1980 in China

The following lists events in the year 1980 in China.

Incumbents

 * Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Hua Guofeng
 * Chairman of the Congress – Ye Jianying (head of state)
 * Premier – Hua Guofeng (until September), Zhao Ziyang (starting September)
 * Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference – Deng Xiaoping
 * Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China – Deng Xiaoping (until September 13), Wan Li (starting September 13)

Governors

 * Governor of Anhui Province – Zhang Jingfu
 * Governor of Fujian Province – Ma Xingyuan
 * Governor of Gansu Province – Feng Jixin then Li Dengying
 * Governor of Guangdong Province – Xi Zhongxun
 * Governor of Guizhou Province – Su Gang (starting unknown)
 * Governor of Hebei Province – Li Erzhong (starting unknown)
 * Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Chen Lei
 * Governor of Henan Province – Liu Jie
 * Governor of Hubei Province – Chen Pixian then Han Ningfu
 * Governor of Hunan Province – Sun Guozhi
 * Governor of Jiangsu Province – Hui Yuyu
 * Governor of Jiangxi Province – Bai Dongcai
 * Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Enmao then Yu Ke
 * Governor of Liaoning Province – Chen Puru (starting unknown)
 * Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhang Guosheng
 * Governor of Shaanxi Province – Yu Mingtao
 * Governor of Shandong Province – Su Yiran
 * Governor of Shanxi Province – Luo Guibo
 * Governor of Sichuan Province – Lu Dadong
 * Governor of Yunnan Province – Liu Minghui
 * Governor of Zhejiang Province – Li Fengping

Events

 * May 20 – Guangming Huaqiao Electronic Industry, as predecessor of Konka Group was founded.

Establishments

 * Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission
 * Shenzhen Special Economic Zone
 * State Intellectual Property Office
 * Tianjin Zoo
 * World Economic Herald
 * Xiamen Special Economic Zone
 * Yan'an Ershilipu Airport
 * Zhuhai Special Economic Zone

Culture

 * 1980 in Chinese film

Sport

 * China at the 1980 Winter Olympics won no medals

Births

 * 5 November – Qi Jianhua, Chinese volleyball player
 * 7 November – Sam Chui, Chinese-Australian aviation and travel blogger, photographer, and author

Deaths

 * 10 March – Zhang Fakui, Nationalist general (born 1896)
 * 3 July – Deng Hua, general (born 1910)
 * 1 August – Guan Linzheng, Nationalist general (born 1905)
 * 10 October – Zhao Dan, actor (born 1915)