1971 in China
Events from the year 1971 in China.
Incumbents
- Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Mao Zedong
- President of the People's Republic of China – vacant
- 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 – Lin Biao, Deng Xiaoping
Governors
- Governor of Anhui Province - Li Desheng
- Governor of Fujian Province - Han Xianchu
- Governor of Gansu Province - Song Ping
- Governor of Guangdong Province - Liu Xingyuan
- Governor of Guizhou Province - Ma Li
- Governor of Hebei Province - Li Zaihe then Liu Zihou
- Governor of Heilongjiang Province - Pan Fusheng then Wang Jiadao
- Governor of Henan Province - Liu Jianxun
- Governor of Hubei Province - Zeng Siyu
- Governor of Hunan Province - Hua Guofeng
- Governor of Jiangsu Province - Xu Shiyou
- Governor of Jiangxi Province - Cheng Shiqing then She Jide
- Governor of Jilin Province - Wang Huaixiang
- Governor of Liaoning Province - Chen Xilian
- Governor of Qinghai Province - Liu Xianquan
- Governor of Shaanxi Province - Li Ruishan
- Governor of Shandong Province - Yang Dezhi
- Governor of Shanxi Province - Liu Geping then Xie Zhenhua
- Governor of Sichuan Province - Zhang Guohua
- Governor of Yunnan Province - Zhou Xing
- Governor of Zhejiang Province - Nan Ping
Events
March
- March 26 – Cameroon and the People's Republic of China established bilateral relations.
May
- May 26 – Austria and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations.
June
- June 10 – The U.S. ends its trade embargo of China.
September
- September 13 – The Chinese Communist military leader Lin Biao dies in a plane crash in Mongolia after what appeared to be a failed coup to oust Mao. After his death, he was officially condemned as a traitor.
October
- October 25 – The United Nations General Assembly admits the People's Republic of China and expels the Republic of China.
November
- November 23 – The People's Republic of China takes the Republic of China's seat on the United Nations Security Council.
- Henry Kissinger secretly visits Beijing
Births
- January 26 - Li Ming, Chinese footballer and football executive
- June 22 - Dao Lang, Chinese musician
- October 29 - Ma Huateng, Chinese business magnate, founder of Tencent
- November 12 - Chen Guangcheng, Chinese civil rights activist
Deaths
- January 27 — Weng Wenhao, geologist and politician
- April 25 — T.V. Soong, businessman, banker and politician
- April 29 — Li Siguang, geologist and founder of China's geomechanics
- June 15 — Xie Juezai, 3rd President of the Supreme People's Court
- September 13 — Lin Biao Incident
- *Lin Biao, 2nd Minister of National Defence and Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party
- *Ye Qun, politician and wife of Lin Biao
- *Lin Liguo, son of Lin Biao
- October 27 — Zhang Jingwu, politician and lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army