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Events in the year 1949 in China.
Republic of China:
- President: Chiang Kai-shek (-January 21), Li Zongren (January 21-)
- Premiers: Sun Fo, He Yingqin, Yan Xishan
People's Republic of China:
- Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party: Mao Zedong
- Chairman of the Government: Mao Zedong
- Premier: Zhou Enlai
January
- January 21 — Chiang Kai-shek resigns from the presidency in a "temporary absence". Vice President Li Zongren was named as the successor
April
- April 23 — Communists capture the KMT's capital, Nanjing
June
- the Communist Party organised a "Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference" (CPPCC) to prepare for the establishment of a "New Democracy" regime to replace the Kuomintang-dominated Republic of China government
July
- Tropical storm Irma kills 1,600 people and destroys more than 63,000 houses in Shanghai, the worst typhoon on record in the city.
September
- September 21 — The first meeting of the CPPCC, which was attended by the Communist Party along with eight aligned parties
- September 27 — Establishment of the Flag of the People's Republic of China (simplified Chinese: 中华人民共和国国旗; traditional Chinese: 中華人民共和國國旗; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó guóqí), a red field charged in the canton (upper corner nearest the flagpole) with five golden stars.[1]
October
- October 1 — The People's Republic of China is officially proclaimed in Beijing
- October 17 — Chinese communist troops take Guangzhou.
- October 25–27 — Battle of Guningtou in Kinmen, Fujian
- October 27 — Chinese communist troops fail to take Kinmen in the Battle of Kuningtou; their advance towards Taiwan is halted.
December
- December 8 — The government of the Republic of China finishes its evacuation to Taiwan, and declares Taipei its temporary capital city.
- December 17 — Burma recognizes the People's Republic of China.
- December 30 — India recognizes the People's Republic of China.
- January 1 — Paula Tsui, Hong Kong Cantopop singer
- February 13 — Yeh Chu-lan, Taiwanese politician
- May 21 — Angela Pan, Hong Kong actress
- May 22 — Wu Kwok Hung, Hong Kong football player (d. 2015)
- June 23 — Charles Ho, Hong Kong pro-Beijing businessman[2]
- July 3 — Bo Xilai, politician
- July 22 — Stephen Shiu, Taiwan-based Hong Kong media personality
- December 3 — Lu Yao, novelist (d. 1992)
- December 8 — Su Shao-lien, Taiwanese poet
- December 22 — Ching Cheong, journalist
- January 9 — Wang Maozu, educator and philosopher (b. 1891)
- January 10 — Qiu Qingquan, Nationalist general (b. 1902)
- January 15 — Lu Zhengxiang, diplomat (b. 1871)
- February
- Tang Yulin, general in the Northeastern Army (b. 1871)
- February 11 — Dai Jitao, journalist (b. 1891)
- April 14 — Hu Zhengzhi, newspaper publisher (b. 1889)
- April 24 — Liang Huazhi, Nationalist official (b. 1906)
- May 7 — Li Bai, communist spy (b. 1910)
- May 25 — Wang Jingzhai, Muslim scholar (b. 1880)
- July
- Ren Kainan, educator (b. 1884)
- August 27 — Politicians who died in the Transbaikal plane crash
- Ehmetjan Qasim, Uyghur revolutionary and statesman (b. 1914)
- Abdulkerim Abbas, Uyghur politician (b. 1921)
- Ishaq Beg Munonov, ethnic Kyrgyz political leader (b. 1902)
- Dalelkhan Sugirbayev, ethnic Kazakh political leader (b. 1906)
- Luo Zhi, revolutionary activist and leader in Xinjiang (b. 1915)
- August 31 — Chan Chak, Admiral of the Republic of China Navy (b. 1894)
- September 6 — Yang Hucheng, general (b. 1893)
- October 2 — Wu Zanzhou, military officer and politician (b. 1885)
- October 17 — Liu Wencai, landlord (b. 1887)
- November 2 — Chen Shufan, general of the Anhui Clique (b. 1885)
- November 20 — Jiang Zhuyun, communist resistance fighter (b. 1920)
- November 26 — Hu Ruoyu, Governor of Yunnan (b. 1894)
- Death unknown
- Li Shaogeng, politician (b. 1896)
- Qi Yaolin, politician (b. 1862)
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