Events from the year 1968 in China.
Incumbents Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party — Mao Zedong President of the People's Republic of China — vacant 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 First Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China — Lin Biao
Governors Governor of Anhui Province – Li Desheng Governor of Fujian Province – Han Xianchu Governor of Gansu Province – Xian Henghan Governor of Guangdong Province – Huang Yongsheng Governor of Guizhou Province – Ma Li Governor of Hebei Province – Li Xuefeng Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Pan Fusheng Governor of Henan Province – Liu Jianxun Governor of Hubei Province – Zhang Tixue (until February), Zeng Siyu (from February onwards) Governor of Hunan Province – Li Yuan Governor of Jiangsu Province – Xu Shiyou Governor of Jiangxi Province – Cheng Shiqing Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Huaixiang Governor of Liaoning Province – Chen Xilian Governor of Qinghai Province – Liu Xianquan Governor of Shaanxi Province – Li Qiming (until April), Li Ruishan (from April onwards) Governor of Shandong Province – Wang Xiaoyu Governor of Shanxi Province – Liu Geping Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Guohua Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Chengfang (until August 10), Tan Furen (from August 10 onwards) Governor of Zhejiang Province – Nan Ping
Events Cleansing the Class Ranks Shaoyang County Massacre Mango cult Opening of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Ruijin Massacre
Births August 20 — Bai Yansong, CCTV news commentator, anchor and journalist
Deaths March 3 — Xu Guangping, writer, politician and social activist (b. 1898) April 5 — Cheng Qian, army officer and politician (b. 1882) April 7 — Chen Changjie, Nationalist general (b. 1892) April 8 — Yan Fengying, Huangmei opera artist (b. 1930) April 16 — Fu Chi Fong, international table tennis player (b. 1923) April 25 — Cai Tingkai, general (b. 1892) May 8 — Liu Peishan, lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army (b. 1912) June 8 — Yao Tongbin, scientist and missile engineer (b. 1922) June 20 — Rong Guotuan, table tennis player (b. 1937) July 3 — Wang Yaowu, Nationalist general (b. 1904) July 15 — Cai Chusheng, film director (b. 1906) July 16 — Hu Xiansu, botanist, scholar, literary critic and educator (b. 1894) August 3 — Yang Shuo, lyricist and essayist (b. 1913) October 15 — Sun Weishi, first female director of modern spoken drama (huaju) (b. 1920) October 26 — Zhao Jiuzhang, meteorologist and physicist (b. 1907) November 1 — Geshe Sherab Gyatso, ethnic Tibetan religious teacher and politician (b. 1884) November 2 — Li Guangtian, essayist (b. 1906) November 23 — Shangguan Yunzhu, actress (b. 1920) November 27 — Deng Baoshan, 2nd Governor of Gansu (b. 1894) November 28 — Xu Teli, politician (b. 1877) December 2 — Liao Yaoxiang, Nationalist general (b. 1906) December 5 — Guo Yonghuai, aerospace engineer and aerodynamics scientist (b. 1909) December 10 — Tian Han, drama activist, playwright, translator and poet (b. 1898) December 11 — Xiao Guangyan, petrochemist (b. 1920) December 18 — Jian Bozan, scholar and Marxist historian (b. 1898) December 26 — Xun Huisheng, one of Peking Opera's "Four Great Dan" (b. 1900) December 27 — Betty Loh Ti, Hong Kong actress (b. 1937)
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