Chekiang Province, Republic of China

Chekiang Province
浙江省
Province of the Republic of China
1912–1955

Map showing Chekiang Province under de jure ROC control.

Chekiang Province under ROC control, between 1949 and 1955.
CapitalHangzhou (de jure)[a]
Area 
• 1947
102,646 km2 (39,632 sq mi)
Population 
• 1947
19,942,112
History 
• Established
1912
1955
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Zhejiang
Zhejiang
Today part ofChina
Zhejiang

Chekiang was a province of the Republic of China (ROC) created after the end of the Qing dynasty. It was conquered by the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1955.

The ROC abandoned Mainland China at the end of the Chinese Civil War, and Chekiang was reduced to coastal islands including Yushan, Toumenshan, Yijiangshan, Dachen, Pishan and Nanji.[1] The ROC attacked the PRC from Chekiang, with raids on Zhejiang and occasionally areas near Shanghai.[2] The province was seven organized into counties - Wenling, Linhai, Huangyan, Pinyang, Sanmen, Yueqing and Yuhuan. ROC President Chiang Kai-shek appointed General Hu Zongnan to establish the provincial government on the Dachen Islands in September 1951 to fight PRC. Chekiang was reorganized into four counties − Wenling, Linhai, Pinyang and Yuhuan − in 1952. Sanmen became the Yushan Administrative Bureau. The Zhuyu Administrative Bureau was also established. The administrative bureaus were intended to manage trade with Mainland China. In 1953, the administrative bureaus were abolished and the provincial government relocated to Taiwan in 1953.

In 1955, the PRC captured the remainder of Chekiang during the First Taiwan Strait Crisis. The PRC captured Yijiangshan in January.[3] The ROC evacuated the Dachens in February,[4] with the PRC occupying the Dachens by the end of the month. The Chekiang government was dissolved.


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  1. ^ "三軍渡海攻占一江山島 (Chinese Version)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
  2. ^ Domes, Jurgen. Peng Te-huai: The Man and the Image, London: C. Hurst & Company. 1985. ISBN 0-905838-99-8. p.66
  3. ^ McCauley, Kevin (13 September 2016). "PLA Yijiangshan Joint Amphibious Operation: Past is Prologue". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  4. ^ 1955: US evacuates Pacific islands