Historical Timeline
112 of 112 events
Republican Era1912–194914
Early PRC1949–195715
- Peaceful Liberation of Beiping
- Crossing of the Yangtze River
- CPPCC First Plenary Session
- Five-Star Red Flag Adopted as National Flag
- March of the Volunteers Adopted as National Anthem
- Proclamation of the People's Republic of China
- Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance
- Land Reform Movement
- Chinese People's Volunteer Army Enters Korean War
- Seventeen-Point Agreement on Tibet
- First Five-Year Plan
- Korean War Armistice Agreement
- First Taiwan Strait Crisis
- First Constitution of the People's Republic of China
- Completion of Socialist Transformation
Leap Forward Era1956–196614
- Sino-Soviet Split
- Hundred Flowers Campaign
- Anti-Rightist Campaign
- People's Communes Movement
- Great Leap Forward
- Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
- Great Chinese Famine
- 1959 Tibetan Uprising and Dalai Lama's Exile
- Lushan Conference and Dismissal of Peng Dehuai
- Seven Thousand Cadres Conference
- Sino-Indian War
- Socialist Education Movement
- Third Front Construction
- China's First Nuclear Weapons Test
Cultural Revolution1966–197618
- Cultural Revolution Begins
- Red Guards Movement and the Destroy the Four Olds Campaign
- Persecution and Death of Liu Shaoqi
- January Storm and the Shanghai Power Seizure
- The February Countercurrent
- Sent-Down Youth Movement
- Sino-Soviet Border Conflict
- The Ninth National Congress of the CCP
- Lin Biao Incident
- PRC Restored to United Nations Seat
- Nixon Visits China
- Deng Xiaoping's First Rehabilitation
- Criticize Lin Biao, Criticize Confucius Campaign
- Criticize Deng, Counter the Right-Deviationist Reversal of Verdicts
- Death of Zhou Enlai and April Fifth Movement
- Tangshan Earthquake
- Death of Mao Zedong
- Arrest of the Gang of Four
Reform & Opening1978–198911
- College Entrance Examination Restored
- Democracy Wall Movement
- Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee
- Sino-Vietnamese War
- Establishment of Special Economic Zones
- One-Child Policy Introduced
- Household Responsibility System
- Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong
- 1986–87 Student Protests and Hu Yaobang's Resignation
- Price Reform and Inflation Crisis
- 1989 Tiananmen Square Events
Economic Rise1989–201220
- Deng Xiaoping's Southern Tour
- Decision to Build a Socialist Market Economy
- Third Taiwan Strait Crisis
- Hong Kong Handover
- NATO Bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade
- Falun Gong Suppression
- Macau Handover to China
- China Joins the World Trade Organization
- SARS Epidemic
- 16th Party Congress: Hu Jintao Era Begins
- Three Gorges Dam Reaches Full Capacity
- 2008 Tibet Unrest
- Sichuan Earthquake
- Beijing Summer Olympic Games
- 2009 Ürümqi Riots
- Google Withdraws from China
- Shanghai World Expo
- China Becomes World's Second Largest Economy
- Liu Xiaobo Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
- Bo Xilai Scandal
Xi Jinping Era2012–19
- Xi Jinping Becomes General Secretary
- Xi Jinping's Anti-Corruption Campaign
- Belt and Road Initiative Announced
- Hong Kong Umbrella Movement
- China Stock Market Crash
- South China Sea Arbitration Ruling
- Mass Internment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang
- 19th Party Congress: Xi Jinping Thought Enshrined
- Constitutional Amendment: Presidential Term Limits Removed
- US–China Trade War
- Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Bill Protests
- COVID-19 Pandemic Origin and Response
- Wuhan Lockdown: First COVID-19 City Lockdown in History
- Hong Kong National Security Law
- Chinese Communist Party Centenary
- Common Prosperity Campaign
- 20th Party Congress: Xi Jinping Secures Third Term
- White Paper Protests
- Abrupt End of Zero-COVID Policy