← 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1930 in China → 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	Other events of 1930 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

Events from the year 1930 in China.

Incumbents

• Chairman of the Nationalist government: Chiang Kai-shek
• Premier:
  • until 22 September: Tan Yankai
  • 25 September – 4 December: T.V. Soong
  • starting 4 December: Chiang Kai-shek
• Vice Premier: Feng Yuxiang until 11 October, T.V. Soong

Events

• 29 January – 24 March: Encirclement Campaign against Hunan–Jiangxi Soviet
• 2 March: The League of the Left-Wing Writers was established in Shanghai, at the instigation of the Chinese Communist Party and the influence of the celebrated author Lu Xun.
• May – 4 November: Central Plains War
• 6 May: China signed tariff treaties with Japan. The Republic of China government obtained itself right of tariff autonomy. Some Japanese goods do not need to pay tariffs.
• 27 October – 1 December: Musha Incident in Taiwan.
• December – Futian incident

Births

• 1 January – Sihung Lung, actor (died 2002)
• 15 April – Zhu Xu, actor (died 2018)
• 10 June – Chen Xitong, politician (died 2013)
• 13 June – Li Zehou, philosopher (died 2021)
• 3 July – Ku Feng, Hong Kong actor
• 22 November – Li Yining, economist (died 2023)
• 30 December – Tu Youyou, pharmaceutical chemist
• date unknown
  • Hua Sanchuan, painter and illustrator (died 2004)
  • Wu Yanxia, tai chi teacher (died 2001)

Deaths

• 24 February – Wang Zuo and Yuan Wencai, bandit leaders (assassinated)
• 14 November – Yang Kaihui, second wife of Mao Zedong (born 1901; executed)^[1]