1957 in China

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Last updated July 28, 2025

Events in the year 1957 in China. The country had an estimated population of 635 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

Events

End of the Hundred Flowers Campaign
Start of the Anti-Rightist Movement
Establishment of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology
Continuing Kuomintang Islamic insurgency in China
Promotion of the Five Goods Movement
The Asian Flu killed around 1-2 million pe ple in China and Hong Kong.
Official Soviet visit by Kliment Voroshilov Photo of the two leaders

Other events

January 1 — Opening of Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport, in Jianggan District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, to civil flights.
October 15 — Opening of the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, in Wuhan, Hubei
Establishments:
- Gaoming Prison, in Gaoming District, Foshan City, Guangdong
- Henan Experimental Middle School, in Jinshui District, Zhengzhou, Henan
- Lujiang Prison, in Chaohu City, Anhui

Births

January

January 1 — Qiu He, politician who spent his career in Jiangsu and Yunnan
January 13 — Fernando Chui, 2nd Chief Executive of Macau
January 14 — Anchee Min, Chinese American author
Li Jiheng, 10th Minister of Civil Affairs

March

March 8 — Zhao Leji, 11th Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

April

April 19 — Ge You, actor

May

He Weidong, general of the People's Liberation Army

June

June 7 — Hou Yu-ih, Taiwanese politician and former police officer
June 12 — Ho Iat Seng, 3rd Chief Executive of Macau
June 15 — Zhang Tielin, Chinese-British actor and film director
June 22 — Lau Kong-wah, former Hong Kong government official

July

July 11 — Wang Xiaohong, 15th Minister of Public Security
July 25 — Alex Man, Hong Kong actor
July 26 — Yuen Biao, Hong Kong actor, martial artist and stuntman
Losang Jamcan, 9th Chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region

August

August 1
- Jiang Chaoliang, 13th Secretary of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- Xu Haifeng, pistol shooter
August 18 — Tan Dun, Chinese-American composer and conductor
August 26 — Yan Weiwen, contemporary opera singer

September

September 8 — Fang Shu, film actress
Tie Ning, author

October

October 2 — Zhao Benshan, skit and sitcom actor, comedian, television director and businessman
October 19 — Zhang Yu, actress
October 20 — Gong Hanlin, actor, xiangsheng performer and sketch performer
October 22 — Deng Jie, actress and producer

November

November 11 — He Lin, engineer and a major general of the People's Liberation Army
November 17 — Ying Yong, 11th Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate
Wang Ying, actor (d. 2024)
Wang Yaonan, scientist

December

December 1 — Wang Anshun, 16th Mayor of Beijing
December 6 — Feng Gong, actor, xiangsheng performer, director, screenwriter and politician
December 7 — John Lee Ka-chiu, 5th Chief Executive of Hong Kong
December 12 — Gu Changwei, cinematographer and film director

Dates unknown

Zhu Guohua, criminal and a grandson of Zhu De (d. 1983)

Deaths

August 18 — Zhang Shuqi, painter from Zhejiang (b. 1900)
September 16 — Qi Baishi, painter (b. 1864)
September 22 — Zhou Xuan, singer and film actress (b. 1920)
October 7 — Yang Gang, journalist, novelist and translator (b. 1905)
October 9 — Lü Simian, historian (b. 1884)

References

↑ Fernand Braudel (1989). Gramática das Civilizações (in Portuguese). teorema. p. 202.

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[1] Fernand Braudel (1989). Gramática das Civilizações (in Portuguese). teorema. p. 202.

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