1937 in China

Events in the year 1937 in China.

Incumbents

 * President: Lin Sen
 * Premier: Chiang Kai-shek
 * Vice Premier: Kung Hsiang-hsi
 * Foreign Minister: Zhang Qun until March 4, then Wang Chonghui

January

 * January 14 – Wang Jingwei took a German passenger boat to Shanghai.
 * January 19 – Hunan University was changed to National Hunan University, and the Ministry of Education appointed Pi Zongshi as the principal.
 * January 28 – Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, arrived in Shanghai and departed the next day.

July to December

 * 7–9 July – Marco Polo Bridge Incident
 * early July-early August – Battle of Beiping–Tianjin
 * August – Operation Chahar
 * August–December – Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation
 * August–November – Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation
 * 13 August – 26 November – Battle of Shanghai
 * 1 September – 9 November – Battle of Taiyuan
 * 13 September – 11 November – Battle of Xinkou
 * 24 September – 25 September – Battle of Pingxingguan
 * 26 October- 1 November – Defense of Sihang Warehouse

Births

 * Han Dingxiang
 * Liu Caipin
 * Zhou Chaochen
 * Yu Xiaosong

Deaths

 * January 8 – Pamela Werner
 * July 28 – Zhao Dengyu, Tong Linge
 * October 15 – Hao Mengling
 * November 21 – Gao Zhihang
 * December 1 – Rao Guohua
 * December 25 – Xiong Xiling