1958 in China
Template:Year in the People's Republic of China Events in the year 1958 in the People's Republic of China.
Incumbents
- 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
- Governor of Anhui Province: Huang Yan
- Governor of Fujian Province: Ye Fei
- Governor of Gansu Province: Deng Baoshan
- Governor of Guangdong Province: Chen Yu
- Governor of Guizhou Province: Zhou Lin (politician)
- Governor of Hebei Province: Lin Tie then Liu Zihou
- Governor of Heilongjiang Province: Ouyang Qin then Li Fanwu
- Governor of Henan Province: Wu Zhipu
- Governor of Hubei Province: Zhang Tixue
- Governor of Hunan Province: Cheng Qian
- Governor of Jiangsu Province: Hui Yuyu
- Governor of Jiangxi Province: Shao Shiping
- Governor of Jilin Province: Li Youwen
- Governor of Liaoning Province: Du Zheheng then Yuan Renyuan
- Governor of Qinghai Province:
- until month unknown: Sun Zuobin
- month unknown: Sun Junyi
- starting month unknown: Yuan Renyuan
- Governor of Shaanxi Province: Zhao Shoushan
- Governor of Shandong Province: Zhao Jianmin then Tan Qilong
- Governor of Shanxi Province: Wang Shiying then Wei Heng
- Governor of Sichuan Province: Li Dazhang
- Governor of Yunnan Province: Guo Yingqiu (until November), Ding Yichuan (starting November)
- Governor of Zhejiang Province: Huo Shilian (until January), Zhou Jianren (starting January)
Events
- February 11 – Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Premier Zhou Enlai as Chinese Minister of Foreign affairs.
- May 23 [citation needed] – Chairman Mao Zedong started his "Great Leap Forward" movement in the People's Republic of China.
- July 31 – Chinese–Tibet Uprising.
- August 23 – Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
- October Unknown date – Sichan Radio Manufacturing, as predecessor of home appliance and visual electronic brand Changhong was founded.[citation needed]
Deaths
- March 9 – Cheng Yanqiu, Chinese opera singer (born 1904)
