1970 in China

Incumbents

• Chairman of the Communist Party of China – Mao Zedong
• President of the People's Republic of China – vacant
• Premier of the People's Republic of China – Zhou Enlai
• Chairman of the National People's Congress – Zhu De
• Vice President of the People's Republic of China – Soong Ching-ling and Dong Biwu
• Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China – Lin Biao

  Events

April

• April 24 - China launched its first space satellite Dong Fang Hong I as part of the PRC's Dong Fang Hong space satellite program.

  October

• October 13 – The People's Republic of China and the Canada signed established diplomatic relations.
• October 14 – A Chinese nuclear test is conducted in Lop Nor.

  December

• December 30 – Construction of the Gezhouba Dam started.

  Births

• September 7 – Gao Min, Chinese diver
• October 30 – Xie Jun, Chinese chess grandmaster

  Deaths

• September 23 – Zhao Shuli, Chinese novelist and a leading figure of modern Chinese literature
• Li Tianyou
• Huang Qixiang