Events from the year 1964 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 – Chen Yun (until December 21), Lin Biao (starting December 21)
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 – Zhou Lin (politician) 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 – Shao Shiping Governor of Jilin Province – Li Youwen Governor of Liaoning Province – Huang Oudong Governor of Qinghai Province – Wang Zhao Governor of Shaanxi Province – Li Qiming Governor of Shandong Province – Bai Rubing Governor of Shanxi Province – Wei Heng Governor of Sichuan Province – Li Dazhang Governor of Yunnan Province – Ding Yichuan Governor of Zhejiang Province – Zhou Jianren
Events
Beginning in 1964, China through the Third Front construction built a self-sufficient industrial base in its hinterlands as a strategic reserve in the event of war with the Soviet Union or the United States. In 1964, the Chinese Academy of Sciences debuted China's first self-developed large digital computer, the 119. The 119 was a core technology in facilitating China's first successful nuclear weapon test (Project 596), also in 1964.
January January 25 – France and China establish diplomatic relations.Milestones: 1964, People's Daily website
October October 16 – China explodes an atomic bomb in Sinkiang.
Births April 26 – Zhu Jun, actor and host June 23 – Lou Yun, gymnast August 3 – Ye Qiaobo, speed skater October 30 – Ma Xiangjun, archer Jiang Yu, politician Gao Chengyong, serial killer and rapist (d. 2019)
Deaths February 5 — Gan Siqi, general (b. 1904) March 30 — Deng Xihou, prominent warlord of Sichuan (b. 1889) April 22 — Zhou Baozhong, military commander (b. 1902) May 1 — Tang Yongtong, educator, philosopher and scholar (b. 1893) May 14 — Jiao Yulu, politician (b. 1922) July 6 — Zeng Junchen, businessman and opium kingpin from Sichuan (b. 1888) July 19 — Si Xingjian, paleobotanist and stratigrapher (b. 1901) September 22 — Yu Xuezhong, Nationalist general and pro-Communist politician (b. 1890) November 10 — Yu Youren, educator, scholar, calligrapher and politician (b. 1879)
References
See also Timeline of Chinese history 1964 in Chinese film