1953 in China

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← 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1953 in China → 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1953 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year 1953 in China.

Incumbents

• Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Mao Zedong
• Chairman of the Government – Mao Zedong
• Vice Chairmen of the Government – Zhu De Liu Shaoqi, Song Qingling, Li Jishen, Zhang Lan, Gao Gang
• Premier – Zhou Enlai
• Vice Premiers – Dong Biwu, Chen Yun, Guo Moruo, Huang Yanpei, Deng Xiaoping

Events

• July 15 – FAW Group (First Automobile Group) was founded.^{[citation needed]}
• July 27 – The Korean War ends: United Nations Command (Korea) (United States), People's Republic of China, North Korea sign an armistice agreement.
• September 5 – The United Nations rejects the Soviet Union's suggestion to accept the People's Republic of China as a member.

Births

Deaths

• June 20 — Huang Jinrong, chief detective who worked for the French Concession police force in Shanghai (b. 1868)
• July 8 — Du Xinwu, martial artist (b. 1869)
• July 10 — Wu Qiwei, military commander (b. 1891)
• September 17 — Wenxiu, consort of China's last emperor Puyi (b. 1909)
• September 26 — Xu Beihong, painter (b. 1895)
• October 30 — Wu Zhihui, linguist and philosopher (b. 1865)
• November 19 — Wu Tiecheng, nationalist politician (b. 1888)

See also

• 1953 in Chinese film

References