1956 in China

Events in the year 1956 in China. The country had an estimated population of 620 million people.

Incumbents

 * Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party: Mao Zedong
 * President of the People's Republic of China: Mao Zedong
 * Premier of the People's Republic of China: Zhou Enlai
 * Chairman of the National People's Congress: Liu Shaoqi
 * Vice President of the People's Republic of China: Zhu De
 * Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China: Chen Yun

Governors

 * Governor of Anhui Province: Huang Yan
 * Governor of Fujian Province: Ye Fei
 * Governor of Gansu Province: Deng Baoshan
 * Governor of Guangdong Province: Tao Zhu
 * Governor of Guizhou Province: Zhou Lin
 * Governor of Hebei Province: Lin Tie
 * Governor of Heilongjiang Province: Han Guang then Ouyang Qin
 * Governor of Henan Province: Wu Zhipu
 * Governor of Hubei Province: Liu Zihou then Zhang Tixue
 * Governor of Hunan Province: Cheng Qian
 * Governor of Jiangsu Province: Hui Yuyu
 * Governor of Jiangxi Province: Shao Shiping
 * Governor of Jilin Province: Li Youwen
 * Governor of Liaoning Province: Du Zheheng
 * Governor of Qinghai Province: Sun Zuobin
 * Governor of Shaanxi Province: Zhao Shoushan
 * Governor of Shandong Province: Zhao Jianmin
 * Governor of Shanxi Province: Pei Lisheng then Wang Shiying
 * Governor of Sichuan Province: Li Dazhang
 * Governor of Yunnan Province: Guo Yingqiu
 * Governor of Zhejiang Province: Sha Wenhan

Events

 * September 28 - First Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
 * September 28 - Election of the 8th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
 * Hundred Flowers Campaign
 * Continuing Kuomintang Islamic insurgency in China

Other events

 * Establishment of the Chinese Skating Association
 * Establishment of the Shanghai Natural History Museum
 * Hnhhot Huimin Cattle and Breeding Association, as predecessor of Yili Diary Group was founded in Inner Mongolia.
 * Shaoxinggaoji High School is founded.

Education

 * Establishments:
 * Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
 * Capital University of Economics and Business
 * Central Institute for Correctional Police
 * Chongqing Medical University
 * Chongqing Three Gorges University
 * First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University
 * Hangzhou Xuejun High School
 * High School Affiliated to Beijing International Studies University

Sports

 * Establishment of Jilin Northeast Tigers
 * Chinese Sports Committee oversees creation of new, simplified (and shorter) 24 Form Tai Chi. Due to this official promotion, the 24-form is most likely the Taiji form with the most practitioners in China and the world over.