1957 in China

← 1956 1955 1954 1957 in China → 1958 1959 1960
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1957 List of years in China Timeline of Chinese history 1957 in the Republic of China

Events in the year 1957 in China. The country had an estimated population of 635 million people.^[1]

Incumbents

• Chairman of the Communist Party of China: Mao Zedong
• President of the People's Republic of China: Mao Zedong
• Premier of the People's Republic of China: Zhou Enlai
• Chairman of the National People's Congress: Liu Shaoqi
• Vice President of the People's Republic of China: Zhu De

Events

• End of the Hundred Flowers Campaign
• Start of the Anti-Rightist Movement
• Establishment of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology
• Continuing Kuomintang Islamic insurgency in China

Other events

• January 1 - Opening of Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport, in Jianggan District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, to civil flights.
• October 15 - Opening of the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, in Wuhan, Hubei
• Establishments:
  • Gaoming Prison, in Gaoming District, Foshan City, Guangdong
  • Henan Experimental Middle School, in Jinshui District, Zhengzhou, Henan
  • Lujiang Prison, in Chaohu City, Anhui

See also

• 1957 in Chinese film

References

Years in the People's Republic of China (1949–present)
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1949