2011 in China

• Party General Secretary - Hu Jintao
• President – Hu Jintao
• Premier – Wen Jiabao
• Vice President – Xi Jinping
• Vice Premier – Li Keqiang
• Congress Chairman - Wu Bangguo
• Conference Chairman - Jia Qinglin

• Governor of Anhui Province – Wang Sanyun (until December), Li Bin (starting December)
• Governor of Fujian Province – Huang Xiaojing (until April), Su Shulin (starting April)
• Governor of Gansu Province – Liu Weiping
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Zhu Xiaodan (until 5 November), Huang Huahua (starting 5 November)
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Zhao Kezhi (until December), Chen Min'er (starting December)
• Governor of Hainan Province – Luo Baoming (until August), Jiang Dingzhi (starting August)
• Governor of Hebei Province – Chen Quanguo (until 27 August)
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Wang Xiankui
• Governor of Henan Province – Guo Gengmao
• Governor of Hubei Province – Wang Guosheng
• Governor of Hunan Province – Xu Shousheng
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Li Xueyong
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Wu Xinxiong (until June), Lu Xinshe (starting June)
• Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Rulin (until December), Bayanqolu (starting December)
• Governor of Liaoning Province – Chen Zhenggao
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Luo Huining
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Zhao Zhengyong
• Governor of Shandong Province – Jiang Daming
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Wang Jun (until December), Li Xiaopeng (starting December)
• Governor of Sichuan Province – Jiang Jufeng
• Governor of Yunnan Province – Qin Guangrong (until August), Li Jiheng (starting August)
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Lü Zushan (until August), Xia Baolong (starting August)

• January 6 – Jiaxing Xiuzhou District case of fish kill.
• January 11 – China successfully tests the Chengdu J-20 Black Eagle, one of its fifth generation stealth, twin-engine fighter aircraft programs.{{cite web|url=http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2011/201101/20110111/article_461248.htm |title=China-built stealth fighter takes maiden flight – Shanghai Daily | 上海日报 – English Window to China New |publisher=Shanghai Daily |access-date=2011-06-09}}{{cite news|author =|url=http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/china-tests-new-stealth-fighter/story-e6frfku0-1225985996797 |title=China tests new stealth fighter |publisher=News.com.au |date=2011-01-12 |access-date=2011-06-09}}
• January 23 – CCTV Chengdu J-10 footage controversy

• February 1 – The Chinese government begins efforts to combat an ongoing drought.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/feb/11/china-drought-emergency-water-aid |title=China bids to ease drought with $1bn emergency water aid |access-date=14 February 2011 |date=11 February 2011 |work=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110214185708/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/feb/11/china-drought-emergency-water-aid |archive-date=14 February 2011 |location=London |first=Jonathan |last=Watts |url-status=live }}
• February 20 – 2011 Chinese pro-democracy protests
• February 28 – 2011 crackdown on dissidents in the People's Republic of China (est.)

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• March 2 – 2011 Gyeongryeolbi island fishing incident
• March 10 – 2011 Yunnan earthquake: At least 24 people are killed and 207 injured following a 5.4 magnitude earthquake in Yingjiang County of the Yunnan province near the Burma border.{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/photo/2011-03/10/c_13771460.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313075320/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/photo/2011-03/10/c_13771460.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 13, 2011 |title=Rescuers search for survivors in quake-hit Yingjiang |publisher=News.xinhuanet.com |date=2011-03-10 |access-date=2011-06-09}}{{cite web|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_643604.html |title=24 dead, 207 injured in China quake |publisher=Straitstimes.com |date=2011-03-10 |access-date=2011-06-09}}{{cite web |author=Agence France-Presse |url=http://www.globalnews.ca/world/dead+injured+China+quake/4415200/story.html |title=25 dead, 250 injured in China quake |publisher=Globalnews.ca |date=2011-03-10 |access-date=2011-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706181959/http://www.globalnews.ca/world/dead%2Binjured%2BChina%2Bquake/4415200/story.html |archive-date=6 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}
• March 16 – Phuntsog self-immolation incident
• March 29 – 2011 Yunnan protest

• April 5 – The Ministry of Health dismissed media coverages about Yinzibing (HIV-negative AIDS).{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-04/07/c_13816078.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410182908/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-04/07/c_13816078.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 10, 2011 |title=China's Health Ministry dismisses "HIV-Negative AIDS" concerns |publisher=News.xinhuanet.com |date=2011-04-07 |access-date=2011-11-20}}
• April 13 – 2011 Shanghai riot
• April 14 – 2011 BRICS summit
• April 20 – 2011 Shanghai Truckers Strike
• April 22 – Wang Jia-zheng (汪家正) self-immolation incident{{cite web|url=http://news.sohu.com/20110501/n306715664.shtml |title=株洲自焚者汪家正死亡 官方证实消息-搜狐新闻 |publisher=News.sohu.com |date=2010-09-08 |access-date=2011-06-09| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110722233829/http://news.sohu.com/20110501/n306715664.shtml| archive-date= 22 July 2011 | url-status= live}}
• April 28 – Xi'an China International Horticultural Exposition 2011

