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1956 in China

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Centuries:
  
18th 19th 20th 21st

1956 in China

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

Events in the year 1956 in China. The country had an estimated population of 620 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

  • September 28 - 1st Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
  • September 28 - Election of the 8th Politburo of the Communist Party of China
  • Hundred Flowers Campaign
  • Continuing Kuomintang Islamic insurgency in China
  • Other events

  • Establishment of the Chinese Skating Association
  • Establishment of the Shanghai Natural History Museum
  • Education

  • Establishments:
  • Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
  • Capital University of Economics and Business
  • Central Institute for Correctional Police
  • Chongqing Medical University
  • Chongqing Three Gorges University
  • First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University
  • Hangzhou Xuejun High School
  • High School Affiliated to Beijing International Studies University
  • Sports

  • Establishment of Jilin Northeast Tigers
  • References

    1956 in China Wikipedia