Events from the year 1971 in 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 (until 13 September), Deng Xiaoping (starting 13 September)
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 then Liu Zihou
Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Pan Fusheng then Wang Jiadao
Governor of Henan Province – Liu Jianxun
Governor of Hubei Province – Zeng Siyu
Governor of Hunan Province – Hua Guofeng
Governor of Jiangsu Province – Xu Shiyou
Governor of Jiangxi Province – Cheng Shiqing then She Jide
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 (starting unknown) Governor of Shanxi Province – Liu Geping then Xie Zhenhua Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Guohua Governor of Yunnan Province – Zhou Xing Governor of Zhejiang Province – Nan Ping
Events
March
March 26 – Cameroon and the People's Republic of China established bilateral relations.
May
May 26 – Austria and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations.
June
June 10 – The U.S. ends its trade embargo of China.
September
September 13 – The Chinese Communist military leader Lin Biao dies in a plane crash in Mongolia after what appeared to be a failed coup to oust Mao. After his death, he was officially condemned as a traitor.
October
October 25 – The United Nations General Assembly admits the People's Republic of China and expels the Republic of China (Taiwan).
November
November 23 – The People's Republic of China takes the Republic of China's seat on the United Nations Security Council (see China and the United Nations). Henry Kissinger secretly visits Beijing
Births
January 26 – Li Ming, Chinese footballer and football executive
October 29 – Ma Huateng, Chinese business magnate, founder of TenCent
November 12 – Chen Guangcheng, Chinese civil rights activist
Deaths
April 29 - Li Siguang, Chinese scientist. the founder of China's geomechanics (born 1899) September 13 – Lin Biao, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (plane crash) (born 1907) Lin Liguo, the son of the Chinese Communist military leader Lin Biao (born 1945) Ye Qun, the wife of the Chinese Communist military leader Lin Biao (born 1945)