1953 in China

Incumbents

• Chairman of the Communist Party of China – 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, Deng Xiaoping

  Events

• July 15 - FAW Group was founded.
• July 27 – The Korean War ends: United Nations Command , People's Republic of China, North Korea sign an armistice agreement.
• September 5 – The United Nations rejects the Soviet Union's suggestion to accept the People's Republic of China as a member.

  Births

• July 8 - Zhou Long, Pulitzer-prize-winning Chinese American composer
• April 4 - Chen Yi, Chinese violinist and composer of contemporary classical music
• Jing Jing Luo, a Chinese composer
• June 15 - Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party and 7th President of China

  Deaths

• September 17 – Wenxiu, consort of China's last emperor Puyi.
• September 26 – Xu Beihong, Chinese painter