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← 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1940 in China → 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	Other events of 1940 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

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

• March - Jia Qinglin
• Yu Lina
• Huang Hengmei
• Liao Xilong
• Liu Yingming
• Zhang Fusen
• Patsy Toh
• December - Lei Feng

Deaths

• February 23 - Yang Jingyu
• March 5 - Cai Yuanpei
• April 5 - Song Zheyuan
• May 16 - Zhang Zizhong

See also

• List of Chinese films of the 1940s

References