Events in the year 1937 in China.
Incumbents President: Lin Sen Premier: Chiang Kai-shek Vice Premier: Kung Hsiang-hsi Foreign Minister: Zhang Qun until March 4, then Wang Chonghui
Events January January 14 — Wang Jingwei took a German passenger boat to Shanghai. January 19 — Hunan University was changed to National Hunan University, and the Ministry of Education appointed Pi Zongshi as the principal.李新總主編，中國社會科學院近代史研究所中華民國史研究室，韓信夫、姜克夫主編 (編). 《中華民國史大事記》. 北京: 中華書局. 2011. .: 5343 January 28 — Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, arrived in Shanghai and departed the next day.
July to December July 7–9 — Marco Polo Bridge Incident early July-early August – Battle of Beiping–Tianjin August — Operation Chahar August–December — Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation August–November — Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation 13 August – 26 November — Battle of Shanghai September 1 – November 9 —Battle of Taiyuan September 13 – November 11 — Battle of Xinkou September 24 – September 25 — Battle of Pingxingguan October 26 – November 1 — Defense of Sihang Warehouse December 13 — Nanking Massacre
Births February 5 — Wang Xuan, computer scientist (d. 2006) March 28 — Ye Keming, engineer (d. 2021) May 17 — Han Dingxiang, underground Roman Catholic bishop of Yongnian (d. 2007) June 22 — Chen Li-an, Taiwanese mathematician and former politician July 2 — Gu Shengying, classical concert pianist (d. 1967) July 7 — Tung Chee-hwa, 1st Chief Executive of Hong Kong July 11 — Pai Hsien-yung, Taiwanese writer July 13 — Xu Huanshan, actor and film director July 24 — Betty Loh Ti, Hong Kong actress (d. 1968) July 28 — Wang Zhonggao, vascular surgeon (d. 2023) August 1 — Tseten Dolma, ethnic Tibetan soprano September 29 — Nina Wang, Asia's richest woman (d. 2007) October 25 — Guo Guirong, lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army October 26 — Qian Qihu, military engineer November 1 — Zhou Chaochen, computer scientist December 11 — Xu Kuangdi, 11th Mayor of Shanghai December 26 — Gu Yue, actor (d. 2005)
Dates unknown Liu Caipin Yu Xiaosong
Deaths January 8 — Pamela Werner, child of retired British diplomat E. T. C. Werner (b. 1917) July 28 Zhao Dengyu, general (b. 1898) Tong Linge, military officer (b. 1892) October 15 — Hao Mengling, general (b. 1892) November 21 — Gao Zhihang, WWII flying ace (b. 1907) December 1 — Rao Guohua, general from the Sichuan clique (b. 1894) December 3 — Yue Yiqin, WWII flying ace (b. 1914) December 25 — Xiong Xiling, 4th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1870)
Dates unknown Ma Zhongying, Chinese Muslim warlord (b. 1910)
See also List of Chinese films of the 1930s
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