Braudel |date= 1989|title= Gramática das Civilizações|publisher= teorema|page= 202|language= Portuguese}}</ref>
 ==Incumbents==
-* '''[[Chairman of the Communist Party of China]]: [[Mao Zedong]]'''
+* '''[[Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party]]: [[Mao Zedong]]'''
 * [[President of the People's Republic of China]]: [[Mao Zedong]] (until April 27), [[Liu Shaoqi]] (starting April 27)
 * [[Premier of the People's Republic of China]]: [[Zhou Enlai]]
 * [[Chairman of the National People's Congress]]: [[Liu Shaoqi]] (until April 27), [[Zhu De]] (starting April 27)
 * [[Vice President of the People's Republic of China]]: [[Zhu De]] (until April 27), [[Song Qingling]] & [[Dong Biwu]] (starting April 27)
+* [[Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China]]: [[Chen Yun]]
+=== Governors ===
+* [[Politics of Anhui|Governor of Anhui Province]]: [[Huang Yan (politician)|Huang Yan]]
+* [[Politics of Fujian|Governor of Fujian Province]]: [[Ye Fei]] then [[Jiang Yizhen]]
+* [[Gansu|Governor of Gansu Province]]: [[Deng Baoshan]]
+* [[Politics of Guangdong|Governor of Guangdong Province]]: [[Chen Yu (politician)|Chen Yu]]
+* [[Politics of Guizhou|Governor of Guizhou Province]]: [[Zhou Lin (politician)|Zhou Lin]]
+* [[Politics of Hebei|Governor of Hebei Province]]: [[Liu Zihou]]
+* [[Heilongjiang|Governor of Heilongjiang Province]]: [[Li Fanwu]]
+* [[Politics of Henan|Governor of Henan Province]]: [[Wu Zhipu]]
+* [[Hubei|Governor of Hubei Province]]: [[Zhang Tixue]]
+* [[Politics of Hunan|Governor of Hunan Province]]: [[Cheng Qian]]
+* [[Politics of Jiangsu|Governor of Jiangsu Province]]: [[Hui Yuyu]]
+* [[Politics of Jiangxi|Governor of Jiangxi Province]]: [[Shao Shiping]]
+* [[Politics of Jilin|Governor of Jilin Province]]: [[Li Youwen]]
+* [[Politics of Liaoning|Governor of Liaoning Province]]: [[Huang Oudong]]
+* [[Politics of Qinghai|Governor of Qinghai Province]]: [[Yuan Renyuan]]
+* [[Politics of Shaanxi|Governor of Shaanxi Province]]: [[Zhao Shoushan]] (until July), [[Zhao Boping]] (starting July)
+* [[Politics of Shandong|Governor of Shandong Province]]: [[Tan Qilong]]
+* [[Politics of Shanxi|Governor of Shanxi Province]]: [[Wei Heng]]
+* [[Politics of Sichuan|Governor of Sichuan Province]]: [[Li Dazhang]]
+* [[Yunnan|Governor of Yunnan Province]]: [[Ding Yichuan]]
+* [[Politics of Zhejiang|Governor of Zhejiang Province]]: [[Zhou Jianren]]
 ==Events==
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 * Continuing [[Great Chinese Famine]]
 * April - First plenary session of the [[2nd National People's Congress]], [[Liu Shaoqi]] was elected the [[President of the People's Republic of China|President of China]].
-* March 10 - Star of the [[1959 Tibetan uprising]]
+* March 10 - Start of the [[1959 Tibetan uprising]]
 * July 2 - Start of the [[Lushan Conference]]
 * October 1 - [[10th anniversary of the People's Republic of China]]
+* Visit of [[Nikita Khrushchev]] from the Soviet Union: Photo of welcoming delegation: [https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/188430]
 ===Other events===
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 * [[Yunnan Arts University]], in [[Kunming]], [[Yunnan]]
-==Sports==
+== Births ==
-* 1st [[Chinese National Winter Games]], in [[Jilin]], [[Harbin]]
+* [[Li Qiang (born 1959)|Li Qiang]]
+* [[Zhu Xingliang]]
+* [[Deng Kai]]
+* [[Dai Jinhua]]
+* [[Ma Zhengqi]]
+== Deaths ==
+* [[Wong Shik Ling]]
+* [[Lei Jingtian]]
+* [[Zhang Xi (PRC politician)|Zhang Xi]]
+* [[Li Daichen]]
+* [[Li Jishen]]
+==See also==
+* [[List of Chinese films of the 1950s|1959 in Chinese film]]
 ==References==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
-{{PRC year nav}}
+{{Years in China}}
 {{Asia topic|1959 in}}
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-{{year-stub}}
+{{Asia-year-stub}}

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