1958 in China

1958 in the People's Republic of China

1956  • 1957  • 1958  • 1959  • 1960

Decades: 1940s  • 1950s  • 1960s

See also: History of the People's Republic of China  • List of years in the People's Republic of China

Events in the year 1958 in the People's Republic of China.

Incumbents[]

• Chairman of the Communist Party of China: Mao Zedong
• President of the People's Republic of China: Mao Zedong
• Premier of the People's Republic of China: Zhou Enlai
• Chairman of the National People's Congress: Liu Shaoqi
• Vice President of the People's Republic of China: Zhu De
• Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China: Chen Yun

Events[]

• February 11 – Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Premier Zhou Enlai as Chinese Minister of Foreign affairs.
• May 23^{[citation needed]} – Chairman Mao Zedong started his "Great Leap Forward" movement in the People's Republic of China.
• July 31 – Chinese–Tibet Uprising.
• August 23 – Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
• October Unknown date – Sichan Radio Manufacturing, as predecessor of home appliance and visual electronic brand Changhong was founded.^{[citation needed]}

Deaths[]

• March 9 – Cheng Yanqiu, Chinese opera singer (born 1904)

See also[]

• 1958 in Chinese film

References[]