1925 in China

Events in the year 1925 in China.

← 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 1925 in China → 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	Other events of 1925 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

Incumbents

• President: Duan Qirui
• Premier: Xu Shiying (from 26 December)

Events

• January – Election of the 4th Central Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party
• 11 February – Establishment of the Prefecture Apostolic of Tsingtao^[1]
• 1 May – Establishment of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions
• 30 May – Beginning of the May Thirtieth Movement
• June – Start of the Canton–Hong Kong strike
• November – Start of the Anti-Fengtian War
• Establishment of the 4th Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
• Establishment of the National Revolutionary Army

Undated

• Changzhou No.1 High School is established

Births

• January 11 — Hualing Nieh Engle, novelist, fiction writer and poet (d. 2024)
• April 2 — Ye Minghan, physicist (d. 2024)
• May 25 — Liu Ruozhuang, physical chemist (d. 2020)
• July 13 — Huang Zongying, actress (d. 2020)
• August 9 — Anna Hannevik, Chinese-born Norwegian Salvation Army officer (d. 2025)^[2]
• October 23 — Kwan Hoi-san, Hong Kong actor (d. 2006)
• October 26 — Chiang Chao-shen, calligrapher, painter and seal engraver (d. 1996)
• November 2 — Zhang Youshang, biochemist (d. 2022)
• November 18 — Peng Shilu, nuclear engineer (d. 2021)

Deaths

• March 5 — Gao Junyu, member of the 2nd Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1896)
• March 12 — Sun Yat-sen, 1st Provisional President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
• March 22 — Duan Zhigui, general of the Anhui clique (b. 1869)
• April 10 — Hu Jingyi, general and warlord of Henan (b. 1892)
• April 17
  • Wong Fei-hung, martial artist and physician (b. 1847)
  • Tan Haoming, former military Governor of Guangxi (b. 1871)
• August 19 — Wang Jinmei, revolutionary and founding member of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1898)
• August 20 — Liao Zhongkai, financier and leader of the Kuomintang (b. 1877)
• September 18 — Li Jingxi, 7th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1857)
• December 29 — Xu Shuzheng, prominent warlord of the Anhui clique (b. 1880)