1917 in China
Incumbents
- President: Li Yuanhong
- Vice President:
- Feng Guozhang (June 7, 1916 – July 1)
- position abolished on July 1st
- Premier: Duan Qirui
Events
- Warlord Era
- July 1–12 — Manchu Restoration: An attempt by monarchist general Zhang Xun to restore the Qing Dynasty
Births
=January=
- January 1 — Cheng Gwan-min, Hong Kong TVB actor (d. 1994)
- January 3 — Liu Zhonghua, military officer in the People's Liberation Army (d. 2018)
- January 6 — Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman, diplomat and film producer (d. 2005)
=February=
- February 1 — Zhang Chunqiao, political theorist, writer and politician (d. 2005)
- February 9 — Sanggyai Yexe, 1st Chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region (d. 2008)
=March=
- March 10 — Ling Zifeng, film director (d. 1999)
- March 31 — Liu Fuzhi, politician (d. 2013)
=April=
- April 13
- Li Rui, politician, historian and dissident (d. 2019)
- Shen Shanjiong, microbiologist and geneticist (d. 2021)
- April 24 — Song Ping, Communist revolutionary and retired high-ranking politician
- April 26 — Ieoh Ming Pei, main architect of the Louvre Pyramid (d. 2019)
=June=
- June 18 — Tang Ti-sheng, Cantonese opera playwright, screenwriter and film director (d. 1959)
=July=
- July 6 — Wang Da-hong, Taiwanese architect (d. 2018)
=August=
- August 9 — Jao Tsung-I, Hong Kong sinologist, calligrapher, historian and painter (d. 2018)
=September=
=November=
- November 3 — Chung Sze-yuen, Hong Kong politician and businessman (d. 2018)
- November 28 — Xiang Shouzhi, general and revolutionist (d. 2017)
- November 29 — Hou Baolin, xiangsheng performer (d. 1993)
=December=
Deaths
- January 9 — Liu Yongfu, commander of the Black Flag Army (b. 1837)
- January 28 — Yikuang, Manchu noble and politician of the Qing Dynasty (b. 1838)
- February 3 — Liang Cheng, former ambassador to the United States during the Qing dynasty (b. 1864)
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