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2003 in China

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{{Year in China|2003}}

Events in the year 2003 in China.

Incumbents

= Governors =

Events

=January=

  • January 7 to January 8 – Hefei student protests occur, which were described as the largest student protests since the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.{{Cite web |date=2003-01-13 |title=Deadly Accident Leads to One of Largest Student Protests in China Since 1989 |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/deadly-accident-leads-to-one-of-largest-student-protests-in-china-since-1989/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=The Chronicle of Higher Education |language=en}}

=February=

  • February 24 – 2003 Bachu earthquake: An earthquake measuring 6.3 in magnitude occurred in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in northwest China, killing 191 people and 291 hospitalised. Almost 10,000 homes were leveled by the earthquake.{{Cite news |last=Gittings |first=John |last2=Watts |first2=Jonathan |date=2003-02-25 |title=Hundreds die in Chinese earthquake |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2003/feb/25/china.naturaldisasters |access-date=2025-02-10 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

=March=

  • March 14 – A smartphone and portable audio player brand, Meizu was founded by Jack Wong in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province.{{Cite web |last=Joseph |first=Joel |date=2019-03-14 |title=Meizu Turns 16 Today: Let's look at their Major Milestones |url=https://www.gizmochina.com/2019/03/14/meizu-turns-16-today-lets-look-at-their-major-milestones/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=Gizmochina |language=en-US}}
  • March 15 – Hu Jintao becomes President of the People's Republic of China, replacing Jiang Zemin.{{Cite web |title=On This Day, March 15: Hu Jintao becomes president of China - UPI.com |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/03/15/On-This-Day-Hu-Jintao-becomes-president-of-China/7431552526812/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=UPI |language=en}}

=June=

  • June 1 – The People's Republic of China begins filling the lake behind the massive Three Gorges Dam, raising the water level near the dam over 100 meters.{{Cite web |last=Gan |first=Nectar |date=2020-08-01 |title=China's Three Gorges Dam is one of the largest ever created. Was it worth it? |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/china-three-gorges-dam-intl-hnk-dst/index.html |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=CNN |language=en}}

=October=

  • October 15 – China successfully launches Shenzhou 5, their first crewed space mission, becoming the third country in the world to have independent human spaceflight capability after the Soviet Union and the United States.{{Cite web |title=Shenzhou 5 {{!}} Chinese spacecraft {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Shenzhou-5 |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}

=December=

  • December 23 - A PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion in Chongqing, 234 people lives.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-12/25/content_293409.htm|title = Gas well blowout kills at least 191}}{{Cite web |date=2003-12-30 |title=China: Gas Well Explosion in Chongqing - Information Bulletin n° 1 - China {{!}} ReliefWeb |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/china/china-gas-well-explosion-chongqing-information-bulletin-n-1 |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=reliefweb.int |language=en}}

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