1973 in China
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Events from the year 1973 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 Ch'ing-ling and Dong Biwu
- Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China — Deng Xiaoping
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Events
- January — The Yanbian Museum formally opens[1]
- January 15 — The Chinese Rowing Association is founded[2]
- February 6 — Luhuo earthquake: A 7.6 magnitude earthquake occurs in Sichuan, causing extensive destruction and killing 2,204 people[3]
- April 23 — Pingguoyuan station opens[4]
- May — The Chinese Fencing Association is founded[5]
- May 28 — A man suffering from a "nerve disorder" kills his wife and daughter in Xianhu, Wuming, Nanning; he then broke into the village's communal building, killing an additional nine people and injuring nine others, before being lynched by an angry mob[6]
- June — Sungang railway station opens
- August 24–28 — The 10th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing[7]
- September 6 — The Guimin 204 passenger and cargo ship sinks due to strong waves, killing 71 people[6]
- September 14 — Typhoon Marge hits Hainan; 771 people were killed in Qionghai[8]
- November 16 – December 26 — 13 major fires and accidental explosions occur in Guilin, causing serious damage and a high, but unknown, total number of deaths[6]
- November 23 — An industrial accident involving potassium chlorate occurs near Liuyang, Hunan, killing 53 people and injuring 37 others[9]
- November 24 — An accidental explosion occurs at an explosives factory in Xing'an County, Guilin, causing 23 deaths and 42 injuries[6]
Unknown date
- Baihe railway station opens[10]
- The Beijing–Yuanping railway begins operations[11]
- CCTV-2 is launched[12]
- The Heilongjiang Winter Sports Training Center opens[13]
- Kaifeng Thermal Power Station begins operations[14]
- The Ningxia Museum opens[15]
- Shigatse Peace Airport opens for military use[16]
- Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport opens[17]
Births
- January 9 — Wang Junxia, long-distance runner[18]
- February 5 — Deng Yaping, table tennis player[19]
- February 27 — Li Bingbing, actress[20]
- November 1 — Li Xiaoshuang, gymnast[21]
Deaths
- January 8 — Dong Xiwen, painter (b. 1914)
- January 16 — Nellie Yu Roung Ling, dancer, lady-in-waiting for Empress Dowager Cixi (b. 1882)[22]
- March 10 — Li Mi, high-ranking Nationalist general (b. 1902)
- April 23 — Mei Ju-ao, jurist, professor, politician and author (b. 1904)
- April 28 — Yuan Changying, writer (b. 1894)
- June 2 — Zhang Dongsun, philosopher, public intellectual and political figure (b. 1886)
- July 1 — Zhang Shizhao, journalist, educator and politician (b. 1881)
- July 19 — Feng Baiju, chief leader of the Hainan Independent Column of the CCP in Hainan Island (b. 1903)
- July 20 — Bruce Lee, Hong Kong-American martial artist, actor, filmmaker and philosopher (b. 1940)
- September 13 — Sun Fo, politician and high ranking official in the Kuomintang (b. 1891)
- October 20 — Soong Ai-ling, businesswoman and the eldest of the Soong sisters (b. 1889)
See also
References
- ^ "Historical History - Yanbian Museum". Yanbian Museum (in Chinese). Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ 论中国体育社团: 国家与社会关系转变下的体育社团改革 (in Chinese). Beijing Sport University Press. 2004. p. 242. ISBN 978-7-81100-232-4. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ Yang, Yanyu (6 February 2013). "四川炉霍40年从地震废墟上崛起" [Sichuan Luhuo rises from earthquake ruins in 40 years]. China News Service (in Chinese). Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ "地铁公司1971 -- 1980年" [Metro Corporation 1971–1980]. Beijing Subway (in Chinese). 26 December 2010. Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ 中国党派社团辞典 (in Chinese). Chinese Communist Party History Publishing House. 1989. p. 272. ISBN 978-7-80023-070-7. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ a b c d "1970-1989". gxdqw.com (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ "中国共产党第十次全国代表大会新闻公报" [Press Release of the Tenth National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party]. People's Daily (in Chinese). 29 August 1973. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ "7314台风 一场没有预兆的强台风" [Typhoon 7314 A strong typhoon without warning] (in Chinese). 6 November 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ "劳动保护、安全生产60年大事记（1949－2009）" [Major events in labor protection and production safety over the past 60 years (1949–2009)]. ohcs-gz.net (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 4 March 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ "白河火车站 (BaiHe Railway Station)" [Baihe Railway Station (BaiHe Railway Station)]. huochepiao.com (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ "京原铁路（图）" [Gyeongwara Railway (Picture)]. jrsx.com.cn (in Chinese). 27 September 2009. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ 2005 World Radio and Television Handbook, page 639
- ^ "Heilongjiang Ice Training Center". 2025 Asian Winter Games. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ Shao, Wenjie (1991). 河南省志: 电力工业志. 第三十二卷. Henan People's Publishing House. p. 90. ISBN 9787215018969.
- ^ "Ningxia Museum". Visit Our China. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ Gupta, Akanksha (5 November 2013). "The highest-altitude airports in the world". Airport Technology. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ Wu, Fuhuan; Guo, Taishan (2008). 新疆改革开放30年通览. Xinjiang People's Publishing House. ISBN 978-7-228-11641-6.
- ^ "Junxia WANG". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ "Deng Yaping". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ "李冰冰迎47岁生日感谢祝福，祈愿国泰民安" [Li Bingbing celebrates her 47th birthday and thanks the blessings, praying for peace and prosperity for the country and the people]. joy.online.sh.cn (in Chinese). 28 February 2020. Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ "Xiaoshuang Li". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012.
- ^ "她曾教慈禧太后跳現代舞 晚年悽慘遭紅衛兵批鬥斷雙腿！" [She once taught Empress Dowager Cixi modern dance, and in her later years she was miserably criticized and persecuted by the Red Guards and had her legs broken!]. SET News (in Chinese). 27 October 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2025.