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Events in the year
1970 in the
People's Republic of China
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Contents
Incumbents
Governors
Events
April
October
December
Births
Deaths
See also
References
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
January 14 —
Ma Hongkui
, Muslim warlord (b.
1892
)
March 25 —
Xu Haidong
, senior general in the
People's Liberation Army
(b.
1900
)
April 6 —
Tang Shengzhi
, warlord (b.
1889
)
May 4 —
Ma Xulun
, politician, activist and linguist (b.
1885
)
July 13 —
Sheng Shicai
, warlord who ruled
Xinjiang
from 1933 to 1944 (b.
1897
)
September 20 —
Gong Peng
, wartime spokeswoman for the
Chinese Communist Party
(b.
1914
)
September 23 —
Zhao Shuli
, Chinese
novelist
and a leading figure of modern
Chinese literature
(b.
1906
)
September 27 —
Li Tianyou
, general in the People's Liberation Army (b.
1914
)
October 21 —
Li Linsi
, educator, diplomat and scholar (b.
1896
)
December 10
Huang Qixiang
, military commander and statesman (b.
1898
)
Chen Qiyou
, Chairman of the
China Zhi Gong Party
(b.
1892
)
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