1962 in China
Events from the year 1962 in China.
Incumbents
- Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Mao Zedong
- President of the People's Republic of China – Liu Shaoqi
- Premier of the People's Republic of China – Zhou Enlai
- Chairman of the National People's Congress – Zhu De
- Vice President of the People's Republic of China – Soong Ching-ling and Dong Biwu
- Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China – Chen Yun
Governors
- Governor of Anhui Province - Huang Yan
- Governor of Fujian Province -
- * until unknown: Wu Hongxiang
- * month unknown: Jiang Yizhen
- * starting month unknown: Wei Jinshui
- Governor of Gansu Province - Deng Baoshan
- Governor of Guangdong Province - Chen Yu
- Governor of Guizhou Province - Zhou Lin
- Governor of Hebei Province - Liu Zihou
- Governor of Heilongjiang Province - Li Fanwu
- Governor of Henan Province - Wu Zhipu then Wen Minsheng
- Governor of Hubei Province - Zhang Tixue
- Governor of Hunan Province - Cheng Qian
- Governor of Jiangsu Province - Hui Yuyu
- Governor of Jiangxi Province - Shao Shiping
- Governor of Jilin Province - Li Youwen
- Governor of Liaoning Province - Huang Oudong
- Governor of Qinghai Province - Yuan Renyuan
- Governor of Shaanxi Province - Zhao Boping
- Governor of Shandong Province - Tan Qilong
- Governor of Shanxi Province - Wei Heng
- Governor of Sichuan Province - Li Dazhang
- Governor of Yunnan Province - Ding Yichuan
- Governor of Zhejiang Province - Zhou Jianren
Events
Establishments
- Yiling Senior High School
- Beijing Language and Culture University
- Chinese Xiangqi Association
- Hundred Flowers Awards
- Nanning Wuxu International Airport
Births
- December - Li Xi
- January - Wang Xiaodong
- June 9 - Zhu Minzhu
- July 28 - Liang Weifen
- November 28 - Ma Yongfeng
Deaths
- February 9 — Li Kenong, general and politician
- February 14 — Hu Zongnan, general in the National Revolutionary Army and the Republic of China Army
- February 24 — Hu Shih, academic, writer and politician
- May 19 — Mei Yiqi, politician, physicist and educator
- June 27 — Long Yun, warlord and former governor of Yunnan
- August 15 — Lei Feng, soldier in the People's Liberation Army who was object of several major propaganda campaigns in China
- September 19 — John Leighton Stuart, missionary educator, 1st President of Yenching University and later American ambassador to China
- September 21 — Ouyang Yuqian, playwright, Peking opera actor and writer, film screenwriter and director and drama educator
- October 1 — Lu Dachang, nationalist general from Gansu
- December 24 — Li Jieren, writer and translator