1956 in China

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Events in the year 1956 in China. The country had an estimated population of 620 million people.^[1]

Incumbents

• Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party: Mao Zedong
• President of the People's Republic of China: Mao Zedong
• Premier of the People's Republic of China: Zhou Enlai
• Chairman of the National People's Congress: Liu Shaoqi
• Vice President of the People's Republic of China: Zhu De
• Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China: Chen Yun

Governors

• Governor of Anhui Province: Huang Yan
• Governor of Fujian Province: Ye Fei
• Governor of Gansu Province: Deng Baoshan
• Governor of Guangdong Province: Tao Zhu
• Governor of Guizhou Province: Zhou Lin
• Governor of Hebei Province: Lin Tie
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province: Han Guang then Ouyang Qin
• Governor of Henan Province: Wu Zhipu
• Governor of Hubei Province: Liu Zihou then Zhang Tixue
• Governor of Hunan Province: Cheng Qian
• Governor of Jiangsu Province: Hui Yuyu
• Governor of Jiangxi Province: Shao Shiping
• Governor of Jilin Province: Li Youwen
• Governor of Liaoning Province: Du Zheheng
• Governor of Qinghai Province: Sun Zuobin
• Governor of Shaanxi Province: Zhao Shoushan
• Governor of Shandong Province: Zhao Jianmin
• Governor of Shanxi Province: Pei Lisheng then Wang Shiying
• Governor of Sichuan Province: Li Dazhang
• Governor of Yunnan Province: Guo Yingqiu
• Governor of Zhejiang Province: Sha Wenhan

Events

• September 28 - First Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
• September 28 - Election of the 8th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
• Hundred Flowers Campaign
• Continuing Kuomintang Islamic insurgency in China

Other events

• Establishment of the Chinese Skating Association
• Establishment of the Shanghai Natural History Museum
• Hnhhot Huimin Cattle and Breeding Association, as predecessor of Yili Diary Group was founded in Inner Mongolia.^{[citation needed]}
• Shaoxinggaoji High School is founded.^[2]

Education

• Establishments:
  • Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
  • Capital University of Economics and Business
  • Central Institute for Correctional Police
  • Chongqing Medical University
  • Chongqing Three Gorges University
  • First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University
  • Hangzhou Xuejun High School
  • High School Affiliated to Beijing International Studies University

Sports

• Establishment of Jilin Northeast Tigers
• Chinese Sports Committee oversees creation of new, simplified (and shorter) 24 Form Tai Chi. Due to this official promotion, the 24-form is most likely the Taiji form with the most practitioners in China and the world over.

See also

• 1956 in Chinese film

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