1960 in China

Decades:	1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s;
See also:	Other events of 1960; History of China • Timeline • Years

Events in the year 1960 in the People's Republic of China.

Incumbents

February 11 — Twelve Indian soldiers die in clashes with Red Chinese troops along their small common border.

May 9 — According to Chinese government official confirmed report, a Datong Laobaidong Coal mine gas explosion in Shanxi Province, 220 workers were rescued, 684 workers were perished.^{[citation needed]}

February
- Ai Baojun, politician
- February 2 — Kara Wai, Hong Kong actress
- February 16 — Cherie Chung, Hong Kong film actress
March
- Cheng Qiuming, mathematical geoscientist
- March 6 — Buren Bayaer, singer, composer and journalist (d. 2018)
April 2 — Chen Siqing, banker
April 3
- Yu Hua, author
- Lü Liping, actress
April 18 — Ni Dahong, actor
April 25 — Zhou Qiang, politician
April 28 — Edward Yau, Hong Kong politician
June 4 — Ge Ping, voice and television actor
September 5 — Dayo Wong, Hong Kong actor and stand-up comedian
September 29 — Chen Min'er, politician
November 5 — Teresa Mo, Hong Kong actress
November 18 — Priscilla Leung, Hong Kong Legislative Councillor
November 28 — Ken Choi, Hong Kong singer and actor
December
- Bai Yun, politician
- December 12 — Berg Ng, Hong Kong actor
- December 22 — Wakin Chau, Hong Kong singer and actor

January 17 — Wei Lihuang, Nationalist general (b. 1897)
January 21 — Wu Lien-teh, Malayan physician known for work on the Manchurian plague of 1910-1911 (b. 1879)
February 8 — Lin Hu, warlord of Old Guangxi clique (b. 1887)
February 22 — Simon Zhu Kaimin, Bishop of Jiangsu (b. 1868)
May 23 — Yan Xishan, warlord (b. 1883)
May 29 — Lin Boqu, politician and poet (b. 1886)
July 1 — He Bingyan, colonel general (b. 1913)
October 21 — Ma Hongbin, Muslim warlord of the Ma clique (b. 1884)
November 27 — Kwan Sung-sing, construction engineer, architect and entrepreneur (b. 1892)