1958 in China

Events in the year 1958 in the People's Republic of China.

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: Chen Yu
 * Governor of Guizhou Province: Zhou Lin (politician)
 * Governor of Hebei Province: Lin Tie then Liu Zihou
 * Governor of Heilongjiang Province: Ouyang Qin then Li Fanwu
 * Governor of Henan Province: Wu Zhipu
 * Governor of Hubei Province: 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 then Yuan Renyuan
 * Governor of Qinghai Province:
 * until month unknown: Sun Zuobin
 * month unknown: Sun Junyi
 * starting month unknown: Yuan Renyuan
 * Governor of Shaanxi Province: Zhao Shoushan
 * Governor of Shandong Province: Zhao Jianmin then Tan Qilong
 * Governor of Shanxi Province: Wang Shiying then Wei Heng
 * Governor of Sichuan Province: Li Dazhang
 * Governor of Yunnan Province: Guo Yingqiu (until November), Ding Yichuan (starting November)
 * Governor of Zhejiang Province: Huo Shilian (until January), Zhou Jianren (starting January)

Events

 * February 11 – Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Premier Zhou Enlai as Chinese Minister of Foreign affairs.
 * May 23 – Chairman Mao Zedong started his "Great Leap Forward" movement in the People's Republic of China.
 * July 31 – Chinese–Tibet Uprising.
 * August 23 – Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
 * October Unknown date – Sichan Radio Manufacturing, as predecessor of home appliance and visual electronic brand Changhong was founded.

Full date unknown

 * Di Li Feng, Chinese contemporary artist

Deaths

 * March 9 – Cheng Yanqiu, Chinese opera singer (born 1904)