1979 in China

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Events in the year 1979 in the People's Republic of China.

• Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Hua Guofeng
• Premier of the People's Republic of China – Hua Guofeng
• Chairman of the National People's Congress – Ye Jianying
• Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference – Deng Xiaoping
• Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China – Deng Xiaoping

• Governor of Anhui Province – Wan Li then Zhang Jingfu
• Governor of Fujian Province – Liao Zhigao then Ma Xingyuan
• Governor of Gansu Province – Song Ping then Li Dengying
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Wei Guoqing then Xi Zhongxun
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Ma Li (until unknown)
• Governor of Hebei Province – Liu Zihou
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Yang Yichen then Chen Lei
• Governor of Henan Province – Duan Junyi then Liu Jie
• Governor of Hubei Province – Chen Pixian then Han Ningfu
• Governor of Hunan Province – Mao Zhiyong then Sun Guozhi
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Xu Jiatun then Hui Yuyu
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Jiang Weiqing then Bai Dongcai
• Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Enmao
• Governor of Liaoning Province – vacant
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Tan Qilong then Zhang Guosheng
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Wang Renzhong then Yu Mingtao
• Governor of Shandong Province – Bai Rubing then Su Yiran
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Wang Qian then Luo Guibo
• Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhao Ziyang then Lu Dadong
• Governor of Yunnan Province – An Pingsheng then Liu Minghui
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Tie Ying then Li Fengping

• January 1 — The United States broke diplomatic relations with Republic of China, and established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
• January - The One Child Policy is announced and implemented (est.)^[1]

• February 17 – The People's Republic of China invades northern Vietnam, launching the Sino-Vietnamese War.

• March 5 – Zhuhai County was upgraded to Zhuhai City.
• March 14 – In China, a Hawker Siddeley Trident crashes into a factory near Beijing, killing at least 260.

• September 27 – Stars Art Exhibition, the first independent art exhibition, takes place in Beihai Park, Beijing

• January 13 – Yang Wei, Badminton player
• February 9 – Zhang Ziyi, film actress
• February 17 – Xu Yunlong, footballer
• March 5 – Tang Gonghong, Chinese weightlifter
• March 12 – Liu Xuan, Gymnast
• March 14 – Gao Ling, badminton player
• May 15 – Li Yanfeng, discus thrower
• April 19 – Zhao Junzhe, footballer
• June 14 – Ma Ning, association football referee
• June 20 – Li Yi, footballer
• July 19 – Mo Huilan, gymnast
• August 15 – Tong Jian, pair skater
• August 27 – Tian Liang, diver
• September 18 – Bobo Chan, Musical artist
• October 5 – Gao Yuanyuan, actress and model
• October 7 – Tang Wei, actress
• December 10 – Yang Jianping, archer^[2]
• December 24 – Pang Qing, figure skater
• December 27 – Sa Dingding, folk singer and songwriter

• January 15 – Yang Zhongjian, vertebrate paleontologist (b. 1897)
• February 7 – Su Zhenhua, general (b. 1912)
• March 12 – Zheng Xiaocang, writer, translator, and educator (b. 1892)
• May 27 – Yao Zhe, People's Liberation Army lieutenant general (b. 1906)
• August 14 – Wang Yun-wu, scholar of history and political science (b. 1888)
• December 3 – Zhang Guotao, politician (b. 1897)

• 1979 in Chinese film