1938 in China

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Events in the year 1938 in China.

• President - Lin Sen
• Premier - Kung Hsiang-hsi (Dr. H. H. Kung)
• Vice Premier - Zhang Qun
• Foreign Minister - Wang Chonghui

• 1 January - The KMT Central Standing Committee resolved at its 62nd meeting, Chiang Kai-shek resigned, the election of Kong Xiangxi as the executive president, leaving the post of vice president of the Executive Yuan, Zhang Qun successor.
• 24 January- Han Fuju was sentenced to death and executed in Wuchang at 7 pm.
• January–June - Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan

• 18 February - The Imperial Japanese Army Air Service launched air strikes against Wuhan.(Battle of Wuhan; Chinese: 武汉会战)

• 24 March – 1 May - Battle of Xuzhou
• 24 March – 7 April - Battle of Taierzhuang

• 29 April - To celebrate emperor Hirohito's birthday, the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service conducted a massive bombing of Wuhan. (Battle of Wuhan; Chinese: 武汉会战)

• May - Battle of Lanfeng
• 10 May – 12 May - Amoy Operation

• 6 June - the Japanese forces capture Kaifeng, Henan
• 13 June - the Japanese landing forces occupy Anqing City, Anhui Province.^[1]

• 1 October to 11 October - Battle of Wanjialing
• October–December - Canton Operation

• 13 November - 1938 Changsha Fire

• January 17
  • Tang Jiaxuan, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs of China
  • Zhu Xijuan, film actress

• February 3 — Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (d. 1989)
• February 16 — Wu Guixian, first female Vice Premier of China
• February 26 — Yang Shengnan, historian and palaeographer (d. 2019)

• April 8 — Lui Ming-wah, member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
• April 11 — Fu Zhihuan, 11th Minister of Railways of China
• April 20 — Chiung Yao, Taiwanese writer and producer (d. 2024)
• He Jingtang, prominent architect

• Jia Chunwang, 8th Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate

• June 7 — Gu Long, Hong Kong-born Taiwanese novelist (d. 1985)

• Shu Huiguo, politician

• Raidi, politician

• September 28 — Huang Ju, former Vice Premier of China (d. 2007)

• October 18 — Wu Guanzheng, 9th Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party
• October 26 — Tom Meschery, American basketball player and coach
• October 30 — Shao Hua, photographer and wife of Mao Anqing, second son of Mao Zedong (d. 2008)
• Li Qiyan, 10th Mayor of Beijing (d. 2020)

• November 6 — Jin Zhanpeng, scientist (d. 2020)
• November 17 — Wu Yi, former Vice Premier of China
• November 20 — Wan Huilin, physical chemist (d. 2024)
• Lu Ruihua, 14th Governor of Guangdong

• December 4 — Chin Han, Hong Kong actor, director, screenwriter and producer
• December 24 — Wang Mengshu, tunnel and railway engineer (d. 2018)
• December 28 — Chen Sisi, film and theater actress (d. 2007)
• Zeng Peiyan, member of the 16th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party

• January 20 — Liu Xiang, warlord of Sichuan (b. 1890)
• January 24 — Han Fuju, Nationalist general (b. 1890)
• March 14 — Wang Mingzhang, Nationalist general (b. 1893)
• March 28 — Zheng Xiaoxu, statesman, diplomat and calligrapher (b. 1860)
• May 9 — Huang Tzu, composer (b. 1904)
• May 15 — Cao Kun, warlord and politician (b. 1862)
• June 8 — Tieliang, general in the Qing dynasty and one of the main members of the Royalist Party (b. 1863)
• September 30 — Tang Shaoyi, 1st Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1862)
• November 4 — Jiang Baili, military writer, strategist, trainer and army general (b. 1882)

• List of Chinese films of the 1930s