1938 in China

Events in the year 1938 in China.

← 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1938 in China → 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	Other events of 1938 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

Incumbents

• President - Lin Sen
• Premier - Kung Hsiang-hsi (Dr. H. H. Kung)
• Vice Premier - Zhang Qun
• Foreign Minister - Wang Chonghui

Events

January

• 1 January - The KMT Central Standing Committee resolved at its 62nd meeting, Chiang Kai-shek resigned, the election of Kong Xiangxi as the executive president, leaving the post of vice president of the Executive Yuan, Zhang Qun successor.
• 24 January- Han Fuju was sentenced to death and executed in Wuchang at 7 pm.
• January–June - Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan

February

• 18 February - The Imperial Japanese Army Air Service launched air strikes against Wuhan.(Battle of Wuhan ; Chinese: 武汉会战)

March

• 24 March – 1 May - Battle of Xuzhou
• 24 March – 7 April - Battle of Taierzhuang

April

• 29 April - To celebrate Emperor Hirohito's birthday, The Imperial Japanese Army Air Service conducted a massive bombing of Wuhan. (Battle of Wuhan ; Chinese: 武汉会战)

May

• May - Battle of Lanfeng
• 10 May – 12 May - Amoy Operation

June

• 6 June - the Japanese forces capture Kaifeng, Henan
• 13 June - the Japanese landing forces occupy Anqing City, Anhui Province.

October

• 1 October to 11 October - Battle of Wanjialing
• October–December - Canton Operation

November

• 13 November - 1938 Changsha Fire

Births

January

• January 17
  • Tang Jiaxuan, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs of China
  • Zhu Xijuan, film actress

February

• February 3 — Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (d. 1989)
• February 16 — Wu Guixian, first female Vice Premier of China
• February 26 — Yang Shengnan, historian and palaeographer (d. 2019)

April

• April 4 — Lui Ming-wah, member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
• April 11 — Fu Zhihuan, 11th Minister of Railways of China
• April 20 — Chiung Yao, Taiwanese writer and producer
• He Jingtang, prominent architect

May

• Jia Chunwang, 8th Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate

June

• June 7 — Gu Long, Hong Kong-born Taiwanese novelist (d. 1985)

July

• Shu Huiguo, politician

September

• September 28 — Huang Ju, former Vice Premier of China (d. 2007)

October

• October 26 — Tom Meschery, American basketball player and coach
• October 30 — Shao Hua, photographer and wife of Mao Anqing, second son of Mao Zedong (d. 2008)
• Li Qiyan, 10th Mayor of Beijing (d. 2020)

October

• October 18 — Wu Guanzheng, 9th Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party

November

• November 6 — Jin Zhanpeng, scientist (d. 2020)
• November 17 — Wu Yi, former Vice Premier of China
• November 20 — Wan Huilin, physical chemist (d. 2024)
• Lu Ruihua, 14th Governor of Guangdong

December

• December 24 — Wang Mengshu, tunnel and railway engineer (d. 2018)
• December 28 — Chen Sisi, film and theater actress (d. 2007)
• Zeng Peiyan, member of the 16th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party

Deaths

• January 20 - Liu Xiang (warlord)
• January 24 - Han Fuju
• March 14 - Wang Mingzhang
• September 30 - Tang Shaoyi
• Shen Hongying

See also

• List of Chinese films of the 1930s