1958 in China
Events in the year 1958 in the People's Republic of China.
 1958 in the People's Republic of China |
| Decades:
1940s • 1950s • 1960s |
| See also: History of the People's Republic of China • List of years 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 – 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.
Deaths
- March 9 – Cheng Yanqiu, Chinese opera singer (born 1904)
See also
- 1958 in Chinese film
References
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