1670 in China

Events from the year 1670 in China.

Incumbents

 * Kangxi Emperor (9th year)

Viceroys

 * Viceroy of Zhejiang — Zhao Tingchen
 * Viceroy of Fujian — Liu Dou
 * Viceroy of Chuan-Hu — Cai Yurong
 * Viceroy of Shan-Shaan — Moluo
 * Viceroy of Liangguang — Zhou Youde, Quan Guangzu
 * Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Gan Wenkun
 * Viceroy of Liangjiang — Maleji

Events

 * The Kangxi Emperor's Sacred Edict (聖諭) first issued. It consists of sixteen maxims, each seven characters long, to instruct the average citizen in the basic principles of Confucian orthodoxy
 * Sino-Russian border conflicts