Events from the year 1962 in China.
Incumbents Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Mao Zedong President of the People's Republic of China – Liu Shaoqi Premier of the People's Republic of China – Zhou Enlai Chairman of the National People's Congress – Zhu De Vice President of the People's Republic of China – Soong Ching-ling and Dong Biwu Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China – Chen Yun
Governors Governor of Anhui Province – Huang Yan Governor of Fujian Province – until unknown: Wu Hongxiang month unknown: Jiang Yizhen starting month unknown: Wei Jinshui Governor of Gansu Province – Deng Baoshan Governor of Guangdong Province – Chen Yu Governor of Guizhou Province – Zhou Lin Governor of Hebei Province – Liu Zihou Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Li Fanwu Governor of Henan Province – Wu Zhipu then Wen Minsheng Governor of Hubei Province – Zhang Tixue Governor of Hunan Province – Cheng Qian Governor of Jiangsu Province – Hui Yuyu Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shao Shiping Governor of Jilin Province – Li Youwen Governor of Liaoning Province – Huang Oudong Governor of Qinghai Province – Yuan Renyuan Governor of Shaanxi Province – Zhao Boping Governor of Shandong Province – Tan Qilong Governor of Shanxi Province – Wei Heng Governor of Sichuan Province – Li Dazhang Governor of Yunnan Province – Ding Yichuan Governor of Zhejiang Province – Zhou Jianren
Events
Four Pests campaign
Establishments
Yiling Senior High School Beijing Language and Culture University Chinese Xiangqi Association Hundred Flowers Awards Nanning Wuxu International Airport
Births
December - Li Xi January - Wang Xiaodong June 9 - Zhu Minzhu July 28 - Liang Weifen November 28 - Ma Yongfeng
Deaths February 9 — Li Kenong, general and politician (b. 1899) February 14 — Hu Zongnan, general in the National Revolutionary Army and the Republic of China Army (b. 1896) February 24 — Hu Shih, academic, writer and politician (b. 1891) May 19 — Mei Yiqi, politician, physicist and educator (b. 1889) June 27 — Long Yun, warlord and former governor of Yunnan (b. 1884) August 15 — Lei Feng, soldier in the People's Liberation Army who was object of several major propaganda campaigns in China (b. 1940) September 19 — John Leighton Stuart, missionary educator, 1st President of Yenching University and later American ambassador to China (b. 1876) September 21 — Ouyang Yuqian, playwright, Peking opera actor and writer, film screenwriter and director and drama educator (b. 1889) October 1 — Lu Dachang, nationalist general from Gansu (b. 1889) December 24 — Li Jieren, writer and translator (b. 1891)
See also Timeline of Chinese history 1962 in Chinese film
References