# 1960 in China

Events in the year 1960 in the People's Republic of China.

## 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

### Governors

* Governor of Anhui Province – Huang Yan
* Governor of Fujian Province – Wu Hongxiang (starting unknown)
* 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 – Wu Zhipu
* 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 – Yang Renyuan
* Governor of Shaanxi Province – Zhao Boping
* Governor of Shandong Province – Tan Qilong
* 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
### February

* February 11 — Twelve Indian soldiers die in clashes with Red Chinese troops along their small common border.

### May

* May 9 — According to Chinese government official confirmed report, a Datong Laobaidong Coal mine gas explosion in Shanxi Province, 220 workers were rescued, 684 workers were perished.

### June

* June 9 — Typhoon "Mary" kills 1,600 people in the Fukien province of China.

## Births

* February
** Ai Baojun, politician
** February 2 — Kara Wai, Hong Kong actress
** February 16 — Cherie Chung, Hong Kong film actress
* March
** Cheng Qiuming, mathematical geoscientist
** March 6 — Buren Bayaer, singer, composer and journalist (d. 2018)
* April 2 — Chen Siqing, banker
* April 3
** Yu Hua, author
** Lü Liping, actress
* April 18 — Ni Dahong, actor
* April 25 — Zhou Qiang, politician
* April 28 — Edward Yau, Hong Kong politician
* June 4 — Ge Ping, voice and television actor
* September 5 — Dayo Wong, Hong Kong actor and stand-up comedian
* September 29 — Chen Min'er, politician
* November 5 — Teresa Mo, Hong Kong actress
* November 18 — Priscilla Leung, Hong Kong Legislative Councillor
* November 28 — Ken Choi, Hong Kong singer and actor
* December
** Bai Yun, politician
** December 12 — Berg Ng, Hong Kong actor
** December 22 — Wakin Chau, Hong Kong singer and actor

## Deaths

* January 17 — Wei Lihuang, Nationalist general (b. 1897)
* January 21 — Wu Lien-teh, Malayan physician known for work on the Manchurian plague of 1910-1911 (b. 1879)
* February 8 — Lin Hu, warlord of Old Guangxi clique (b. 1887)
* February 22 — Simon Zhu Kaimin, Bishop of Jiangsu (b. 1868)
* May 23 — Yan Xishan, warlord (b. 1883)
* May 29 — Lin Boqu, politician and poet (b. 1886)
* July 1 — He Bingyan, colonel general (b. 1913)
* October 21 — Ma Hongbin, Muslim warlord of the Ma clique (b. 1884)
* November 27 — Kwan Sung-sing, construction engineer, architect and entrepreneur (b. 1892)

### Unknown

* Cai Pei, diplomat and politician (b. 1884)
* Rong Zhen, military commander of the Fengtian cilque (b. 1891)