1953 in China

Events in the year 1953 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, Deng Xiaoping

Governors

 * Governor of Anhui Province – Zeng Xisheng
 * Governor of Fujian Province – Zhang Dingcheng
 * Governor of Gansu Province – Deng Baoshan
 * Governor of Guangdong Province – Ye Jianying (until September), Tao Zhu (starting September)
 * Governor of Guizhou Province – Yang Yong
 * Governor of Hebei Province – Yang Xiufeng
 * Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Zhao Dezun then Chen Lei
 * Governor of Henan Province – Wu Zhipu
 * Governor of Hubei Province – Li Xiannian
 * Governor of Hunan Province – Cheng Qian
 * Governor of Jiangsu Province – Tan Zhenlin
 * Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shao Shiping
 * Governor of Jilin Province – Li Youwen
 * Governor of Liaoning Province – Du Zheheng
 * Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhang Zhongliang
 * Governor of Shaanxi Province – Zhao Shoushan
 * Governor of Shandong Province – Kang Sheng
 * Governor of Shanxi Province – Pei Lisheng
 * Governor of Sichuan Province – Li Jingquan
 * Governor of Yunnan Province – Chen Geng
 * Governor of Zhejiang Province – Tan Zhenlin

Events

 * July 15 – FAW Group (First Automobile Group) was founded.
 * July 27 – The Korean War ends: United Nations Command (Korea) (United States), People's Republic of China, North Korea sign an armistice agreement.
 * September 5 – The United Nations rejects the Soviet Union's suggestion to accept the People's Republic of China as a member.

Births

 * July 8 - Zhou Long, Pulitzer-prize-winning Chinese American composer
 * April 4 - Chen Yi, Chinese violinist and composer of contemporary classical music
 * Jing Jing Luo, a Chinese composer
 * June 15 - Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party (paramount leader) and 7th President of China

Deaths

 * September 17 – Wenxiu, consort of China's last emperor Puyi (born 1909).
 * September 26 – Xu Beihong, Chinese painter (born 1895)