1957 in China

← 1956 1955 1954 1957 in China → 1958 1959 1960
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
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See also:	Other events of 1957 List of years in China Timeline of Chinese history 1957 in the Republic of China

Events in the year 1957 in China. The country had an estimated population of 635 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

• End of the Hundred Flowers Campaign
• Start of the Anti-Rightist Movement
• Establishment of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology
• Continuing Kuomintang Islamic insurgency in China

Other events

• January 1 - Opening of Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport, in Jianggan District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, to civil flights.
• October 15 - Opening of the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, in Wuhan, Hubei
• Establishments:
  • Gaoming Prison, in Gaoming District, Foshan City, Guangdong
  • Henan Experimental Middle School, in Jinshui District, Zhengzhou, Henan
  • Lujiang Prison, in Chaohu City, Anhui

See also

• 1957 in Chinese film

References

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