1959 in China

Events in the year 1959 in China. The country had an estimated population of 665 million people.

Incumbents

 * Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party: Mao Zedong
 * President of the People's Republic of China: Mao Zedong (until April 27), Liu Shaoqi (starting April 27)
 * Premier of the People's Republic of China: Zhou Enlai
 * Chairman of the National People's Congress: Liu Shaoqi (until April 27), Zhu De (starting April 27)
 * Vice President of the People's Republic of China: Zhu De (until April 27), Song Qingling & Dong Biwu (starting April 27)
 * Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China: Chen Yun

Governors

 * Governor of Anhui Province: Huang Yan
 * Governor of Fujian Province: Ye Fei then Jiang Yizhen
 * Governor of Gansu Province: Deng Baoshan
 * Governor of Guangdong Province: Chen Yu
 * Governor of Guizhou Province: Zhou Lin
 * Governor of Hebei Province: Liu Zihou
 * Governor of Heilongjiang Province: 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: Huang Oudong
 * Governor of Qinghai Province: Yuan Renyuan
 * Governor of Shaanxi Province: Zhao Shoushan (until July), Zhao Boping (starting July)
 * Governor of Shandong Province: Tan Qilong
 * Governor of Shanxi Province: Wei Heng
 * Governor of Sichuan Province: Li Dazhang
 * Governor of Yunnan Province: Ding Yichuan
 * Governor of Zhejiang Province: Zhou Jianren

Events

 * Continuing Great Leap Forward
 * Continuing Great Chinese Famine
 * April - First plenary session of the 2nd National People's Congress, Liu Shaoqi was elected the President of China.
 * March 10 - Start of the 1959 Tibetan uprising
 * July 2 - Start of the Lushan Conference
 * October 1 - 10th anniversary of the People's Republic of China
 * Visit of Nikita Khrushchev from the Soviet Union: Photo of welcoming delegation:

Other events

 * October 1 - Opening of Changfeng Park, in Putuo District, Shanghai
 * Opening of People's Park, in Xining, Qinghai
 * Establishment of Chaohu Prison, in Chaohu, Anhui
 * Establishment of the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of XMU, in Urumqi, Xinjiang
 * Establishment of the National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra
 * Establishment of the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping

Establishments

 * Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, in Hefei, Anhui
 * Anhui University of Finance and Economics, in Bengbu, Anhui
 * Beijing Institute of Textile Technology
 * Yunnan Arts University, in Kunming, Yunnan

Births

 * Li Qiang
 * Zhu Xingliang
 * Deng Kai
 * Dai Jinhua
 * Ma Zhengqi

Deaths

 * Wong Shik Ling
 * Lei Jingtian
 * Zhang Xi
 * Li Daichen
 * Li Jishen