1970 in China explained

Events in the year 1970 in the People's Republic of China.

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

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 Governor of Heilongjiang Province  - Pan Fusheng Governor of Henan Province  - Liu Jianxun Governor of Hubei Province  - Zeng Siyu
          • • • Governor of Hunan Province  - Li Yuan then Hua Guofeng Governor of Jiangsu Province  - Xu Shiyou Governor of Jiangxi Province  - Cheng Shiqing 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
    • Governor of Shanxi Province  - Liu Geping Governor of Sichuan Province  - Zhang Guohua Governor of Yunnan Province  - Tan Furen (until October), Zhou Xing (starting October)
• Governor of Zhejiang Province  - Nan Ping

Events

April

• April 24 - China launched its first space satellite Dong Fang Hong I as part of the PRC's Dong Fang Hong space satellite program.

October

• October 13 – The People's Republic of China and Canada signed established diplomatic relations.
• October 14 – A Chinese nuclear test is conducted in Lop Nor.

December

• December 30 – Construction of the Gezhouba Dam started.

Births

• September 7 – Gao Min, Chinese diver
• October 30 – Xie Jun, Chinese chess grandmaster

Deaths

• September 23 – Zhao Shuli, Chinese novelist and a leading figure of modern Chinese literature.
• September 27 - Li Tianyou
• December 10 - Huang Qixiang

See also

• 1970 in Chinese film