1960 in China

Events in the year 1960 in the People's Republic of China.

← 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1960 in China → 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	Other events of 1960 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

Incumbents

• Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party — Mao Zedong
• President of the People's Republic of China — Liu Shaoqi
• 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 — Chen Yun

Governors

• Governor of Anhui Province – Huang Yan
• Governor of Fujian Province – Wu Hongxiang (starting unknown)
• Governor of Gansu Province – Deng Baoshan
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Chen Yu
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Zhou Lin (politician)
• Governor of Hebei Province – Liu Zihou
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Li Fanwu
• Governor of Henan Province – Wu Zhipu
• Governor of Hubei Province – Zhang Tixue
• Governor of Hunan Province – Cheng Qian
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Hui Yuyu
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shao Shiping
• Governor of Jilin Province – Li Youwen
• Governor of Liaoning Province – Huang Oudong
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Yang Renyuan
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Zhao Boping
• Governor of Shandong Province – Tan Qilong
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Wei Heng
• Governor of Sichuan Province – Li Dazhang
• Governor of Yunnan Province – Ding Yichuan
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Zhou Jianren

Events

February

• February 11 — Twelve Indian soldiers die in clashes with Red Chinese troops along their small common border.

May

• May 9 — According to Chinese government official confirmed report, a Datong Laobaidong Coal mine gas explosion in Shanxi Province, 220 workers were rescued, 684 workers were perished.^{[citation needed]}

June

• June 9 — Typhoon "Mary" kills 1,600 people in the Fukien province of China.

Births

• February
  • Ai Baojun, politician
  • February 2 — Kara Wai, Hong Kong actress
  • February 16 — Cherie Chung, Hong Kong film actress
• March
  • Cheng Qiuming, mathematical geoscientist
  • March 6 — Buren Bayaer, singer, composer and journalist (d. 2018)
• April 2 — Chen Siqing, banker
• April 3
  • Yu Hua, author
  • Lü Liping, actress
• April 18 — Ni Dahong, actor
• April 25 — Zhou Qiang, politician
• April 28 — Edward Yau, Hong Kong politician
• June 4 — Ge Ping, voice and television actor
• September 5 — Dayo Wong, Hong Kong actor and stand-up comedian
• September 29 — Chen Min'er, politician
• November 5 — Teresa Mo, Hong Kong actress
• November 18 — Priscilla Leung, Hong Kong Legislative Councillor
• November 28 — Ken Choi, Hong Kong singer and actor
• December
  • Bai Yun, politician
  • December 12 — Berg Ng, Hong Kong actor
  • December 22 — Wakin Chau, Hong Kong singer and actor

Deaths

• January 17 — Wei Lihuang, Nationalist general (b. 1897)
• January 21 — Wu Lien-teh, Malayan physician known for work on the Manchurian plague of 1910-1911 (b. 1879)
• February 8 — Lin Hu, warlord of Old Guangxi clique (b. 1887)
• February 22 — Simon Zhu Kaimin, Bishop of Jiangsu (b. 1868)
• May 23 — Yan Xishan, warlord (b. 1883)
• May 29 — Lin Boqu, politician and poet (b. 1886)
• July 1 — He Bingyan, colonel general (b. 1913)
• October 21 — Ma Hongbin, Muslim warlord of the Ma clique (b. 1884)
• November 27 — Kwan Sung-sing, construction engineer, architect and entrepreneur (b. 1892)

Unknown

• Cai Pei, diplomat and politician (b. 1884)
• Rong Zhen, military commander of the Fengtian cilque (b. 1891)

See also

• 1960 in Chinese film