1953 in China

← 1952 1951 1950 1953 in the People's Republic of China → 1954 1955 1956
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1953 List of years in China Timeline of Chinese history 1953 in the Republic of China

Events in the year 1953 in the People's Republic of China.

Incumbents

• Chairman of the Government – Mao Zedong
• Vice Chairman of the Government – Zhu De Liu Shaoqi, Song Qingling, Li Jishen, Zhang Lan, Gao Gang
• Premier – Zhou Enlai
• Vice Premier – Dong Biwu

Events

• July 27 – The Korean War ends: United Nations Command (Korea) (United States), People's Republic of China, North Korea sign an armistice agreement.
• September 5 – The United Nations rejects the Soviet Union's suggestion to accept the People's Republic of China as a member.

Births

• July 8 - Zhou Long, Pulitzer-prize-winning Chinese American composer
• April 4 - Chen Yi, Chinese violinist and composer of contemporary classical music
• Jing Jing Luo, a Chinese composer

Deaths

• September 17 – Wenxiu, consort of China's last emperor Puyi (born 1909).
• September 26 – Xu Beihong, Chinese painter (born 1895)

See also

• 1953 in Chinese film

References