1966 in China
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Events from the year 1966 in China.
Incumbents[edit]
- Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Mao Zedong
- President of the People's Republic of China – Liu Shaoqi
- 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[edit]
- Governor of Anhui Province – Huang Yan
- Governor of Fujian Province – Wei Jinshui
- Governor of Gansu Province – Deng Baoshan
- Governor of Guangdong Province – Chen Yu
- Governor of Guizhou Province – Li Li
- Governor of Hebei Province – Liu Zihou
- Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Li Fanwu
- Governor of Henan Province – Wen Minsheng
- Governor of Hubei Province – Zhang Tixue
- Governor of Hunan Province – Cheng Qian
- Governor of Jiangsu Province – Hui Yuyu
- Governor of Jiangxi Province – Fang Zhichun
- Governor of Jilin Province – Li Youwen
- Governor of Liaoning Province – Huang Oudong
- Governor of Qinghai Province – Wang Zhao
- Governor of Shaanxi Province – Li Qiming (until April), Li Ruishan (starting April)
- Governor of Shandong Province – Bai Rubing
- Governor of Shanxi Province – Wang Qian
- Governor of Sichuan Province – Li Dazhang
- Governor of Yunnan Province – Zhou Xing
- Governor of Zhejiang Province – Zhou Jianren
Events[edit]
- 16 May Notification launches the Cultural Revolution[1]
- Beginning of the Red Guards movement
- Third five-year plan
Births[edit]
- Gao Hongbo
- Deng Qingming
- Qin Gang
- Wang Xiaoshuai
- Liu Boming (taikonaut)
- Bai Ling
- Amy Yip
- Zhai Zhigang
- Jing Haipeng
- Leon Lai
Deaths[edit]
- 12 July – Liangqing
- August 24 – Lao She, writer[2]
- December 2 – Bai Chongxi, general
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Russo, Alessandro (2020). Cultural Revolution and revolutionary culture. Durham: Duke University Press. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-4780-1218-4. OCLC 1156439609.
- ^ "Lao She and Modern Chinese Literature", Lao She and the Chinese Revolution, BRILL, pp. 1–4, 1974-10-18, doi:10.1163/9781684171866_002, ISBN 9781684171866, retrieved 2021-11-27
