1971 in China

Events from the year 1971 in China.

← 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1971 in China → 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1971 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

Incumbents

• Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Mao Zedong
• President of the People's Republic of China – vacant
• Premier of the People's Republic of China – Zhou Enlai
• Chairman of the National People's Congress – Zhu De
• Vice President of the People's Republic of China – Soong Ching-ling and Dong Biwu
• Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China – Lin Biao (until 13 September), Deng Xiaoping (starting 13 September)

Governors

• Governor of Anhui Province – Li Desheng
• Governor of Fujian Province – Han Xianchu
• Governor of Gansu Province – Song Ping
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Liu Xingyuan
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Ma Li
• Governor of Hebei Province – Li Zaihe then Liu Zihou
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Pan Fusheng then Wang Jiadao
• Governor of Henan Province – Liu Jianxun
• Governor of Hubei Province – Zeng Siyu
• Governor of Hunan Province – Hua Guofeng
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Xu Shiyou
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Cheng Shiqing then She Jide
• Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Huaixiang
• Governor of Liaoning Province – Chen Xilian
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Liu Xianquan
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Li Ruishan
• Governor of Shandong Province – Yang Dezhi (starting unknown)
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Liu Geping then Xie Zhenhua
• Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Guohua
• Governor of Yunnan Province – Zhou Xing
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Nan Ping

Events

Kissinger, shown here with Zhou Enlai and Mao Zedong, negotiated rapprochement with China.

March

• March 26 – Cameroon and the People's Republic of China established bilateral relations.

May

• May 26 – Austria and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations.

June

• June 10 – The U.S. ends its trade embargo of China.

September

• September 13 – The Chinese Communist military leader Lin Biao dies in a plane crash in Mongolia after what appeared to be a failed coup to oust Mao. After his death, he was officially condemned as a traitor.

October

• October 25 – The United Nations General Assembly admits the People's Republic of China and expels the Republic of China (Taiwan).

November

• November 23 – The People's Republic of China takes the Republic of China's seat on the United Nations Security Council (see China and the United Nations).
• Henry Kissinger secretly visits Beijing

Births

• January 26 – Li Ming, Chinese footballer and football executive
• October 29 – Ma Huateng, Chinese business magnate, founder of TenCent
• November 12 – Chen Guangcheng, Chinese civil rights activist

Deaths

• January 27 — Weng Wenhao, geologist and politician (b. 1889)
• April 25 — T.V. Soong, businessman, banker and politician (b. 1894)
• April 29 — Li Siguang, geologist and founder of China's geomechanics (b. 1889)
• June 15 — Xie Juezai, 3rd President of the Supreme People's Court (b. 1884)
• September 13 — Lin Biao Incident
  • Lin Biao, 2nd Minister of National Defence and Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1907)
  • Ye Qun, politician and wife of Lin Biao (b. 1917)
  • Lin Liguo, son of Lin Biao (b. 1945)
• October 27 — Zhang Jingwu, politician and lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army (b. 1906)

See also

• 1971 in Chinese film