1941 in China

← 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1941 in China → 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	Other events of 1941 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year 1941 in China .

Incumbents

• President: Lin Sen
• Premier: Chiang Kai-shek
• Vice Premier: Kung Hsiang-hsi
• Foreign Minister: Wang Chonghui until April, then Guo Taiqi

Events

January

• January 7–13 - New Fourth Army incident
• January 30–March 1 - Battle of South Henan

March

• March - Western Hubei Operation
• March 14–April 9 - Battle of Shanggao

May

• May 7–27 - Battle of South Shanxi

July

• 1 July - Germany and Italy both Recognized "Wang Jingwei regime" (Nanjing)
• 2 July - the ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Chongqing)), Announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Germany and Italy

September

• September 6 – October 8 - Battle of Changsha (1941)

December

• 9 December- The government of Republic of China (The Nationalist Government (Chongqing)) declared war on the Axis powers (Japan, Germany and Italy). ^[1]

Births

January

• January 1 — Du Yulu, actor (d. 2020)
• January 6 — Yeung Kai-yin, Hong Kong civil servant and businessman (d. 2007)
• January 8 — Dai Qing, journalist and activist
• Huang Zhendong, 18th Secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
• Chen Kuiyuan, politician

February

• February 8 — Yang Hongji, actor
• February 14 — Mao Yuanxin, former politician

March

• March 18 — James Wong Jim, Hong Kong Cantopop lyricist and songwriter (d. 2004)
• March 28 — Philip Fang, Hong Kong simultaneous interpretation specialist, United Nations official (d. 2013)
• March 31 — Dai Bingguo, politician and diplomat

July

• July 14 — Wang Zhaoguo, politician
• July 22 — Wu Bangguo, 8th Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (d. 2024)

August

• August 6 — Wen Xingyu, comedian and director (d. 2007)

November

• Chai Songyue, politician

December

• December 21 — Lo Hoi-pang, Hong Kong actor and singer
• Pu Haiqing, 14th Mayor of Chongqing

Deaths

• January 15 — Yuan Guoping, communist army officer (b. 1906)
• March 14
  • Xiang Ying, political chief of staff of the New Fourth Army and early founding member of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1898)
  • Zhou Zikun, deputy chief of staff of the New Fourth Army (b. 1901)
• April 24 — Xie Jinyuan, nationalist military officer (b. 1905)
• August 4 — Xu Dishan, author, translator and folklorist (b. 1893)
• September 12 — Jin Shuren, 2nd Provincial Chairman of Xinjiang (b. 1879)

Dates unknown

• Jia Deyao, 18th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1880)

See also

• List of Chinese films of the 1940s
• List of years in the environment

References

1. "China's Declaration of War Against Japan, Germany and Italy (December 1941)". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 2025-11-11.