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Events in the year 1970 in the People's Republic of China.
Incumbents
- Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Mao Zedong
- President of the People's Republic of China – vacant
- 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 – Lin Biao
Governors
- Governor of Anhui Province – Li Desheng
- Governor of Fujian Province – Han Xianchu
- Governor of Gansu Province – Song Ping
- Governor of Guangdong Province – Liu Xingyuan
- Governor of Guizhou Province – Ma Li
- Governor of Hebei Province – Li Zaihe
- Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Pan Fusheng
- Governor of Henan Province – Liu Jianxun
- Governor of Hubei Province – Zeng Siyu
- Governor of Hunan Province – Li Yuan then Hua Guofeng
- Governor of Jiangsu Province – Xu Shiyou
- Governor of Jiangxi Province – Cheng Shiqing
- Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Huaixiang
- Governor of Liaoning Province – Chen Xilian
- Governor of Qinghai Province – Liu Xianquan
- Governor of Shaanxi Province – Li Ruishan
- Governor of Shandong Province – Yang Dezhi
- Governor of Shanxi Province – Liu Geping
- Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Guohua
- Governor of Yunnan Province – Tan Furen (until October), Zhou Xing (starting October)
- Governor of Zhejiang Province – Nan Ping
Events
April
- April 24 - China launched its first space satellite Dong Fang Hong I as part of the PRC's Dong Fang Hong space satellite program.
October
- October 13 – The People's Republic of China and Canada signed established diplomatic relations.
- October 14 – A Chinese nuclear test is conducted in Lop Nor.
December
- December 30 – Construction of the Gezhouba Dam started.
Births
Deaths
- September 23 – Zhao Shuli, Chinese novelist and a leading figure of modern Chinese literature.
- September 27 - Li Tianyou
- December 10 - Huang Qixiang
See also
References
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