Events in the year 1958 in the People's Republic of China.

Incumbents

• President Mao Zedong
• Premier Zhou Enlai

Events

• February 11 Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Zhou Enlai as Chinese Minister of Foreign affairs.
• May 23 Mao Zedong started his "Great Leap Forward" movement in the People's Republic of China.
• July 31 Chinese Tibet Uprising.
• August 23 Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.

Births

Deaths

• March 9 Cheng Yanqiu, Chinese opera singer (born 1904)

See also

• 1958 in Chinese film

References