1955 in China

← 1954 1953 1952 1955 in China → 1956 1957 1958
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1955 List of years in China Timeline of Chinese history 1955 in the Republic of China

Events in the year 1955 in China. The country had an estimated population of 605 million people.^[1]

Incumbents

• Chairman of the Communist Party of China: 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

Events

• Continuing Kuomintang Islamic insurgency in China
• January 18 to January 20 - Battle of Yijiangshan Islands
• January 19 to February 26 - Battle of Dachen Archipelago
• January 29 - Formosa Resolution of 1955
• April 11 - Kashmir Princess
• until May 1 - First Taiwan Strait Crisis
• August - Start of the Sufan movement

Other events

• July - Opening of Taizhou Luqiao Airport
• Opening of the Chongqing Zoo
• Completion of the Sino-Soviet Friendship Building, in Shanghai

Other establishments

• Pingshi Prison
• Shushan Prison
• Sunan Shuofang International Airport

Education

• Establishments:
  • Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
  • China Foreign Affairs University
  • Chongqing Communication Institute
  • Chongqing No.1 Middle School
  • Guangdong Institute of Education
  • Zhongyuan University of Technology

Sports

• Establishment of Jilin FC

See also

• 1955 in Chinese film

References

1. Fernand Braudel (1989). Gramática das Civilizações (in Portuguese). teorema. p. 202.