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See also:	Other events of 1921 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

Events from the year 1921 in China.

Incumbents

• President: Xu Shichang
• Premier: Jin Yunpeng (until 18 December), Yan Huiqing (from 18 to 24 December), Liang Shiyi (from 24 December)

Events

• 3 March – Shipwreck of SS Hong Moh
• 30 May–3 June – The Far Eastern Championship Games are held in Shanghai.
• 23–31 July – 1st National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, which leads to the establishment of the Chinese Communist Party
• 8 August – Establishment of the Vicariate Apostolic of Nganhoei
• Establishment of People's Park, in Guangzhou
• Guangdong–Guangxi War

Education

• Establishment of Hebei University
• Establishment of Xiamen University
• Establishment of Beijing Chen Jing Lun High School
• Establishment of Zhixin High School, in Guangzhou

Culture

• Establishment of Creation Quarterly

Births

February

• 16 February — Hua Guofeng, 2nd Paramount Leader of China (d. 2008)
• 22 February — Zhuang Nu, lyricist (d. 2016)

March

• 6 March — D.C. Lau, sinologist (d. 2010)
• Yao Guang, diplomat (d. 2003)

April

• 18 April — Xu Yuanchong, translator (d. 2021)

June

• 21 June — Chen Muhua, communist revolutionary and politician (d. 2011)
• 27 June — Bai Guang, actress and singer (d. 1999)

July

• 26 July — Wang Xiji, aerospace engineer

August

• 2 August — Szema Wah Lung, Hong Kong film actor (d. 2012)
• 17 August — Li Huanying, physician (d. 2022)

October

• Han Peixin, 6th Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 2017)
• Cao Keqiang, diplomat (d. 1999)

November

• 12 November — Tsang Tsou-choi, calligraphy artist (d. 2007)
• 15 November — Zhang Xingqian, metal physicist (d. 2022)
• 25 November — Stanley Ho, Hong Kong and Macau billionaire businessman (d. 2020)

December

• 7 December — Qian Chunqi, doctor and translator (d. 2010)
• 18 December — Sun Daolin, actor and film director (d. 2007)
• 19 December — Wu Xueqian, 6th Minister of Foreign Affairs of China (d. 2008)

Unknown dates

• Zhao Xiu, politician (d. 1992)

Deaths

• 14 April — Imperial Noble Consort Gongsu, consort of Tongzhi Emperor (b. 1857)
• 21 October — Zhou Fu, Qing dynasty official (b. 1837)
• 27 October — Yan Fu, military officer, newspaper editor, translator and writer (b. 1854)

References

1. "SS City of Calcutta". Clyde-built Ship Database. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
2. Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of international games. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. p. 473. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.
3. "1st. National Congress of The Communist Party of China (CPC)". ChinaToday.com. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
4. "Diocese of Wuhu [Wuhu]". www.Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 1 September 2014.

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