Timeline of Chinese music

This is a timeline that show the development of Chinese music by genre and region. It covers the original region of China including past and present geographic territories of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.

Dynastic Times

China:
* Chinese opera
* Yayue

1900s

Hong Kong:
* English popular and western classical music grew with influence.

1910s

Republic of China:
* The dynastic period ends. New China tries to find a .

1920s

Republic of China:
* Shidaiqu started by Li Jinhui.

1930s

Republic of China:
* Shidaiqu grew into C-pop.

Taiwan:
* Japanese enka influence Taiwanese pop for Taiwanese aboriginals.

1940s

People's Republic of China:
* The labeled C-pop as .
* CPC promote .
* Government control of music via censorship begins.

1950s

People's Republic of China:
* Baak Doi leaves China.

Hong Kong:
* C-pop becomes cantopop.

Republic of China / Taiwan:
* C-pop becomes mandopop.
* Native Taiwanese pop phased out by Kuomintang in favor of mandopop.

1960s

Hong Kong:
* English pop faded
* Cantopop grew with Roman Tam as the father of the new genre.
* Popularizing of .
* Popularizing of Hong Kong musical tongue twister.

1970s

ROC Taiwan:
* Teresa Teng expanded mandopop in Taiwan. Beats censorship in the mainland.

People's Republic of China:
* Mao Zedong and CPC evolved patriotic music into .

1980s

People's Republic of China:
* led to the popularizing of Northwest Wind.
* Northwest wind became .

1990s

People's Republic of China:
* Prison song became Chinese rock with Cui Jian as the father of the new genre.
* China imports gangtai culture.

Hong Kong SAR:
* Karaoke culture begins.

ROC Taiwan
* Taiwanese pop re-emergence.

2000s

People's Republic of China:
* Punk rock begins in China.

Hong Kong SAR and ROC Taiwan
* Chinese hip hop begins in Hong Kong and Taiwan.