1949 in China

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Events in the year 1949 in China.

Incumbents[]

Republic of China:

People's Republic of China:

21 January — Chiang Kai-shek resigns from the presidency in a "temporary absence". Vice President Li Zongren was named as the successor

the Communist Party organised a "Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference" (CPPCC) to prepare for the establishment of a "New Democracy" regime to replace the Kuomintang-dominated Republic of China government

Tropical storm Irma kills 1,600 people and destroys more than 63,000 houses in Shanghai, the worst typhoon on record in the city.

21 September — The first meeting of the CPPCC, which was attended by the Communist Party along with eight aligned parties
27 September — Establishment of the Flag of the People's Republic of China (simplified Chinese: 中华人民共和国国旗; traditional Chinese: 中華人民共和國國旗; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó guóqí), a red field charged in the canton (upper corner nearest the flagpole) with five golden stars.^[1]

Mao Zedong proclaiming the establishment of the People's Republic of China, October 1, 1949

1 October – The People's Republic of China is officially proclaimed in Beijing
17 October – Chinese communist troops take Guangzhou.
25–27 October — Battle of Guningtou in Kinmen, Fujian
27 October — Chinese communist troops fail to take Kinmen in the Battle of Kuningtou; their advance towards Taiwan is halted.

8 December — The government of the Republic of China finishes its evacuation to Taiwan, and declares Taipei its temporary capital city.
17 December — Burma recognizes the People's Republic of China.
30 December — India recognizes the People's Republic of China.

September 6 – Yang Hucheng, a Chinese warlord during the Warlord Era of Republican China and Kuomintang general during the Chinese Civil War (born 1893)

^ 1949年9月27日中华人民共和国国旗诞生 [September 27, 1949: The Birth of PRC's Flag] (in Chinese). CPC News. Retrieved 2009-11-04.

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