1993 in China
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{{Year in China|1993}}
The following lists events from 1993 in China.
Incumbents
- General Secretary of the Communist Party: Jiang Zemin
- President: Yang Shangkun (until 27 March), Jiang Zemin (starting 27 March)
- Premier: Li Peng
- Vice President: Wang Zhen (until 5 March), Rong Yiren (starting 12 March)
- Vice Premier: Yao Yilin (until 5 March), Zhu Rongji (starting 25 March)
= Governors =
- Governor of Anhui Province – Fu Xishou
- Governor of Fujian Province – Jia Qinglin
- Governor of Gansu Province –
- until January: Jia Zhijie
- January–September: Yan Haiwang
- starting September: Zhang Wule
- Governor of Guangdong Province – Zhu Senlin
- Governor of Guizhou Province – Wang Zhaowen then Chen Shineng
- Governor of Hainan Province – Liu Jianfeng then Ruan Chongwu
- Governor of Hebei Province – Cheng Weigao then Ye Liansong
- Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Shao Qihui
- Governor of Henan Province – Li Changchun then Ma Zhongchen
- Governor of Hubei Province – Guo Shuyan then Jia Zhijie
- Governor of Hunan Province – Chen Bangzhu
- Governor of Jiangsu Province – Chen Huanyou
- Governor of Jiangxi Province – Wu Guanzheng
- Governor of Jilin Province – Gao Yan
- Governor of Liaoning Province – Yue Qifeng
- Governor of Qinghai Province – Tian Chengping
- Governor of Shaanxi Province – Bai Qingcai
- Governor of Shandong Province – Zhao Zhihao
- Governor of Shanxi Province – Hu Fuguo then Sun Wensheng
- Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Haoruo then Xiao Yang
- Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating
- Governor of Zhejiang Province – Wan Xueyuan
Events
=January=
- January 10 — Miss Chinese International Pageant 1993 took place.{{Cite web |url=http://www.misshongkongpageant.com/chinese1993.htm |title=Miss Chinese International Pageant 1993 |access-date=2014-06-30 |archive-date=2012-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618132407/http://www.misshongkongpageant.com/chinese1993.htm |url-status=dead }}
- January 9 — Shanghai Pudong Development Bank was founded.{{cite book |last1=Zhang |first1=Wenxian |last2=Alon |first2=Ilan |title=A Guide To The Top 100 Companies In China |date=22 March 2010 |publisher=World Scientific |isbn=978-981-4466-07-3 |page=241 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nMPFCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA240 |language=en}}
- January 31 — According to Chinese government official confirmed report, a passenger train smash into a passenger bus in level crossing in Liaoning Province, kills 66 person, 29 person were hurt.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
=February=
- February 14 — Linxi department store catches fire in Guye District, Tangshan, Hebei, killing 79 people.{{cite web |title=Fire Kills 79 People In Department Store In Northeast China |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/16/world/fire-kills-79-people-in-department-store-in-northeast-china.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=13 August 2022 |date=16 February 1993}}
=April=
- April 6 — China Eastern Airlines Flight 583.Phillips, Don. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20121021103045/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-941702.html Article: Engineering Problem Or Crew Error Caused Jet to Pitch Violently]." The Washington Post. April 14, 1993. Retrieved on June 15, 2009.
- April 22 — The China National Space Administration is established.{{cite book |last1=Haldar |first1=S. K. |title=Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology |date=29 July 2020 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=978-0-323-85136-7 |page=94 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bw7zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA94 |language=en}}
=May=
- China competed at the East Asian Games from May 9 to May 18.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eastasiagames93.html East Asian Games 1993]
=June=
=August=
- August 27 — Gouhou Dam in Qinghai Province collapses killing at least 257.{{cite web |title=Death Count in China Dam Burst Revised; Report Misread |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-04-mn-31507-story.html?_amp=true |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=13 August 2022 |date=4 September 1993}}
=October=
- 1993 Shanghai International Film Festival took place from October 7 to 14.
=Undated=
- Antelope Enterprise Holdings business is founded in Jinjiang city, Fujian province.{{cite web |url=http://www.cceramics.com/about.html| title = Company Overview}}
Deaths
- January 23
- Kong Fei, politician (b. 1911)
- Li Ziming, martial arts expert (b. 1902)
- February 3 — Tan Shaowen, politician (b. 1929)
- February 4 — Hou Baolin, Xiangsheng performer (b. 1917)
- February 5 — Huang Zhizhen, politician (b. 1920)
- February 13 — Song Xilian, Nationalist general (b. 1907)
- February 22 — Feng Zhi, writer and translator (b. 1905)
- February 27 — Zhao Zengyi, politician (b. 1920)
- March 3 — Xie Xuegong, politician (b. 1916)
- March 12 — Wang Zhen, 4th Vice President of China (b. 1908)
- March 22 — Sun Meiying, international table tennis player (b. 1931)
- April 6 — Chen Zaidao, general (b. 1909)
- May 4 — Wang Xianghao, mathematician (b. 1915)
- May 7 — Zhao Boping, politician (b. 1902)
- May 10 — Peng Mingzhi, general and diplomat (b. 1905)
- May 11 — Zhao Cangbi, official (b. 1916)
- June 2 — Mo Wuping, contemporary classical composer (b. 1958)
- June 30 — Wong Ka Kui, Hong Kong musician, singer and songwriter (b. 1962)
- July 12 — Li Da, general (b. 1905)
- July 25 — Gan Ku, politician (b. 1924)
- July 31 — Fang Zhichun, politician (b. 1905)
- August 17 — Feng Kang, mathematician (b. 1920)
- October 8 — Gu Cheng, poet, essayist and novelist (b. 1956)
- October 25 — Danny Chan, singer, songwriter and actor (b. 1958)
- November 24 — Zhou Peiyuan, theoretical physicist and politician (b. 1902)
- November 28 — Huang Oudong, politician (b. 1905)
- December 24 — Yen Chia-kan, chemist and nationalist politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1905)
References
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