Events in the year 1955 in China. The country had an estimated population of 605 million people.
Incumbents Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party: Mao Zedong President of the People's Republic of China: Mao Zedong Premier of the People's Republic of China: Zhou Enlai Chairman of the National People's Congress: Liu Shaoqi Vice President of the People's Republic of China: Zhu De Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China: Chen Yun
Governors Governor of Anhui Province: Zeng Xisheng then Huang Yan Governor of Fujian Province: Ye Fei Governor of Gansu Province: Deng Baoshan Governor of Guangdong Province: Tao Zhu Governor of Guizhou Province: Zhou Lin Governor of Hebei Province: Lin Tie Governor of Heilongjiang Province: Han Guang Governor of Henan Province: Wu Zhipu Governor of Hubei Province: Liu Zihou then Zhang Tixue Governor of Hunan Province: Cheng Qian Governor of Jiangsu Province: Tan Zhenlin then Hui Yuyu Governor of Jiangxi Province: Shao Shiping Governor of Jilin Province: Li Youwen Governor of Liaoning Province: Du Zheheng Governor of Qinghai Province: Sun Zuobin Governor of Shaanxi Province: Zhao Shoushan Governor of Shandong Province: Kang Sheng then Zhao Jianmin Governor of Shanxi Province: Pei Lisheng Governor of Sichuan Province: Li Jingquan then Li Dazhang Governor of Yunnan Province: Chen Geng then Guo Yingqiu Governor of Zhejiang Province: Tan Zhenlin then Sha Wenhan
Events Continuing Kuomintang Islamic insurgency in China January 18 to January 20 — Battle of Yijiangshan Islands January 19 to February 26 — Battle of Dachen Archipelago January 29 — Formosa Resolution of 1955 April 11 — Kashmir Princess until May 1 — First Taiwan Strait Crisis August — Start of the Sufan movement September–November Bumper rice and wheat crop
Other events July — Opening of Taizhou Luqiao Airport Opening of the Chongqing Zoo Completion of the Sino-Soviet Friendship Building, in Shanghai
Other establishments Pingshi Prison Shushan Prison Sunan Shuofang International Airport
Education Establishments: Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications China Foreign Affairs University Chongqing Communication Institute Chongqing No.1 Middle School Guangdong Institute of Education Zhongyuan University of Technology
Sports Establishment of Jilin FC
Births January January 1 — Yang Yumin, footballer January 9 — Qiao Liang, military theorist and author January 17 — Zhang Guoli, actor and film director Wang Jiasheng, former Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force
February February 1 — Shing Fui-On, Hong Kong actor (d. 2009) February 4 — He Lifeng, economist and politician February 8 — Xu Bing, artist February 17 — Mo Yan, novelist and short story writer Bagatur, 10th Chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
March March 5 — Wang Yang, 9th Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference March 13 — Edmund Ho, 1st Chief Executive of Macau March 18 — Paul Chan Mo-po, 5th Financial Secretary of Hong Kong March 19 — Simon Yam, Hong Kong actor and film producer Hu Zejun, politician Fu Zhenghua, former politician and public security officer
April April 20 — Xi Meijuan, actress April 26 — Chen Daoming, actor April 27 — Jing Yidan, former television host
May May 18 — Chow Yun-fat, Hong Kong actor and film actor May 20 — Miao Wei, manufacturing executive and politician May 27 — Luo Shugang, politician
June June 9 — Guo Da, actor and sketch comedy performer June 15 — Zheng Yuanjie, children's writer June 16 — Cai Mingzhao, politician and journalist
July July 3 — Li Keqiang, 7th Premier of China (d. 2023) July 17 Li Shaohong, film director and producer Fei Yu-ching, Taiwanese singer and television host
August August 22 — Gordon Liu, Hong Kong actor and martial artist
September September 8 — Fan Zhiqi, actor (d. 2010) September 16 — Zhang Haidi, writer September 18 — Liu Cigui, 10th Secretary of the Hainan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party September 23 — Ma Shaohua, Hui actor Bi Jingquan, politician
October October 6 — Wang Huning, 10th Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference October 26 — Wong Yue, Hong Kong martial arts film actor (d. 2008) October 30 — Liu Xiaoqing, actress and businesswoman Zhong Shan, politician and business executive Yu Weiguo, 13th Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Song Xiuyan, 17th Governor of Qinghai
November November 22 — Ding Lieyun, management scientist and educator Chen Quanguo, Member of the 19th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party Li Qiang, politician from Jiangsu province
December December 5 — Cai Qi, First-ranked Secretary of the 20th Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party December 7 — He Qun, filmmaker (d. 2016) December 28 — Liu Xiaobo, literary critic and human rights activist (d. 2017) Wang Yong, former State Councilor of China
Unknown dates Mai Cheng, Norwegian painter
Deaths February 9 — Zhang Lan, 1st Chairman of the China Democratic League (b. 1872) February 23 — Shi Dongshan, film director and screenwriter (b. 1902) March 23 — Kai Feng, communist revolutionary and politician (b. 1906) March 25 — Huang Binhong, literati painter and art historian (b. 1865) April 1 — Lin Huiyin, architect, writer and poet (b. 1904) August 29 — Hong Shen, playwright, film director and screenwriter (b. 1894)
See also 1955 in Chinese film
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