Events in the year 1949 in China.
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Incumbents
editRepublic of China:
- President: Chiang Kai-shek (-January 21), Li Zongren (January 21-)
- Premiers: Sun Fo, He Yingqin, Yan Xishan
People's Republic of China:
- Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party: Mao Zedong
- Chairman of the Government: Mao Zedong
- Premier: Zhou Enlai
Events
editJanuary
edit- January 21 — Chiang Kai-shek resigns from the presidency in a "temporary absence". Vice President Li Zongren was named as the successor
April
edit- April 23 — Communists capture the KMT's capital, Nanjing
June
edit- the Communist Party organised a "Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference" (CPPCC) to prepare for the establishment of a "New Democracy" regime to replace the Kuomintang-dominated Republic of China government
July
edit- Tropical storm Irma kills 1,600 people and destroys more than 63,000 houses in Shanghai, the worst typhoon on record in the city.
September
edit- September 21 — The first meeting of the CPPCC, which was attended by the Communist Party along with eight aligned parties
- September 27 — Establishment of the Flag of the People's Republic of China (simplified Chinese: 中华人民共和国国旗; traditional Chinese: 中華人民共和國國旗; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó guóqí), a red field charged in the canton (upper corner nearest the flagpole) with five golden stars.[1]
October
edit- October 1 — The People's Republic of China is officially proclaimed in Beijing
- October 17 — Chinese communist troops take Guangzhou.
- October 25–27 — Battle of Guningtou in Kinmen, Fujian
- October 27 — Chinese communist troops fail to take Kinmen in the Battle of Kuningtou; their advance towards Taiwan is halted.
December
edit- December 8 — The government of the Republic of China finishes its evacuation to Taiwan, and declares Taipei its temporary capital city.
- December 17 — Burma recognizes the People's Republic of China.
- December 30 — India recognizes the People's Republic of China.
Births
edit- June 23 — Charles Ho, Hong Kong pro-Beijing businessman[2]
- July 3 — Bo Xilai, politician
Deaths
edit- February 11 — Tai Chi-t'ao, journalist (b. 1891)
- August 27 — Politicians who died in the Transbaikal plane crash
- Ehmetjan Qasim, Uyghur revolutionary and statesman (b. 1914)
- Abdulkerim Abbas, Uyghur politician (b. 1921)
- Ishaq Beg Munonov, ethnic Kyrgyz political leader (b. 1902)
- Dalelkhan Sugirbayev, ethnic Kazakh political leader (b. 1906)
- Luo Zhi, revolutionary activist and leader in Xinjiang (b. 1915)
- September 6 — Yang Hucheng, general (b. 1893)
November 20 — Jiang Zhuyun, communist resistance fighter (b. 1920)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 1949年9月27日 中华人民共和国国旗诞生 [September 27, 1949: The Birth of PRC's Flag] (in Chinese). CPC News. Archived from the original on 2019-01-06. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
- ^ "People's champion or bogeyman?". Hong Kong: South China Morning Post. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2014.