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1955 in China

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Centuries:
  
18th 19th 20th 21st

1955 in China

Decades:
  
1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s

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

Contents

Incumbents

  • Chairman of the Communist Party of China: 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

    • Events

  • 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

    • Other events

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

    • Other establishments

  • Pingshi Prison
  • Shushan Prison
  • Sunan Shuofang International Airport

    • Education

  • 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

  • Establishment of Jilin FC

    • Births

  • Li Qiang
  • Yang Yumin
  • Lu Ke
  • Ding Lieyun
  • Jing Yidan
  • Wang Jiasheng

    • Deaths

  • Hong Shen
  • Huang Binhong
  • Shi Dongshan

    • References

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