1930 in China

Events from the year 1930 in China.

Incumbents

 * Chairman of the Nationalist government: Chiang Kai-shek
 * Premier:
 * until 22 September: Tan Yankai
 * 25 September – 4 December: T.V. Soong
 * starting 4 December: Chiang Kai-shek
 * Vice Premier: Feng Yuxiang until 11 October, T.V. Soong

Events

 * 29 January – 24 March: Encirclement Campaign against Hunan–Jiangxi Soviet
 * 2 March: The League of the Left-Wing Writers was established in Shanghai, at the instigation of the Chinese Communist Party and the influence of the celebrated author Lu Xun.
 * May – 4 November: Central Plains War
 * 6 May: China signed tariff treaties with Japan. The Republic of China government obtained itself right of tariff autonomy. Some Japanese goods do not need to pay tariffs.
 * 27 October – 1 December: Musha Incident in Taiwan.
 * December – Futian incident

Births

 * 1 January – Sihung Lung, actor (died 2002)
 * 15 April – Zhu Xu, actor (died 2018)
 * 10 June – Chen Xitong, politician (died 2013)
 * 13 June – Li Zehou, philosopher (died 2021)
 * 3 July – Ku Feng, Hong Kong actor
 * 22 November – Li Yining, economist (died 2023)
 * 30 December – Tu Youyou, pharmaceutical chemist
 * date unknown
 * Hua Sanchuan, painter and illustrator (died 2004)
 * Wu Yanxia, tai chi teacher (died 2001)

Deaths

 * 24 February – Wang Zuo and Yuan Wencai, bandit leaders (assassinated)
 * 14 November – Yang Kaihui, second wife of Mao Zedong (born 1901; executed)