1966 in China

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Events from the year 1966 in China.

Incumbents

• 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

• 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
• Zhou Xing
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Zhou Jianren

Events

• 16 May Notification launches the Cultural Revolution^[1]
• Beginning of the Red Guards movement
• Third five-year plan

Births

• Gao Hongbo
• Deng Qingming
• Qin Gang
• Wang Xiaoshuai
• Liu Boming (taikonaut)
• Bai Ling
• Amy Yip
• Zhai Zhigang
• Jing Haipeng
• Leon Lai

Deaths

• 12 July – Liangqing
• August 24 – Lao She, writer^[2]
• December 2 – Bai Chongxi, general

See also

• 1966 in Chinese film

References