1930 in China

Incumbents

• President: Chiang Kai-shek
• Premier:
• * until September 22: Tan Yankai
• * 25 September-4 December: Soong Tse-ven
• * starting 4 December: Chiang Kai-shek
• Vice Premier: Feng Yuxiang until October 11, Soong Tse-ven

  Events

• 29 January - 24 March: Encirclement Campaign against Hunan–Jiangxi Soviet
• 2 March: The League of the Left-Wing Writers was established in Shanghai, at the instigation of the Chinese Communist Party and the influence of the celebrated author Lu Xun.
• May – 4 November: Central Plains War
• 6 May: The China signed tariff treaties with Japan. The Republic of China government obtained itself right of tariff autonomy. Some Japanese goods do not need to pay tariffs.
• 27 October - 1 December: Musha Incident in Taiwan.
• December - Futian incident

  Births

• January 1 - Sihung Lung, actor
• April 15 - Zhu Xu, actor
• June - Li Zehou, philosopher
• June 10 - Chen Xitong, politician
• July 3 - Ku Feng, Hong Kong actor
• December 30 - Tu Youyou, pharmaceutical chemist
• date unknown
• *Hua Sanchuan, painter and illustrator
• *Wu Yen-hsia, t'ai chi ch'uan teacher

  Deaths

• February 24 - Wang Zuo and Yuan Wencai, bandit leaders
• November 14 - Yang Kaihui, second wife of Mao Zedong