1949 in China

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Events in the year 1949 in China.

Incumbents

Republic of China:

People's Republic of China:

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

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

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 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 (simplified Chinese: 中华人民共和国国旗; traditional Chinese: 中華人民共和國國旗; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó guóqí), a red field charged in the canton (upper corner nearest the flagpole) with five golden stars.^[1]

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 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.

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)

^ 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] (in Chinese). CPC News. Archived from the original on 2019-01-06. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
^ "People's champion or bogeyman?". Hong Kong: South China Morning Post. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2014.