# 1946 in China

Events in the year 1946 in the Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 35 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

## Incumbents

* President – Chiang Kai-shek
* Premier – T. V. Soong
* Vice Premier – Weng Wenhao

## Events
### January

* 19–22 January – Houma Campaign
* 21 January – The establishment of Penghu County Government in Taiwan.

### April

* 15–17 March – Battle of Siping
* April 17 – May 19 – Campaign to Defend Siping

### May

* 1 May
** The establishment of Taiwan Power Company in Taiwan.
** The establishment of Taiwan Cement Limited Corporation in Taiwan.
* August 14 – September 1 – Datong-Puzhou Campaign
* August 14 – September 22 – Battle of Huaiyin-Huai'an
* August 25–31 – Battle of Rugao-Huangqiao

### September

* 2–8 September – Dingtao Campaign.
* 22–24 September – Linfen-Fushan Campaign.

## Births
### January

* January 7 — Mak Ho Wai, Hong Kong-Singaporean actor (d. 2022)
* January 8 — Yu Xunfa, flute player (d. 2006)

### February

* February 7 — Zhu Qingshi, physical chemist and writer
* February 14 — Timothy Fok, eldest son of Henry Fok
* Huang Xiaojing, 17th Governor of Fujian

### March

* March 3 — Song Defu, 9th Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 2007)

### April

* April 8 — Raymond Wong Pak-ming, Hong Kong film producer, playwright, director and actor
* April 18 — Li Jianguo, member of the 18th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
* April 24 — Chin Han, Taiwanese actor
* April 30 — Ni Min-jan, Taiwanese celebrity and entertainer (d. 2005)

### May

* May 18 — Frank Hsieh, Taiwanese politician
* Cao Dewang, entrepreneur

### June

* June 4 — Bao Guo'an, actor
* June 14 — Ha Yu, Hong Kong actor
* June 29 — Ma Kai, former Vice Premier of China

### July

* July 3 — Albert Cheng, Hong Kong professional engineerer
* July 10 — Chin Han, Shanghai-born Taiwanese actor, son of Sun Yuanliang
* July 30 — Chen Xiaolu, military officer and businessman (d. 2018)
* Dong Guishan, former Commander of the Tibet Military District

### August

* August 3 — Ricky Hui, Hong Kong actor and singer (d. 2011)
* August 17 — Wei Liucheng, 8th Secretary of the Hainan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
* August 19 — Ti Lung, Hong Kong actor
* August 23 — Yu Qiuyu, writer and scholar
* August 26 — Zhou Ji, mechanical engineer and politician

### September

* September 15 — Yang Xiuzhu, former female politician
* September 20 — Alan Tang, Hong Kong film actor, producer and director (d. 2011)
* September 22
** Law Kar-ying, Hong Kong Cantonese opera singer and actor
** John Woo, Hong Kong film director

### October

* October 9 — Anthony Yuen, Chinese American editor and anchor (d. 2020)
* October 24 — Chen Liangyu, 14th Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
* Huang Huahua, 15th Governor of Guangdong
* Tang Haoming, novelist

### November

* November 1 — Zhang Gaoli, former Vice Premier of China
* November 4 — Zhang Dejiang, 9th Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
* November 8 — Michael Lai, Hong Kong music composer, record producer and actor (d. 2019)
* November 13 — Li Shenglin, politician
* November 25 — Lily Ho, Taiwanese actress
* November 28 — Li Baotian, actor
* Du Qinglin, politician

### December

* December 5 — Chu Ke-liang, Taiwanese comedian, actor, television show host and singer (d. 2017)
* December 10 — Connie Chan, Hong Kong actress
* December 24 — Andrew Yao, computer scientist and computational theorist

### Dates unknown

* Guan Guimin, operatic tenor (d. 2022)
* Liu Chunxian, Major General
* Yang Xianhui, novelist

## Deaths

* February 20 — Li Liejun, revolutionary leader and general (b. 1882)
* March 9 — Li Zhaolin, founder and leader of the 3rd Route Army, a division of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (b. 1910)
* March 17 — Dai Li, lieutenant general and spymaster (b. 1897)
* April 8 — 1946 United States Air Force C-47 Crash at Yan'an
** Bo Gu, 3rd General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1907)
** Ye Ting, military officer (b. 1896)
** Wang Ruofei, high-ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1896)
** Deng Fa, early leader of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1906)
* April 19 — Rikichi Andō, 19th Governor-General of Taiwan (b. 1884)
* June 3 — Chen Gongbo, politician (b. 1892)
* June 20 — Wanrong, wife and empress consort of Puyi (b. 1906)
* July 15 — Wen Yiduo, poet and scholar (b. 1899)
* July 25
** Tao Xingzhi, educator and reformer (b. 1891)
** Ho Ping-sung, historian (b. 1890)
* August 23 — Chu Minyi, politician (b. 1884)
* November 6 — Liang Hongzhi, leading official in the Anhui clique of the Beiyang Government (b. 1882)
* December 18 — Qi Xieyuan, warlord of the Zhili Clique (b. 1885)