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Events in the year 1956 in China. The country had an estimated population of 620 million people. [1]
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: 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 then Ouyang Qin
- 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: 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: Zhao Jianmin
- Governor of Shanxi Province: Pei Lisheng then Wang Shiying
- Governor of Sichuan Province: Li Dazhang
- Governor of Yunnan Province: Guo Yingqiu
- Governor of Zhejiang Province: Sha Wenhan
Events
- September 28 - First Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- September 28 - Election of the 8th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
- Hundred Flowers Campaign
- Continuing Kuomintang Islamic insurgency in China
Other events
- Establishment of the Chinese Skating Association
- Establishment of the Shanghai Natural History Museum
- Hnhhot Huimin Cattle and Breeding Association, as predecessor of Yili Diary Group was founded in Inner Mongolia.[ citation needed]
- Shaoxinggaoji High School is founded. [2]
Education
- Establishments:
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
- Capital University of Economics and Business
- Central Institute for Correctional Police
- Chongqing Medical University
- Chongqing Three Gorges University
- First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University
- Hangzhou Xuejun High School
- High School Affiliated to Beijing International Studies University
Sports
- Establishment of Jilin Northeast Tigers
- Chinese Sports Committee oversees creation of new, simplified (and shorter) 24 Form Tai Chi. Due to this official promotion, the 24-form is most likely the Taiji form with the most practitioners in China and the world over.
See also
References
- ^ Fernand Braudel (1989). Gramática das Civilizações (in Portuguese). teorema. p. 202.
- ^ "Shaoxinggaoji high school". Mapio.net. Retrieved 4 August 2022.[ better source needed]
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