Events in the year 1944 in China.
Incumbents President: Chiang Kai-shek Premier: Chiang Kai-shek Vice Premier: Kung Hsiang-hsi
Events April 17 – May 25 — Battle of Central Henan May – August — Battle of Changsha (1944) June 22 – August 8 — Defense of Hengyang August 16 – November 24 — Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou
Births January January 13 — Lau Dan, Hong Kong actor January 16 — Xu Genbao, football manager and international football player
February February 1 — Li Changchun, member of the 16th & 17th Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party February 19 — Chen Zude, professional Go player (d. 2012) February 29 — Karl Maka, Hong Kong film producer, director, actor and presenter
March Sun Jiazheng, politician
April April 16 — Deng Pufang, politician and son of Deng Xiaoping April 29 — Liu Chuanzhi, entrepreneur
May May 20 — Qi Wusheng, football coach and former international player
June June 2 — Gua Ah-leh, Taiwanese actress and singer
July July 24 — Joe Cheung, Hong Kong director, producer, scriptwriter and actor Liu Zemin, politician (d. 2017)
October October 1 — Dai Xianglong, 10th Governor of the People's Bank of China October 7 — Donald Tsang, 2nd Chief Executive of Hong Kong October 25 — Ren Zhengfei, founder and CEO of Huawei Technologies October 28 — Ma Junren, track coach Hui Liangyu, former Vice Premier of China Huang Qingyi, politician Zhang Wenyue, 12th Secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Legqog, 6th Chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region Chu Bo, 10th Secretary of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
November November 10 — Li Guyi, singer and dancer November 18 — Wang Enduo, biochemist and molecular biologist Xu Guangchun, 13th Secretary of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 2022) Ismail Tiliwaldi, 9th Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
December December 10 — Zheng Xiaoyu, former director of the State Food and Drug Administration (d. 2007) December 21 — Wang Lequan, 8th Secretary of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Zheng Chengsi, intellectual property expert (d. 2006)
Deaths March 8 — Xu Zonghan, hero of the Xinhai Revolution (b. 1876) May 20 — Eugene Chen, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (b. 1878) May 21 — Li Jiayu, nationalist general (b. 1892) June 11 — Teng Yu-hsien, Taiwanese Hakka musician (b. 1906) July 24 — Zou Taofen, journalist, media entrepreneur and political activist (b. 1895) September 5 — Zhang Side, communist soldier and guard of Mao Zedong (b. 1915) September 11 — Peng Xuefeng, New Fourth Army general officer (b. 1907) November 10 — Wang Jingwei, 24th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1883) December 26 — Zhu Shenghao, translator (b. 1912)
Unknown dates Men Bingyue, general of the National Revolutionary Army (b. 1890) Lin Zongsu, suffragist and writer (b. 1878)
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