{{short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive --> {{one source|date=March 2026}} {{Year in China|1953}} Events in the year '''1953 in China'''. [[File:CALAMITY DAMAGE AND CROP DATA, APRIL-OCTOBER 1953, EXTRACTED FROM CHINESE COMMUNIST PRESS CIA-RDP80-00809A000700160278-5.pdf|thumb|CALAMITY DAMAGE AND CROP DATA, APRIL-OCTOBER 1953, EXTRACTED FROM CHINESE COMMUNIST PRESS (CIA, 1954)]]
== 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<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zhou-Enlai|title=Zhou Enlai|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=March 1, 2026}}</ref> * Vice Premiers – Dong Biwu, Chen Yun, Guo Moruo, Huang Yanpei, Deng Xiaoping
=== Governors === * Governor of Anhui Province – Zeng Xisheng * Governor of Fujian Province – Zhang Dingcheng * Governor of Gansu Province – Deng Baoshan * Governor of Guangdong Province – Ye Jianying (until September), Tao Zhu (starting September) * Governor of Guizhou Province – Yang Yong * Governor of Hebei Province – Yang Xiufeng * Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Zhao Dezun then Chen Lei * Governor of Henan Province – Wu Zhipu * Governor of Hubei Province – Li Xiannian * Governor of Hunan Province – Cheng Qian * Governor of Jiangsu Province – Tan Zhenlin * Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shao Shiping * Governor of Jilin Province – Li Youwen * Governor of Liaoning Province – Du Zheheng * Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhang Zhongliang * Governor of Shaanxi Province – Zhao Shoushan * Governor of Shandong Province – Kang Sheng * Governor of Shanxi Province – Pei Lisheng * Governor of Sichuan Province – Li Jingquan * Governor of Yunnan Province – Chen Geng * Governor of Zhejiang Province – Tan Zhenlin
==Events== * July 15 – FAW Group (First Automobile Group) was founded.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} * 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== ===January=== *January 29 — Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer and actress (d. 1995) *January 30 — Liu Qibao, member of the 18th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party *Zhu Xiaodan, 16th Governor of Guangdong
===February=== *February 18 — Charles Xue, Chinese-American entrepreneur and angel investor *February 20 — Jenny Tseng, singer *February 22 — Blackie Ko, Taiwanese film director, producer, stuntman, singer and actor (d. 2003) *February 23 — Kenny Bee, Hong Kong singer, musician and actor *February 26 — Lin Ching-hsuan, Taiwanese essayist (d. 2019)
===April=== *April 3 — Shi Shengjie, xiangsheng comedian (d. 2018) *April 4 — Chen Yi, Chinese violinist and composer of contemporary classical music *April 14 — Eric Tsang, Hong Kong actor, film director, producer and television host *April 21 — Terry Hu, Taiwanese actress, writer and translator
===May=== *May 12 — Zhang Chunxian, 9th Secretary of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party *Gao Hongbin, official (d. 2024)
===June=== *June 15 — Xi Jinping, CCP General Secretary and 6th paramount leader of China
===July=== *July 8 — Zhou Long, Pulitzer-prize-winning Chinese American composer *July 21 — Sylvia Chang, Taiwanese actress, singer director, screenwriter and producer *July 31 — Pu Cunxin, actor
===August=== *August 9 — Nur Bekri, 10th Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region *August 11 — Qian Gang, non-fiction writer and journalist *August 20 — Fong Fei-fei, Taiwanese singer, host and actress (d. 2012) *August 21 — Lu Qi, actor *Shohrat Zakir, 11th Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
===September=== *September 16 — Chen Xi, 21st President of the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party *September 26 — Bai Chunli, physical chemist, nanotechnology scientist and academic administrator
===October=== *October 1 — Han Sanping, film producer and distributor *October 4 — Wu Jianping, computer scientist *October 19 — Wang Yi, 11th & 13th Minister of Foreign Affairs of China *October 26 — Yang Xiaodu, 1st Director of the National Supervisory Commission *Wu Weiren, physicist
===November=== *November 6 — Guan Mucun, mezzo-soprano singer *Yang Xiong, 14th Mayor of Shanghai (d. 2021)
===December=== *December 6 — Susanna Au-yeung, Hong Kong actress (d. 2017) *December 7 — Tao Zeru, film and television actor *December 28 — Zhao Kezhi, former State Councilor of China *Yang Jing, 9th Chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
===Unknown dates=== *Jing Jing Luo, composer
==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 == {{Reflist}}
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