List of people on the postage stamps of China
This article contains a list of people who appeared on the stamps of the People's Republic of China, commonly known as China. See also Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue - Part 17 China. History Between 1949 and 1979, China's stamps featured 56 distinct people who belonged in four categories: ethical and mythical figures, revolutionary martyrs, political figures, and cultural figures. During the same time period, Taiwan had 57 distinct people on its stamps. Four people appeared on both China's stamps and Taiwan's stamps during the time period. They were Sun Yat-sen, the poets Qu Yuan and Du Fu, and Zhan Tianyou, who was the earliest Chinese railroad engineer. On 1 December 1962, the released a set of eight stamps in its second edition of a collection titled "Ancient Chinese Scientists" (). On 25 February 1994, the ministry published a four-stamp collection of its second edition of "Patriotic Democrats" (). The agency issued a four-stamp collection of its second edition of "Modern Chinese Scientists" () on 25 May 2011. On 30 September 2014, it released a four-stamp collection titled "Patriotic Democrats" (). The ministry published the a four-stamp collection of its seventh edition of "Modern Chinese Scientists" () on 8 May 2016.