• President: Lin Sen
• Premier: Chiang Kai-shek
• Vice Premier: Kung Hsiang-hsi
• Foreign Minister: Wang Chonghui until April, then Guo Taiqi

January edit

• January 7–13 - New Fourth Army incident
• January 30–March 1 - Battle of South Henan

March edit

• March - Western Hubei Operation
• March 14–April 9 - Battle of Shanggao

May edit

• May 7–27 - Battle of South Shanxi

July edit

• 1 July - Germany and Italy both Recognized "Wang Jingwei regime" (Nanjing)
• 2 July - the ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Chongqing)), Announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Germany and Italy

September edit

• September 6 – October 8 - Battle of Changsha (1941)

December edit

• 9 December- The government of Republic of China (The Nationalist Government (Chongqing)) declared war on Axis powers (Japan, Germany and Italy).

• March 28 - Philip Fang, Hong Kong simultaneous interpretation specialist, United Nations official (d. 2013)
• July - Wu Bangguo

• March 14 - Yuan Guoping and Zhou Zikun
• Xiang Ying
• April 24 - Xie Jinyuan

• List of Chinese films of the 1940s