1955 in China

Events in the year 1955 in China. The country had an estimated population of 605 million people.

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Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1955 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

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: Zeng Xisheng then 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
• 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: Tan Zhenlin then 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: Kang Sheng then Zhao Jianmin
• Governor of Shanxi Province: Pei Lisheng
• Governor of Sichuan Province: Li Jingquan then Li Dazhang
• Governor of Yunnan Province: Chen Geng then Guo Yingqiu
• Governor of Zhejiang Province: Tan Zhenlin then Sha Wenhan

Events

• Continuing Kuomintang Islamic insurgency in China
• January 18 to January 20 - Battle of Yijiangshan Islands
• January 19 to February 26 - Battle of Dachen Archipelago
• January 29 - Formosa Resolution of 1955
• April 11 - Kashmir Princess
• until May 1 - First Taiwan Strait Crisis
• August - Start of the Sufan movement
• September–November Bumper rice and wheat crop

Other events

• July - Opening of Taizhou Luqiao Airport
• Opening of the Chongqing Zoo
• Completion of the Sino-Soviet Friendship Building, in Shanghai

Other establishments

• Pingshi Prison
• Shushan Prison
• Sunan Shuofang International Airport

Education

• Establishments:
  • Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
  • China Foreign Affairs University
  • Chongqing Communication Institute
  • Chongqing No.1 Middle School
  • Guangdong Institute of Education
  • Zhongyuan University of Technology

Sports

• Establishment of Jilin FC

Births

• Li Qiang
• Mai Cheng
• Yang Yumin
• Lu Ke
• Ding Lieyun
• Jing Yidan
• Wang Jiasheng

Deaths

• Hong Shen
• Huang Binhong
• Shi Dongshan

See also

• 1955 in Chinese film