1949 in China explained

Events in the year 1949 in China.

Incumbents

Republic of China:

• President

Chiang Kai-shek (-January 21), Li Zongren (January 21-)

• Premiers

Sun Fo, He Yingqin, Yan XishanPeople's Republic of China:

• Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party: Mao Zedong
• Chairman of the Government: Mao Zedong
• Premier: Zhou Enlai

Events

January

• January 21 — Chiang Kai-shek resigns from the presidency in a "temporary absence". Vice President Li Zongren was named as the successor

April

• April 23 — Communists capture the KMT's capital, Nanjing

June

• the Communist Party organised a "Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference" (CPPCC) to prepare for the establishment of a "New Democracy" regime to replace the Kuomintang-dominated Republic of China government

July

• Tropical storm Irma kills 1,600 people and destroys more than 63,000 houses in Shanghai, the worst typhoon on record in the city.

September

• September 21 — The first meeting of the CPPCC, which was attended by the Communist Party along with eight aligned parties
• September 27 — Establishment of the Flag of the People's Republic of China, a red field charged in the canton (upper corner nearest the flagpole) with five golden stars.^[1]

October

• October 1 — The People's Republic of China is officially proclaimed in Beijing
• October 17 — Chinese communist troops take Guangzhou.
• October 25–27 — Battle of Guningtou in Kinmen, Fujian
• October 27 — Chinese communist troops fail to take Kinmen in the Battle of Kuningtou; their advance towards Taiwan is halted.

December

• December 8 — The government of the Republic of China finishes its evacuation to Taiwan, and declares Taipei its temporary capital city.
• December 17 — Burma recognizes the People's Republic of China.
• December 30 — India recognizes the People's Republic of China.

Births

• January 1 — Paula Tsui, Hong Kong Cantopop singer
• February 13 — Yeh Chu-lan, Taiwanese politician
• May 21 — Angela Pan, Hong Kong actress
• May 22 — Wu Kwok Hung, Hong Kong football player (d. 2015)
• June 23 — Charles Ho, Hong Kong pro-Beijing businessman^[2]
• July 3 — Bo Xilai, politician
• July 22 — Stephen Shiu, Taiwan-based Hong Kong media personality
• December 3 — Lu Yao, novelist (d. 1992)
• December 8 — Su Shao-lien, Taiwanese poet
• December 22 — Ching Cheong, journalist

Deaths

• January 9 — Wang Maozu, educator and philosopher (b. 1891)
• January 10 — Qiu Qingquan, Nationalist general (b. 1902)
• January 15 — Lu Zhengxiang, diplomat (b. 1871)
• February
  • Tang Yulin, general in the Northeastern Army (b. 1871)
  • February 11 — Dai Jitao, journalist (b. 1891)
• April 14 — Hu Zhengzhi, newspaper publisher (b. 1889)
• April 24 — Liang Huazhi, Nationalist official (b. 1906)
• May 7 — Li Bai, communist spy (b. 1910)
• May 25 — Wang Jingzhai, muslim scholar (b. 1880)
• July
  • Ren Kainan, educator (b. 1884)
• August 27 — Politicians who died in the Transbaikal plane crash
  • Ehmetjan Qasim, Uyghur revolutionary and statesman (b. 1914)
  • Abdulkerim Abbas, Uyghur politician (b. 1921)
  • Ishaq Beg Munonov, ethnic Kyrgyz political leader (b. 1902)
  • Dalelkhan Sugirbayev, ethnic Kazakh political leader (b. 1906)
  • Luo Zhi, revolutionary activist and leader in Xinjiang (b. 1915)
• August 31 — Chan Chak, Admiral of the Republic of China Navy (b. 1894)
• September 6 — Yang Hucheng, general (b. 1893)
• October 2 — Wu Zanzhou, military officer and politician (b. 1885)
• October 17 — Liu Wencai, landlord (b. 1887)
• November 2 — Chen Shufan, general of the Anhui Clique (b. 1885)
• November 20 — Jiang Zhuyun, communist resistance fighter (b. 1920)
• November 26 — Hu Ruoyu, Governor of Yunnan (b. 1894)
• Death unknown
  • Li Shaogeng, politician (b. 1896)
  • Qi Yaolin, politician (b. 1862)

See also

• 1949 in Chinese film

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://cpc.people.com.cn/GB/64162/64165/70293/70320/4861365.html. zh:1949年9月27日 中华人民共和国国旗诞生. September 27, 1949: The Birth of PRC's Flag. CPC News. 2009-11-04. zh. 2019-01-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20190106215919/http://cpc.people.com.cn/GB/64162/64165/70293/70320/4861365.html. dead.
2. News: People's champion or bogeyman?. 26 March 2012. South China Morning Post. 17 August 2014. Hong Kong.