Events in the year 1917 in China.
Incumbents President: Li Yuanhong Vice President: Feng Guozhang (June 7, 1916 – July 1) position abolished on July 1st Premier: Duan Qirui
Events Warlord Era July 1–12 — Manchu Restoration: An attempt by monarchist general Zhang Xun to restore the Qing Dynasty
Births January January 1 — Cheng Gwan-min, Hong Kong TVB actor (d. 1994) January 3 — Liu Zhonghua, military officer in the People's Liberation Army (d. 2018) January 6 — Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman, diplomat and film producer (d. 2005)
February February 1 — Zhang Chunqiao, political theorist, writer and politician (d. 2005) February 9 — Sanggyai Yexe, 1st Chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region (d. 2008)
March March 10 — Ling Zifeng, film director (d. 1999) March 31 — Liu Fuzhi, politician (d. 2013)
April April 13 — Shen Shanjiong, microbiologist and geneticist (d. 2021) April 14 — Li Rui, politician, historian and dissident (d. 2019) April 24 — Song Ping, Communist revolutionary and high-ranking politician (d. 2026) April 26 — Ieoh Ming Pei, main architect of the Louvre Pyramid (d. 2019)
June June 18 — Tang Ti-sheng, Cantonese opera playwright, screenwriter and film director (d. 1959)
July July 6 — Wang Da-hong, Taiwanese architect (d. 2018)
August August 9 — Jao Tsung-I, Hong Kong sinologist, calligrapher, historian and painter (d. 2018)
September September 6 — Yao Yilin, former Vice Premier of China (d. 1994) September 10 — Ren Rong, general and politician (d. 2017) September 24 — Lee Huan, Taiwanese politician (d. 2010)
November November 3 — Chung Sze-yuen, Hong Kong politician and businessman (d. 2018) November 28 — Xiang Shouzhi, general and revolutionist (d. 2017) November 29 — Hou Baolin, xiangsheng performer (d. 1993)
December December 2 — Ye Qun, military officer and politician (d. 1971) December 20 — Li Pei, linguist and professor of English (d. 2017)
Deaths January 9 — Liu Yongfu, commander of the Black Flag Army (b. 1837) January 28 — Yikuang, Manchu noble and politician of the Qing Dynasty (b. 1838) February 3 — Liang Cheng, former ambassador to the United States during the Qing dynasty (b. 1864)