1917 in China
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Events in the year 1917 in China.
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Incumbents
- President: Li Yuanhong
- Vice President:
- Feng Guozhang (June 7, 1916 â July 1)
- position abolished on July 1st
- Premier: Duan Qirui
Events
- Warlord Era
- July 1â12 â Manchu Restoration: An attempt by monarchist general Zhang Xun to restore the Qing Dynasty
Births
January
- January 1 â Cheng Gwan-min, Hong Kong TVB actor (d. 1994)
- January 3 â Liu Zhonghua, military officer in the People's Liberation Army (d. 2018)
- January 6 â Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman, diplomat and film producer (d. 2005)
February
- February 1 â Zhang Chunqiao, political theorist, writer and politician (d. 2005)
- February 9 â Sanggyai Yexe, 1st Chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region (d. 2008)
March
- March 10 â Ling Zifeng, film director (d. 1999)
- March 31 â Liu Fuzhi, politician (d. 2013)
April
- April 13 â Shen Shanjiong, microbiologist and geneticist (d. 2021)
- April 14 â Li Rui, politician, historian and dissident (d. 2019)
- April 24 â Song Ping, Communist revolutionary and high-ranking politician (d. 2026)
- April 26 â Ieoh Ming Pei, main architect of the Louvre Pyramid (d. 2019)
June
- June 18 â Tang Ti-sheng, Cantonese opera playwright, screenwriter and film director (d. 1959)
July
- July 6 â Wang Da-hong, Taiwanese architect (d. 2018)
August
- August 9 â Jao Tsung-I, Hong Kong sinologist, calligrapher, historian and painter (d. 2018)
September
November
- November 3 â Chung Sze-yuen, Hong Kong politician and businessman (d. 2018)
- November 28 â Xiang Shouzhi, general and revolutionist (d. 2017)
- November 29 â Hou Baolin, xiangsheng performer (d. 1993)
December
Deaths
- January 9 â Liu Yongfu, commander of the Black Flag Army (b. 1837)
- January 28 â Yikuang, Manchu noble and politician of the Qing Dynasty (b. 1838)
- February 3 â Liang Cheng, former ambassador to the United States during the Qing dynasty (b. 1864)
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