1951 in China
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Events in the year 1951 in China.
Incumbents
- Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Mao Zedong
- Chairman of the Government – Mao Zedong
- Vice Chairmen of the Government – Zhu De Liu Shaoqi, Song Qingling, Li Jishen, Zhang Lan, Gao Gang
- Premier – Zhou Enlai
- Vice Premiers – Dong Biwu, Chen Yun, Guo Moruo, Huang Yanpei
Governors
- Governor of Fujian Province – Zhang Dingcheng
- Governor of Gansu Province – Deng Baoshan
- Governor of Guangdong Province – Ye Jianying
- Governor of Guizhou Province – Yang Yong
- Governor of Hebei Province – Yang Xiufeng
- Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Yu Yifu
- Governor of Henan Province – Wu Zhipu
- Governor of Hubei Province – Li Xiannian
- Governor of Hunan Province – Wang Shoudao
- Governor of Jiangsu Province – Tan Zhenlin
- Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shao Shiping
- Governor of Jilin Province – Zhou Chiheng
- Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhao Shoushan
- Governor of Shaanxi Province – Ma Mingfang
- Governor of Shandong Province – Kang Sheng
- Governor of Shanxi Province – Pei Lisheng then Lai Ruoyu
- Governor of Yunnan Province – Chen Geng
- Governor of Zhejiang Province – Tan Zhenlin
Events
- January 4 – Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
- February 1 – Korean War: The United Nations General Assembly declares that the People's Republic of China is an aggressor in the Korean War in United Nations General Assembly Resolution 498.
- April 23-June 10 – Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces launch the Fifth Phase Campaign. The resulting Chinese defeat at Seoul and Soyang River brought the Communists side to the armistice negotiation.
- May 23 – The Tibetan government signs the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet with the People's Republic of China.
- September 9 – Chinese communist forces move into Lhasa, the capital of Tibet.
Births
- October 30 – Liu Xiaoqing, Chinese actress and businesswoman.
