1970 in China

Events in the year 1970 in the People's Republic of China.

Incumbents

 * Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Mao Zedong
 * President of the People's Republic of China – vacant
 * Premier of the People's Republic of China – Zhou Enlai
 * Chairman of the National People's Congress – Zhu De
 * Vice President of the People's Republic of China – Soong Ching-ling and Dong Biwu
 * Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China – Lin Biao

Governors

 * Governor of Anhui Province – Li Desheng
 * Governor of Fujian Province – Han Xianchu
 * Governor of Gansu Province – Song Ping
 * Governor of Guangdong Province – Liu Xingyuan
 * Governor of Guizhou Province – Ma Li
 * Governor of Hebei Province – Li Zaihe
 * Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Pan Fusheng
 * Governor of Henan Province – Liu Jianxun
 * Governor of Hubei Province – Zeng Siyu
 * Governor of Hunan Province – Li Yuan then Hua Guofeng
 * Governor of Jiangsu Province – Xu Shiyou
 * Governor of Jiangxi Province – Cheng Shiqing
 * Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Huaixiang
 * Governor of Liaoning Province – Chen Xilian
 * Governor of Qinghai Province – Liu Xianquan
 * Governor of Shaanxi Province – Li Ruishan
 * Governor of Shandong Province – Yang Dezhi
 * Governor of Shanxi Province – Liu Geping
 * Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Guohua
 * Governor of Yunnan Province – Tan Furen (until October), Zhou Xing (starting October)
 * Governor of Zhejiang Province – Nan Ping

April

 * April 24 - China launched its first space satellite Dong Fang Hong I as part of the PRC's Dong Fang Hong space satellite program.

October

 * October 13 – The People's Republic of China and Canada signed established diplomatic relations.
 * October 14 – A Chinese nuclear test is conducted in Lop Nor.

December

 * December 30 – Construction of the Gezhouba Dam started.

Births

 * September 7 – Gao Min, Chinese diver
 * October 30 – Xie Jun, Chinese chess grandmaster

Deaths

 * September 23 – Zhao Shuli, Chinese novelist and a leading figure of modern Chinese literature.
 * September 27 - Li Tianyou
 * December 10 - Huang Qixiang