1971 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
- Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China – Lin Biao (until 13 September), Deng Xiaoping (starting 13 September)
=== Governors ===
- Governor of Anhui Province – Li Desheng
- Governor of Fujian Province – Han Xianchu
- Governor of Gansu Province – Song Ping
- Governor of Guangdong Province – Liu Xingyuan
- Governor of Guizhou Province – Ma Li
- Governor of Hebei Province – Li Zaihe then Liu Zihou
- Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Pan Fusheng then Wang Jiadao
- Governor of Henan Province – Liu Jianxun
- Governor of Hubei Province – Zeng Siyu
- Governor of Hunan Province – Hua Guofeng
- Governor of Jiangsu Province – Xu Shiyou
- Governor of Jiangxi Province – Cheng Shiqing then She Jide
- 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 – Yang Dezhi (starting unknown)
- Governor of Shanxi Province – Liu Geping then Xie Zhenhua
- Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Guohua
- Governor of Yunnan Province – Zhou Xing
- Governor of Zhejiang Province – Nan Ping
Events
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=March=
- March 26 – Cameroon and the People's Republic of China established bilateral relations.{{cite book |url= |title=Hronika međunarodnih događaja 1971 |date=1972 |publisher=Institute of International Politics and Economics |isbn= |editor=Milutin Tomanović |location=Belgrade |page=2598 |language=sh |trans-title=The Chronicle of International Events in 1971}}
=May=
- May 26 – Austria and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations.
=June=
- June 10 – The U.S. ends its trade embargo of China.
=September=
- September 13 – The Chinese Communist military leader Lin Biao dies in a plane crash in Mongolia after what appeared to be a failed coup to oust Mao. After his death, he was officially condemned as a traitor.
=October=
- October 25 – The United Nations General Assembly admits the People's Republic of China and expels the Republic of China (Taiwan).
=November=
- November 23 – The People's Republic of China takes the Republic of China's seat on the United Nations Security Council (see China and the United Nations).
- Henry Kissinger secretly visits Beijing
Births
- January 26 – Li Ming, Chinese footballer and football executive
- June 22 – Dao Lang, Chinese musician
- October 29 – Ma Huateng, Chinese business magnate, founder of Tencent
- November 12 – Chen Guangcheng, Chinese civil rights activist
Deaths
- January 27 — Weng Wenhao, geologist and politician (b. 1889)
- April 25 — T.V. Soong, businessman, banker and politician (b. 1894)
- April 29 — Li Siguang, geologist and founder of China's geomechanics (b. 1889)
- June 15 — Xie Juezai, 3rd President of the Supreme People's Court (b. 1884)
- September 13 — Lin Biao Incident
- Lin Biao, 2nd Minister of National Defence and Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1907){{cite web |date=11 September 2009 |script-title=zh:1971年9月13日 林彪叛国出逃坠机身亡 |url=http://www.china.com.cn/aboutchina/txt/2009-09/11/content_18506886.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916025820/http://www.china.com.cn/aboutchina/txt/2009-09/11/content_18506886.htm |archive-date=16 September 2012 |access-date=30 November 2019 |website=china.org.cn |quote={{lang|zh-cn|"9月13日凌晨3时，林彪乘坐的256号飞机在蒙古温都尔汗附近肯特省贝尔赫矿区南10公里处强行着陆坠毁"}}}}
- Ye Qun, politician and wife of Lin Biao (b. 1917)
- Lin Liguo, son of Lin Biao (b. 1945)
- October 27 — Zhang Jingwu, politician and lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army (b. 1906)
See also
References
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