1978 in China

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Events in the year 1978 in the People's Republic of China .

Incumbents

• Paramount leader - Hua Guofeng → Deng Xiaoping
• Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Hua Guofeng
• Premier of the People's Republic of China – Hua Guofeng
• Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress – Ye Jianying
• Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference – Deng Xiaoping

Governors

• Governor of Anhui Province – Song Peizhang then Wan Li
• Governor of Fujian Province – Liao Zhigao
• Governor of Gansu Province – Song Ping
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Wei Guoqing
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Ma Li
• Governor of Hebei Province – Liu Zihou
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Yang Yichen
• Governor of Henan Province – Liu Jianxun then Duan Junyi
• Governor of Hubei Province – Zhao Xinchu then Chen Pixian
• Governor of Hunan Province – Mao Zhiyong
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Xu Jiatun
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Jiang Weiqing
• Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Enmao
• Governor of Liaoning Province – Zeng Shaoshan (until September), Ren Zhongyi (starting September)
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Tan Qilong
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Wang Renzhong (until December), Wang Renzhong (starting December)
• Governor of Shandong Province – Bai Rubing
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Wang Qian
• Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhao Ziyang
• Governor of Yunnan Province – An Pingsheng
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Tie Ying

Events

December

• December 18 to 22 — 3rd Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party was held. The conference marked the beginning of the "Reform and Opening Up" policy. ^[1]

Undated

• SIUI (Shantou Institute of Ultrasonic Instruments Co., Ltd) – ultrasound manufacturer is founded. ^[2]

Deaths

• January 17 — Wu Mi, one of the founders of Chinese comparative literature, critic, redologist, educator and poet (b. 1894)
• February 2 — Tang Chun-i, philosopher (b. 1909)
• February 3 — Jiang Lifu, mathematician and educator (b. 1890)
• March 27 — Li Jinxi, linguist and educator (b. 1890)
• April 20 — Lo Hsiang-lin, one of the most renowned researchers in Hakka language and culture (b. 1906)
• April 25 — Peng Shaohui, general of the People's Liberation Army (b. 1906)
• May 15
  • Shang Zhen, general of the National Revolutionary Army (b. 1888)
  • Ouyang Qin, politician (b. 1900)
• June 12 — Guo Moruo, author, poet, historian, archaeologist, and government official (b. 1892)
• June 30 — Yuan Muzhi, actor and director (b. 1909)
• August 3 — Luo Ruiqing, politician, army officer and general of the People's Liberation Army (b. 1906)
• December 1 — Lu Kanru, scholar of classical Chinese literature (b. 1903)

See also

• 1978 in Chinese film

References

1. Chuanliang, Shen (2012-06-01). "The History of Chinese Communist Party (1949–1978), by the Party History Research Center of the CPC Central Committee" . Journal of Modern Chinese History. 6 (1): 111–113. doi:10.1080/17535654.2012.670984. ISSN   1753-5654.
2. "Advances to Ultramedix's ultrasound lineup for 2012=2012-02-04". Newsmaker.com.au. Archived from the original on 2013-07-04. Retrieved 2013-09-06.