Events in the year 1949 in the People's Republic of China.

Incumbents

• President Mao Zedong
• Premier Zhou Enlai

Events

Mao Zedong proclaiming the establishment of the People's Republic of China, October 1, 1949

October

• October 1 The People's Republic of China is officially proclaimed.
• October 17 Chinese communist troops take Guangzhou
• October 27 Chinese communist troops fail to take Kinmen in the Battle of Kuningtou; their advance towards Taiwan is halted.

December

• December 17 Burma recognizes the People's Republic of China.
• December 30 India recognizes the People's Republic of China.

Deaths

• September 6 Yang Hucheng, a Chinese warlord during the Warlord Era of Republican China and Kuomintang general during the Chinese Civil War (born 1893)

See also

• 1949 in Chinese film

References