1931 in China
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Events in the year 1931 in China.
Incumbents
- Chairman of the Nationalist government: Chiang Kai-shek until December 15, Lin Sen
- Premier: Chiang Kai-shek until December 15, Chen Mingshu
- Vice Premier: Soong Tse-ven until December 16, Chen Mingshu
Events
- March 1 – Early June — Second encirclement campaign against the Honghu Soviet
- April 1 – May 31 — Second encirclement campaign against the Jiangxi Soviet
- April–July — Second encirclement campaign against the Eyuwan Soviet
- July – November — 1931 China floods, one of the deadliest floods in history[1]
- July 1 – September 18 — Third Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet
- September 18 — September 18th Incident
- November 4 — Resistance at Nenjiang Bridge
- November 4–18 — Jiangqiao Campaign
- November — Establishment of the Chinese Soviet Republic
Births
- January 2 — Wei Jianxing, member of the 15th Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 2015)
- January 18 — Huang Jiguang, highly-decorated PLA soldier (d. 1952)
- January 22 — Sheng-yen, Taiwanese Buddhist monk, religious scholar and writer (d. 2009)
- February 7 — Liu Yuanfang, nuclear chemist
- February 17 — Wu Jinghua, 7th Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 2007)
- February 25
- Li Zhensheng, geneticist
- Joseph Koo, Hong Kong composer (d. 2023)
- April 15 — Kwang-chih Chang, Chinese-American archaeologist and sinologist (d. 2001)
- April 29 — Zhang Taofang, sniper (d. 2007)
- May 8 — Qi Benyu, communist theorist (d. 2016)
- July 6 — Chang Yinfo, mineral deposit geologist (d. 2024)
- July 10 — Morris Chang, Chinese-American billionaire businessman and electric engineer
- July 28 — He Yousheng, hydrodynamicist and mechanical engineer (d. 2018)
- August 9 — Yang Shi'e, engineer (d. 2024)
- October 8 — Fan Ho, photographer, film director and actor (d. 2016)
- October 28 — Qi Kang, architect and artist
- November 2 — Xue Yuqun, hydrogeologist (d. 2021)
- November 3 — Michael Fu Tieshan, Catholic bishop (d. 2007)
- November 11
- Yan Mingfu, politician (d. 2023)
- Liu Shahe, writer and poet (d. 2019)
- December 11 — Yao Wenyuan, literary critic, politician and a member of the Gang of Four (d. 2005)
Deaths
- February 3 — Sun Baoqi, 16th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1867)
- February 7 — Five Martyrs of the League of the Left-Wing Writers
- March 22 — Yuan Kewen, scholar and calligrapher (b. 1890)
- April 5
- Deng Enming, communist revolutionary (b. 1901)
- Gada Meiren, Mongol leader of an uprising against the sale of Khorchin grasslands to Han settlers (b. 1892)
- May 1 — Mary Elizabeth Wood, American librarian and missionary best known for promoting Western librarianship practices and programs in China (b. 1861)
- June 24 — Xiang Zhongfa, 2nd General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1880)
- July 23 — Ni Kwei-tseng, educator and philanthropist (b. 1869)
- August 4 — Cai Hesen, early leader of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1895)
- August 5
- Ma Qi, Chinese Muslim general (b. 1869)
- Chiang Wei-shui, physician and activist (b. 1890)
- August 31 — Jiang Guangci, fiction writer (b. 1901)
- September 17 — Yang Du, politician (b. 1875)
- November 19 — Xu Zhimo, romantic poet and writer of Modern Chinese poetry (b. 1897)
- November 29 — Deng Yanda, military officer in the National Revolutionary Army (b. 1895)
- December 5 — Song Yuren, reformist philosopher (b. 1857)
References
- ^ Mann, Randi (18 August 2021). "The 1931 China flood is one of the deadliest disasters, true death toll unknown". The Weather Network. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
