Events in the year 1951 in the People's Republic of China.

Incumbents

• President Mao Zedong
• Premier Zhou Enlai

Events

• January 4 Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
• February 1 Korean War: The United Nations General Assembly declares that the People's Republic of China is an aggressor in the Korean War in United Nations General Assembly Resolution 498.
• April 23-June 10 Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces launch the Fifth Phase Campaign. The resulting Chinese defeat at Seoul and Soyang River brought the Communists side to the armistice negotiation.
• May 23 The Tibetan government signs the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet with the People's Republic of China.
• September 9 Chinese communist forces move into Lhasa, the capital of Tibet.

Births

• October 30 Liu Xiaoqing, Chinese actress and businesswoman.

Deaths

See also

• 1951 in Chinese film

References