← 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1980 in China → 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1980 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

The following lists events in the year 1980 in China.

Incumbents

• Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Hua Guofeng
• Chairman of the Congress – Ye Jianying (head of state)
• Premier – Hua Guofeng (until September), Zhao Ziyang (starting September)
• Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference – Deng Xiaoping
• Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China – Deng Xiaoping (until September 13), Wan Li (starting September 13)

Governors

• Governor of Anhui Province – Zhang Jingfu
• Governor of Fujian Province – Ma Xingyuan
• Governor of Gansu Province – Feng Jixin then Li Dengying
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Xi Zhongxun
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Su Gang (starting unknown)
• Governor of Hebei Province – Li Erzhong (starting unknown)
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Chen Lei
• Governor of Henan Province – Liu Jie
• Governor of Hubei Province – Chen Pixian then Han Ningfu
• Governor of Hunan Province – Sun Guozhi
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Hui Yuyu
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Bai Dongcai
• Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Enmao then Yu Ke
• Governor of Liaoning Province – Chen Puru (starting unknown)
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhang Guosheng
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Yu Mingtao
• Governor of Shandong Province – Su Yiran
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Luo Guibo
• Governor of Sichuan Province – Lu Dadong
• Governor of Yunnan Province – Liu Minghui
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Li Fengping

Events

• May 20 – Guangming Huaqiao Electronic Industry, as predecessor of Konka Group was founded.^{[citation needed]}

Establishments

• Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission
• Shenzhen Special Economic Zone
• State Intellectual Property Office
• Tianjin Zoo
• World Economic Herald
• Xiamen Special Economic Zone
• Yan'an Ershilipu Airport
• Zhuhai Special Economic Zone

Culture

• 1980 in Chinese film

Sport

• China at the 1980 Winter Olympics won no medals^[1]

Births

• 5 November – Qi Jianhua, Chinese volleyball player
• 7 November – Sam Chui, Chinese-Australian aviation and travel blogger, photographer, and author

Deaths

• 10 March – Zhang Fakui, Nationalist general (born 1896)
• 3 July – Deng Hua, general (born 1910)
• 1 August – Guan Linzheng, Nationalist general (born 1905)
• 10 October – Zhao Dan, actor (born 1915)