1956 in China

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See also:	Other events of 1956; History of China • Timeline • Years

Events in the year 1956 in China. The country had an estimated population of 620 million people.^[1]

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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

Establishment of the Chinese Skating Association
Establishment of the Shanghai Natural History Museum
Hnhhot Huimin Cattle and Breeding Association, as predecessor of Yili Diary Group was founded in Inner Mongolia.^{[citation needed]}

Establishment of Jilin Northeast Tigers
Chinese Sports Committee oversees creation of new, simplified (and shorter) 24 Form Tai Chi. Due to this official promotion, the 24-form is most likely the Taiji form with the most practitioners in China and the world over.

^ Fernand Braudel (1989). Gramática das Civilizações (in Portuguese). teorema. p. 202.

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