1964 in China

Events from the year 1964 in China.

← 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1964 in China → 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	Other events of 1964 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

Incumbents

• Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Mao Zedong
• President of the People's Republic of China – Liu Shaoqi
• 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 Ching-ling and Dong Biwu
• Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China – Chen Yun (until December 21), Lin Biao (starting December 21)

Governors

• Governor of Anhui Province – Huang Yan
• Governor of Fujian Province – Wei Jinshui
• Governor of Gansu Province – Deng Baoshan
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Chen Yu
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Zhou Lin (politician)
• Governor of Hebei Province – Liu Zihou
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Li Fanwu
• Governor of Henan Province – Wen Minsheng
• Governor of Hubei Province – Zhang Tixue
• Governor of Hunan Province – Cheng Qian
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Hui Yuyu
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shao Shiping
• Governor of Jilin Province – Li Youwen
• Governor of Liaoning Province – Huang Oudong
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Wang Zhao
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Li Qiming
• Governor of Shandong Province – Bai Rubing
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Wei Heng
• Governor of Sichuan Province – Li Dazhang
• Governor of Yunnan Province – Ding Yichuan
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Zhou Jianren

Events

On October 16, 1964, China detonated its first atomic bomb

January

• January 25 – France and China establish diplomatic relations.

October

• October 16 – China explodes an atomic bomb in Sinkiang.

Births

• April 26 – Zhu Jun, actor and host
• June 23 – Lou Yun, gymnast
• August 3 – Ye Qiaobo, speed skater
• October 30 – Ma Xiangjun, archer
• Jiang Yu, politician
• Gao Chengyong, serial killer and rapist (d. 2019)

Deaths

• February 5 — Gan Siqi, general (b. 1904)
• March 30 — Deng Xihou, prominent warlord of Sichuan (b. 1889)
• April 22 — Zhou Baozhong, military commander (b. 1902)
• May 1 — Tang Yongtong, educator, philosopher and scholar (b. 1893)
• May 14 — Jiao Yulu, politician (b. 1922)
• July 6 — Zeng Junchen, businessman and opium kingpin from Sichuan (b. 1888)
• July 19 — Si Xingjian, paleobotanist and stratigrapher (b. 1901)
• September 22 — Yu Xuezhong, Nationalist general and pro-Communist politician (b. 1890)
• November 10 — Yu Youren, educator, scholar, calligrapher and politician (b. 1879)

See also

• Timeline of Chinese history
• 1964 in Chinese film