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Events in the year 1951 in China.

Incumbents

• Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Mao Zedong
• Chairman of the Government – Mao Zedong
• Vice Chairmen of the Government – Zhu De Liu Shaoqi, Song Qingling, Li Jishen, Zhang Lan, Gao Gang
• Premier – Zhou Enlai
• Vice Premiers – Dong Biwu, Chen Yun, Guo Moruo, Huang Yanpei

Governors

• Governor of Fujian Province – Zhang Dingcheng
• Governor of Gansu Province – Deng Baoshan
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Ye Jianying
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Yang Yong
• Governor of Hebei Province – Yang Xiufeng
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Yu Yifu
• Governor of Henan Province – Wu Zhipu
• Governor of Hubei Province – Li Xiannian
• Governor of Hunan Province – Wang Shoudao
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Tan Zhenlin
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shao Shiping
• Governor of Jilin Province – Zhou Chiheng
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhao Shoushan
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Ma Mingfang
• Governor of Shandong Province – Kang Sheng
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Pei Lisheng then Lai Ruoyu
• Governor of Yunnan Province – Chen Geng
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Tan Zhenlin

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