1980 in China
The following lists events in the year 1980 in China.
Incumbents
- Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Hua Guofeng
- Chairman of the Congress – Ye Jianying
- Premier – Hua Guofeng, Zhao Ziyang
- Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference – Deng Xiaoping
- Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China – Deng Xiaoping, Wan Li
Governors
- Governor of Anhui Province - Zhang Jingfu
- Governor of Fujian Province - Ma Xingyuan
- Governor of Gansu Province - Feng Jixin then Li Dengying
- Governor of Guangdong Province - Xi Zhongxun
- Governor of Guizhou Province - Su Gang
- Governor of Hebei Province - Li Erzhong
- Governor of Heilongjiang Province - Chen Lei
- Governor of Henan Province - Liu Jie
- Governor of Hubei Province - Chen Pixian then Han Ningfu
- Governor of Hunan Province - Sun Guozhi
- Governor of Jiangsu Province - Hui Yuyu
- Governor of Jiangxi Province - Bai Dongcai
- Governor of Jilin Province - Wang Enmao then Yu Ke
- Governor of Liaoning Province - Chen Puru
- Governor of Qinghai Province - Zhang Guosheng
- Governor of Shaanxi Province - Yu Mingtao
- Governor of Shandong Province - Su Yiran
- Governor of Shanxi Province - Luo Guibo
- Governor of Sichuan Province - Lu Dadong
- Governor of Yunnan Province - Liu Minghui
- Governor of Zhejiang Province - Li Fengping
Events
- May 20 - Guangming Huaqiao Electronic Industry, as predecessor of Konka Group was founded.
Establishments
- Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission
- Shenzhen Special Economic Zone
- State Intellectual Property Office
- Tianjin Zoo
- World Economic Herald
- Xiamen Special Economic Zone
- Yan'an Ershilipu Airport
- Zhuhai Special Economic Zone
Culture
Sport
- China at the 1980 Winter Olympics won no medals
Births
- 5 November - Qi Jianhua, Chinese volleyball player
- 7 November - Sam Chui, Chinese-Australian aviation and travel blogger, photographer, and author
Deaths
- March 10 — Zhang Fakui, nationalist general
- June 25 — An Ziwen, politician and a member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- July 3 — Deng Hua, general in the People's Liberation Army
- July 25 — Wang Jian'an, military official and general in the People's Liberation Army
- August 1 — Guan Linzheng, nationalist general
- October 10 — Zhao Dan, film actor
- December 25 — Gu Jiegang, folklorist, historian and sinologist