Events in the year 1940 in China.
Incumbents President: Lin Sen Premier: Chiang Kai-shek Vice Premier: H.H. Kung Foreign Minister: Wang Ch'ung-hui
Events March 16 – April 3 — Battle of Wuyuan May 1 – June 18 — Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang November 25–30 — Central Hubei Operation
Births January January 4 — Gao Xingjian, Chinese-French naturalized novelist, playwright, critic, painter, photographer, film director and translator January 14 — Li Guanxing, nuclear material engineer (d. 2020) January 16 — Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai, 11th Qamdo Pagbalha Hutuktu of Tibetan Buddhism and politician January 17 Hua Jianmin, former State Councilor of China Anson Chan, Hong Kong politician and civil servant
February February 29 — Lydia Dunn, Hong Kong-born British businesswoman and politician
March March 8 — Jia Qinglin, 7th Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Zhang Fusen, politician
April April 24 — Allen Lee, industrialist, politician and political commentator (d. 2020) Jiang Shusheng, physicist and politician
June Liao Xilong, general of the People's Liberation Army
August August 14 — Zhang Lina, physical chemist (d. 2020) August 22 — Shi Guangnan, composer (d. 1990) Chen Mingyi, 5th Governor of Fujian Guo Baochang, director, screenwriter, writer and playwright (d. 2023)
October October 3 — Liu Yongqing, former Spouse of the Paramount Leader of China October 8 — Liu Yingming, mathematician (d. 2016) October 20 — Li Zhaoxing, 9th Minister of Foreign Affairs of China
November November 27 — Bruce Lee, Hong Kong-American martial artist and actor (d. 1973)
December December 9 — Liang Guanglie, 10th Minister of National Defense of China (d. 2024) December 17 — Lü Zhong, actress December 18 — Lei Feng, soldier of the People's Liberation Army (d. 1962) December 22 — Bai Yilong, mechanist (d. 2024) Huang Hengmei, lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army
Date unknown Yu Lina, violinist pedagogue Patsy Toh, British pianist
Deaths February 23 — Yang Jingyu, Communist military commander and political commissar (b. 1905) March 4 — Gao Lingwei, politician (b. 1870) March 5 — Cai Yuanpei, philosopher and politician (b. 1868) April 5 — Song Zheyuan, general (b. 1885) May 14 — Luo Zhenyu, classical scholar, philologist, epigrapher, antiquarian and Qing loyalist (b. 1866) May 16 — Zhang Zizhong, general (b. 1891) August 1 — Ma Junwu, scientist and educator (b. 1881) September 26 — Xu Qian, politician and jurist (b. 1871) December 1 — Shi Yousan, 9th Governor of Chahar (b. 1891) December 31 — Xiao Youmei, music educator and composer (b. 1884)
See also List of Chinese films of the 1940s
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