# 1953 in China

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{{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](/source/Central_Intelligence_Agency), 1954)]]

== Incumbents ==
* [Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party](/source/Chairman_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party) – [Mao Zedong](/source/Mao_Zedong)
* Chairman of the [Government](/source/Central_People's_Government_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China_(1949%E2%80%9354)) – [Mao Zedong](/source/Mao_Zedong)
* [Vice Chairmen](/source/Vice_President_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China) of the Government – [Zhu De](/source/Zhu_De) [Liu Shaoqi](/source/Liu_Shaoqi), [Song Qingling](/source/Song_Qingling), [Li Jishen](/source/Li_Jishen), [Zhang Lan](/source/Zhang_Lan), [Gao Gang](/source/Gao_Gang)
* [Premier](/source/Premier_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China) – [Zhou Enlai](/source/Zhou_Enlai)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zhou-Enlai|title=Zhou Enlai|publisher=[Encyclopædia Britannica](/source/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica)|access-date=March 1, 2026}}</ref>
* [Vice Premiers](/source/Vice_Premier_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China) – [Dong Biwu](/source/Dong_Biwu), [Chen Yun](/source/Chen_Yun), [Guo Moruo](/source/Guo_Moruo), [Huang Yanpei](/source/Huang_Yanpei), [Deng Xiaoping](/source/Deng_Xiaoping)

=== Governors === 
* [Governor of Anhui Province](/source/Politics_of_Anhui) – [Zeng Xisheng](/source/Zeng_Xisheng) 
* [Governor of Fujian Province](/source/Politics_of_Fujian) – [Zhang Dingcheng](/source/Zhang_Dingcheng) 
* [Governor of Gansu Province](/source/Gansu) – [Deng Baoshan](/source/Deng_Baoshan)
* [Governor of Guangdong Province](/source/Politics_of_Guangdong) – [Ye Jianying](/source/Ye_Jianying) (until September), [Tao Zhu](/source/Tao_Zhu) (starting September)
* [Governor of Guizhou Province](/source/Politics_of_Guizhou) – [Yang Yong](/source/Yang_Yong_(general)) 
* [Governor of Hebei Province](/source/Politics_of_Hebei) – [Yang Xiufeng](/source/Yang_Xiufeng) 
* [Governor of Heilongjiang Province](/source/Heilongjiang) – [Zhao Dezun](/source/Zhao_Dezun) then [Chen Lei](/source/Chen_Lei_(Heilongjiang))  
* [Governor of Henan Province](/source/Politics_of_Henan) – [Wu Zhipu](/source/Wu_Zhipu) 
* [Governor of Hubei Province](/source/Hubei) – [Li Xiannian](/source/Li_Xiannian)   
* [Governor of Hunan Province](/source/Politics_of_Hunan) – [Cheng Qian](/source/Cheng_Qian) 
* [Governor of Jiangsu Province](/source/Politics_of_Jiangsu) – [Tan Zhenlin](/source/Tan_Zhenlin)  
* [Governor of Jiangxi Province](/source/Politics_of_Jiangxi) – [Shao Shiping](/source/Shao_Shiping) 
* [Governor of Jilin Province](/source/Politics_of_Jilin) – [Li Youwen](/source/Li_Youwen) 
* [Governor of Liaoning Province](/source/Politics_of_Liaoning) – [Du Zheheng](/source/Du_Zheheng) 
* [Governor of Qinghai Province](/source/Politics_of_Qinghai) – [Zhang Zhongliang](/source/Zhang_Zhongliang) 
* [Governor of Shaanxi Province](/source/Politics_of_Shaanxi) – [Zhao Shoushan](/source/Zhao_Shoushan)
* [Governor of Shandong Province](/source/Politics_of_Shandong) – [Kang Sheng](/source/Kang_Sheng) 
* [Governor of Shanxi Province](/source/Politics_of_Shanxi) – [Pei Lisheng](/source/Pei_Lisheng) 
* [Governor of Sichuan Province](/source/Politics_of_Sichuan) – [Li Jingquan](/source/Li_Jingquan) 
* [Governor of Yunnan Province](/source/Yunnan) – [Chen Geng](/source/Chen_Geng) 
* [Governor of Zhejiang Province](/source/Politics_of_Zhejiang) – [Tan Zhenlin](/source/Tan_Zhenlin)

==Events==
* July 15 &ndash; [FAW Group](/source/FAW_Group) (First Automobile Group) was founded.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
* July 27 – The [Korean War](/source/Korean_War) ends: [United Nations Command (Korea)](/source/United_Nations_Command_(Korea)) ([United States](/source/United_States)), [People's Republic of China](/source/People's_Republic_of_China), [North Korea](/source/North_Korea) sign an [armistice](/source/armistice) agreement.
* September 5 – The [United Nations](/source/United_Nations) rejects the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union)'s suggestion to accept the [People's Republic of China](/source/People's_Republic_of_China) as a member.

