1969 in China

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Events from the year 1969 in China.

Incumbents

• 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
• First Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China – Lin Biao

Governors

• Governor of Anhui Province – Li Desheng
• Governor of Fujian Province – Han Xianchu
• Governor of Gansu Province – Xian Henghan
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Huang Yongsheng (until June), Liu Xingyuan (starting June)
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Ma Li
• Governor of Hebei Province – Li Xuefeng
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Pan Fusheng
• Governor of Henan Province – Liu Jianxun
• Governor of Hubei Province – Zeng Siyu
• Governor of Hunan Province – Li Yuan
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Xu Shiyou
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Cheng Shiqing
• 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 – Wang Xiaoyu (until unknown)
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Liu Geping
• Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Guohua
• Governor of Yunnan Province – Tan Furen
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Nan Ping

Events

• 9th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
• 9th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
• 1969 Yangjiang earthquake[1]
• 1969 Bohai earthquake[2]
• Sino-Soviet border conflict[3]^[page needed]
• Tielieketi incident
• July 10 to 16 – According to Chinese government official confirmed report, a torrential massive heavy rain and debris flow, maximum nearly 600 to 1,000 millimeters precipitation amount, massive flood in Jianghan Plain, Anhui Province, Yangtze river, total 1,603 persons were human relative fatalities.^[citation needed]
• September (unknown date) – Qingdao Second Radio Electronic, as predecessor for Hisense was founded in Shandong Province.

Births

• Ai Jing, Chinese singer
• Sheng Zhimin
• Luo Xi (synchronised swimmer)
• Tang Xuezhong
• Lü Siqing
• Zhang Bin (pentathlete)
• Li Wenkai

Deaths

• January 30 – Li Zongren, prominent Guangxi warlord and Kuomintang (KMT) military commander (born 1891)
• February 3 – Xiong Qinglai, mathematician (born 1893)
• March 24 – Wu Dingliang, anthropologist and educator (born 1893)
• April 6 – Zhang Zhizhong, military commander and politician (born 1890)
• April 24 – Guo Qiru, Xiangsheng performer (born 1900)
• May 16 – Doe Ching, film director and screenwriter (born 1915)
• June 3 – Xu Guangda, general (born 1908)
• June 9 – He Long, general (born 1896)
• July 30 – Chen Shaokuan, Fleet Admiral (born 1889)
• September 16 – Yin Haiguang, author, educator and philosopher (born 1919)
• November 12 – Liu Shaoqi, President of China (1959-1968) (born 1898)
• November 30 – Tao Zhu, member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (born 1908)
• Date unknown
  • Liu Luyin, politician (born 1894)

See also

• 1969 in Chinese film

References

1. Megawati, K.; Wong W.T.; Chan L.S.; Chandler A.M. & Chan Y.W. (2004). "Simulation of Distant Earthquakes Affecting Hong Kong" (PDF). 3rd International Conference on Continental Earthquakes, Beijing, China, 12–14 July 2004. Hong Kong Observatory. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
2. "1969年7月18日渤海7．4级地震" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
3. Burr, William (2001). The Sino-Soviet border conflict, 1969 : U.S. reactions and diplomatic maneuvers (A National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book ; [No. 49] ed.). Washington D.C.: National Security Archive, 2001. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2023.