1956 in China

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Events in the year 1956 in China. The country had an estimated population of 620 million people.^[1]

Incumbents

Governors

Events

September 28 — First Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
September 28 — Election of the 8th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
Hundred Flowers Campaign
Continuing Kuomintang Islamic insurgency in China

Other events

Establishment of the Chinese Skating Association
Establishment of the Shanghai Natural History Museum
Hnhhot Huimin Cattle and Breeding Association, as predecessor of Yili Diary Group was founded in Inner Mongolia.^{[citation needed]}
Shaoxinggaoji High School is founded.^[2]

Education

Establishments:

Sports

Establishment of Jilin Northeast Tigers
Chinese Sports Committee oversees creation of new, simplified (and shorter) 24 Form Tai Chi. Due to this official promotion, the 24-form is most likely the Taiji form with the most practitioners in China and the world over.

Births

January

January 5 — Tong Xiaolin, physician
January 11 — Geoffrey Ma, 3rd Chief Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong

February

February 25 — Wei Zi, film and television actor

March

March 9 — Chen Baoguo, actor

June

June 21 — Larry Hsien Ping Lang, Hong Kong-based economist, commentator, author and TV host
June 22 — Sima Nan, television pundit, social commentator and journalist

August

August 13 — Li Hongzhong, member of the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
August 15 — Lu Shuming, actor (d. 2022)
August 30 — King Pu-tsung, Taiwanese politician
August 31 — Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwanese politician

September

September 1 — Zhang Fengyi, actor
September 2 — Cheung Ming-man, Hong Kong singer and occasional actor
September 12 — Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer and actor (d. 2003)
September 30 — Teresa Carpio, Hong Kong English and Cantonese language pop singer, actress and singing teacher
Shi Taifeng, member of the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party

October

October 1 — Hou Dejian, Taiwanese songwriter, composer and singer
October 2 — Deng Zongquan, scientist
October 3 — Chang Chen-kuang, Taiwanese actor
October 7 — Sun Haiying, actor
October 12 — Regina Hing Yue Tsang, actress, singer and beauty pageant
October 16 — Li Xi, 13th Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

November

November 15 — Huang Kunming, member of the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party

December

December 27 — Wu Yingjie, 14th Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
December 30 — Yuen Kwok-yung, Hong Kong microbiologist, physician and surgeon

Deaths

March 7 — Yang Zhensheng, educator and author (b. 1890)
April 2 — Tan Pingshan, early member of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1886)
April 25 — He Jian, nationalist general (b. 1887)
August 23 — Li Du, leading general of the Jilin Self-Defence Army (b. 1880)
December 11 — Mao Renfeng, nationalist general and spymaster (b. 1898)

References

^ Fernand Braudel (1989). Gramática das Civilizações (in Portuguese). teorema. p. 202.
^ "Shaoxinggaoji high school". Mapio.net. Retrieved 4 August 2022.^{[better source needed]}

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

[2] "Shaoxinggaoji high school". Mapio.net. Retrieved 4 August 2022.^{[better source needed]}

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