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1949 in China 
Summary
Events in the year 1949 in China.
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Incumbents edit
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
Events edit
January edit
- 21 January — Chiang Kai-shek resigns from the presidency in a "temporary absence". Vice President Li Zongren was named as the successor
April edit
- 23 April — Communists capture the KMT's capital, Nanjing
June edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
- 21 September — The first meeting of the CPPCC, which was attended by the Communist Party along with eight aligned parties
- 27 September — 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 edit
- 1 October – The People's Republic of China is officially proclaimed in Beijing
- 17 October – Chinese communist troops take Guangzhou.
- 25–27 October — Battle of Guningtou in Kinmen, Fujian
- 27 October — Chinese communist troops fail to take Kinmen in the Battle of Kuningtou; their advance towards Taiwan is halted.
December edit
- 8 December — The government of the Republic of China finishes its evacuation to Taiwan, and declares Taipei its temporary capital city.
- 17 December — Burma recognizes the People's Republic of China.
- 30 December — India recognizes the People's Republic of China.
Births edit
- 23 June – Charles Ho, Hong Kong pro-Beijing businessman[2]
Deaths edit
- 11 February – Tai Chi-t'ao, journalist (b. 1891)
- September 6 – Yang Hucheng, a Chinese warlord during the Warlord Era of Republican China and Kuomintang general during the Chinese Civil War (b. 1893)