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See also:	Other events of 1917 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year1917 inChina.

• President:Li Yuanhong
• Vice President:
  • Feng Guozhang (June 7, 1916 – July 1)
  • position abolished on July 1st
• Premier:Duan Qirui

• Warlord Era
  • July 1–12 —Manchu Restoration: An attempt by monarchist generalZhang Xun to restore theQing Dynasty

• January 1 —Cheng Gwan-min, Hong KongTVB actor (d.1994)
• January 3 —Liu Zhonghua, military officer in thePeople's Liberation Army (d.2018)
• January 6 —Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman, diplomat and film producer (d.2005)

• February 1 —Zhang Chunqiao, political theorist, writer and politician (d.2005)
• February 9 —Sanggyai Yexe, 1stChairman of Tibet Autonomous Region (d.2008)

• March 10 —Ling Zifeng, film director (d.1999)
• March 31 —Liu Fuzhi, politician (d.2013)

• April 13
  • Li Rui, politician, historian and dissident (d.2019)
  • Shen Shanjiong, microbiologist and geneticist (d.2021)
• April 24 —Song Ping, Communist revolutionary and retired high-ranking politician
• April 26 —Ieoh Ming Pei, main architect of theLouvre Pyramid (d.2019)

• June 18 —Tang Ti-sheng, Cantonese opera playwright, screenwriter and film director (d.1959)

• July 6 —Wang Da-hong, Taiwanese architect (d.2018)

• August 9 —Jao Tsung-I, Hong Kong sinologist, calligrapher, historian and painter (d.2018)

• September 6 —Yao Yilin, formerVice Premier of China (d.1994)
• September 10 —Ren Rong, general and politician (d.2017)
• September 24 —Lee Huan, Taiwanese politician (d.2010)

• November 3 —Chung Sze-yuen, Hong Kong politician and businessman (d.2018)
• November 28 —Xiang Shouzhi, general and revolutionist (d.2017)
• November 29 —Hou Baolin, xiangsheng performer (d.1993)

• December 2 —Ye Qun, military officer and politician (d.1971)
• December 20 —Li Pei, linguist and professor of English (d.2017)

• January 9 —Liu Yongfu, commander of theBlack Flag Army (b.1837)
• January 28 —Yikuang,Manchu noble and politician of theQing Dynasty (b.1838)
• February 3 —Liang Cheng, former ambassador to the United States during theQing dynasty (b.1864)

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