==Births==
===January===
*January 29 — [Teresa Teng](/source/Teresa_Teng), Taiwanese singer and actress (d. [1995](/source/1995_in_Thailand))
*January 30 — [Liu Qibao](/source/Liu_Qibao), member of the [18th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party](/source/18th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party)
*[Zhu Xiaodan](/source/Zhu_Xiaodan), 16th [Governor of Guangdong](/source/Governor_of_Guangdong)

===February===
*February 18 — [Charles Xue](/source/Charles_Xue), Chinese-American entrepreneur and angel investor
*February 20 — [Jenny Tseng](/source/Jenny_Tseng), singer
*February 22 — [Blackie Ko](/source/Blackie_Ko), Taiwanese film director, producer, stuntman, singer and actor (d. [2003](/source/2003_in_China))
*February 23 — [Kenny Bee](/source/Kenny_Bee), Hong Kong singer, musician and actor
*February 26 — [Lin Ching-hsuan](/source/Lin_Ching-hsuan), Taiwanese essayist (d. [2019](/source/2019_in_Taiwan))

===April===
*April 3 — [Shi Shengjie](/source/Shi_Shengjie), xiangsheng comedian (d. [2018](/source/2018_in_China))
*April 4 — [Chen Yi](/source/Chen_Yi_(composer)), Chinese violinist and composer of contemporary classical music
*April 14 — [Eric Tsang](/source/Eric_Tsang), Hong Kong actor, film director, producer and television host
*April 21 — [Terry Hu](/source/Terry_Hu), Taiwanese actress, writer and translator

===May===
*May 12 — [Zhang Chunxian](/source/Zhang_Chunxian), 9th [Secretary of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party](/source/Xinjiang_Uygur_Autonomous_Regional_Committee_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party)
*[Gao Hongbin](/source/Gao_Hongbin_(politician%2C_born_1954)), official (d. [2024](/source/2024_in_China))

===June===
*June 15 — [Xi Jinping](/source/Xi_Jinping), [CCP General Secretary](/source/General_Secretary_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party) and 6th [paramount leader](/source/paramount_leader) of China

===July===
*July 8 — [Zhou Long](/source/Zhou_Long), Pulitzer-prize-winning Chinese American composer
*July 21 — [Sylvia Chang](/source/Sylvia_Chang), Taiwanese actress, singer director, screenwriter and producer
*July 31 — [Pu Cunxin](/source/Pu_Cunxin), actor

===August===
*August 9 — [Nur Bekri](/source/Nur_Bekri), 10th [Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region](/source/Xinjiang)
*August 11 — [Qian Gang](/source/Qian_Gang), non-fiction writer and journalist
*August 20 — [Fong Fei-fei](/source/Fong_Fei-fei), Taiwanese singer, host and actress (d. [2012](/source/2012_in_Taiwan))
*August 21 — [Lu Qi](/source/Lu_Qi_(actor)), actor
*[Shohrat Zakir](/source/Shohrat_Zakir), 11th [Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region](/source/Xinjiang)

===September===
*September 16 — [Chen Xi](/source/Chen_Xi_(politician)), 21st [President of the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party](/source/Central_Party_School)
*September 26 — [Bai Chunli](/source/Bai_Chunli), physical chemist, [nanotechnology scientist](/source/Nanotechnology) and academic administrator

===October===
*October 1 — [Han Sanping](/source/Han_Sanping), film producer and distributor
*October 4 — [Wu Jianping](/source/Wu_Jianping), computer scientist
*October 19 — [Wang Yi](/source/Wang_Yi_(politician)), 11th & 13th [Minister of Foreign Affairs of China](/source/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(China))
*October 26 — [Yang Xiaodu](/source/Yang_Xiaodu), 1st [Director of the National Supervisory Commission](/source/National_Supervisory_Commission)
*[Wu Weiren](/source/Wu_Weiren), physicist 

===November===
*November 6 — [Guan Mucun](/source/Guan_Mucun), mezzo-soprano singer
*[Yang Xiong](/source/Yang_Xiong_(politician)), 14th [Mayor of Shanghai](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Shanghai) (d. [2021](/source/2021_in_China))

===December===
*December 6 — [Susanna Au-yeung](/source/Susanna_Au-yeung), Hong Kong actress (d. [2017](/source/2017_in_Hong_Kong))
*December 7 — [Tao Zeru](/source/Tao_Zeru), film and television actor
*December 28 — [Zhao Kezhi](/source/Zhao_Kezhi), former [State Councilor](/source/State_Councilor) of China
*[Yang Jing](/source/Yang_Jing), 9th Chairman of the [Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region](/source/Inner_Mongolia)

===Unknown dates===
*[Jing Jing Luo](/source/Jing_Jing_Luo), composer

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

== See also ==
* [1953 in Chinese film](/source/Chinese_films_of_the_1950s)

== References ==
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