1958 in China

Incumbents

• Chairman of the Communist Party of China: Mao Zedong
• President of the People's Republic of China: Mao Zedong
• Premier of the People's Republic of China: Zhou Enlai
• Chairman of the National People's Congress: Liu Shaoqi
• Vice President of the People's Republic of China: Zhu De
• Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China: Chen Yun

  Events

• February 11 – Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Premier Zhou Enlai as Chinese Minister of Foreign affairs.
• May 23 – Chairman Mao Zedong started his "Great Leap Forward" movement in the People's Republic of China.
• July 31 – Chinese–Tibet Uprising.
• August 23 – Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
• October Unknown date - Sichan Radio Manufacturing, as predecessor of home appliance and visual electronic brand Changhong was founded.

  Deaths

• March 9 – Cheng Yanqiu, Chinese opera singer