1951 in China

Events in the year 1951 in China.

Incumbents

 * Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Mao Zedong
 * Chairman of the Government – Mao Zedong
 * Vice Chairmen of the Government – Zhu De Liu Shaoqi, Song Qingling, Li Jishen, Zhang Lan, Gao Gang
 * Premier – Zhou Enlai
 * Vice Premiers – Dong Biwu, Chen Yun, Guo Moruo, Huang Yanpei

Governors

 * Governor of Fujian Province – Zhang Dingcheng
 * Governor of Gansu Province – Deng Baoshan
 * Governor of Guangdong Province – Ye Jianying
 * Governor of Guizhou Province – Yang Yong
 * Governor of Hebei Province – Yang Xiufeng
 * Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Yu Yifu
 * Governor of Henan Province – Wu Zhipu
 * Governor of Hubei Province – Li Xiannian
 * Governor of Hunan Province – Wang Shoudao
 * Governor of Jiangsu Province – Tan Zhenlin
 * Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shao Shiping
 * Governor of Jilin Province – Zhou Chiheng
 * Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhao Shoushan
 * Governor of Shaanxi Province – Ma Mingfang
 * Governor of Shandong Province – Kang Sheng
 * Governor of Shanxi Province – Pei Lisheng then Lai Ruoyu
 * Governor of Yunnan Province – Chen Geng
 * Governor of Zhejiang Province – Tan Zhenlin

Events

 * January 4 – Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
 * February 1 – Korean War: The United Nations General Assembly declares that the People's Republic of China is an aggressor in the Korean War in United Nations General Assembly Resolution 498.
 * April 23-June 10 – Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces launch the Fifth Phase Campaign. The resulting Chinese defeat at Seoul and Soyang River brought the Communists side to the armistice negotiation.
 * May 23 – The Tibetan government signs the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet with the People's Republic of China.
 * September 9 – Chinese communist forces move into Lhasa, the capital of Tibet.

Births

 * October 30 – Liu Xiaoqing, Chinese actress and businesswoman.