• May 10 – 2011 Xilinhot incident
• May 13 – Yang Xianwen (杨显文) Tianzhu bank bombing case{{cite web|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1638916.php/Revenge-petrol-bombing-injures-dozens-at-China-bank |title=Revenge petrol bombing injures dozens at China bank |publisher=Monsters and Critics |date=2011-05-13 |access-date=2011-06-09}}
• May 20 – 2011 Chengdu Foxconn explosion incident
• May 26 – 2011 Fuzhou, Jiangxi bombings
• May – My Heart Sings Loud television variety show is launched by Dragon TV.{{Cite web |url=http://singit.smgbb.cn/singit/ |title=Singit |access-date=2022-09-08 |archive-date=2011-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508231320/http://singit.smgbb.cn/singit/ |url-status=dead }}

• June 1 – Painting Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains reunify the two halves of the painting held by Republic of China and the People's Republic of China{{cite web|url=http://www.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1017/1/7/2/101717269.html?coluid=46&kindid=0&docid=101717269&mdate=0601135629 |title=中國評論新聞："富春山居圖"台北故宮合璧 馬英九賀電 |publisher=Chinareviewnews.com |access-date=2011-06-09}}
• June 6 – 2011 Chaozhou riot
• June 7 – Wang Meng assault incident
• June 10 –
• Tianjin bombing{{cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-06/11/content_12677568.htm |title=Revenge blast injures 2 in Tianjin |publisher=Chinadaily.com.cn |date=2011-06-11 |access-date=2011-11-20}}
• 2011 Zengcheng riot
• June 11 – 2011 China floods (est.)
• June 11 – 17 – 3rd Straits Forum
• June 16 – Mutiny on Lurongyu 2682, a fishing trawler in the South Pacific. After a month-long killings from this day, 11 of the 33 crew returned to China.
• June 26 – National Red Games, celebration of 90th anniversary of founding of Communist party

• July 1 – Jiang Zemin disappearance and death rumor
• July 5 – Disclosure of China National Offshore Oil Corporation 2011 Bohai bay oil spill
• July 11 – 2011 Huizhou refinery explosion incident
• July 18 – 2011 Hotan attack
• July 23 – 2011 Wenzhou train collision
• July 24 – Canada extradites Lai Changxing to China
• July 30–31 – 2011 Kashgar attacks

• August 1 – Nepal rejects China-UN backed Lumbini project
• August 4 – 2011 Nanchang mass suicide protest
• August 11 – 2011 Qianxi riot
• August 14 – Dalian PX protest
• August 12 – 2011 Summer Universiade
• August 26 – 2011 Jiangmen dog ban
• August 30 - Yunnan Nanpan River chromium toxic spill (est.){{cite web |url=http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo/macau/33290-Cadmium-spill-threat-Macau-water-safety.html |title=MACAU DAILY TIMES - Cadmium spill no threat to Macau water safety |website=www.macaudailytimes.com.mo |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131215005/http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo/macau/33290-Cadmium-spill-threat-Macau-water-safety.html |archive-date=2012-01-31}}

• September 1 – First China-Eurasia Expo
• September 16 – Line 2, The first line of the Xian Subway was completed.
• September 23 – 2011 Lufeng city riot
• September 26 – Lobsang Kalsang and Lobsang Konchok self-immolation incident{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/world/asia/two-tibetan-monks-set-themselves-on-fire-in-protest.html |title=Two Tibetan Monks Set Themselves on Fire in Protest |work=New York Times |date=2011-09-26 |access-date=2011-11-20 |first=Edward |last=Wong}}
• September 27 – Shandong Foxconn fire incident
• September 29 – Launch of Tiangong 1

• October 5 – 13 Chinese crew members of two ships are murdered in the Mekong River massacre
• October 10 – 100th Anniversary of Xinhai Revolution
• October 13 – Death of Wang Yue and public outcry in the aftermath
• October 19 – Seventh Chen-Chiang summit
• October 21 – 2011 Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15768036 |title=BBC News – Chinese man in Tiananmen Square self-immolation protest |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date= November 17, 2011|access-date=2011-11-20}}{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10766756 |title=China confirms man set himself on fire in Tiananmen Square – World – NZ Herald News |publisher=Nzherald.co.nz |date=2011-03-17 |access-date=2011-11-20}}{{cite web|url=http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=Chinese+man+self-immolates+in+Tiananmen+Square&id=30369 |title=Chinese man self-immolates in Tiananmen Square |publisher=www.phayul.com |date=2011-10-21 |access-date=2011-11-20}}
• October 26 – 2011 Zhili riot
• October 31 – Announcement of Sunway BlueLight, first supercomputer to use domestic processors{{cite web|last=Smith |first=Rich |url=http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/11/20/chinas-new-supercomputer-means-business/ |title=China's New Supercomputer Means Business |publisher=DailyFinance |date=2011-01-12 |access-date=2011-11-20}}{{cite web|url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/243458/china_to_build_more_supercomputers_with_homegrown_chips.html |title=China to Build More Supercomputers With Homegrown Chips | PCWorld Business Center |publisher=Pcworld.com |date=2011-11-09 |access-date=2011-11-20}}

• November 1 – Launch of Shenzhou 8
• November 12 – 2011 Zhongshan riot
• November 14 – Xi'an gas explosion{{cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-11/15/content_14094605.htm |title=Xi'an restaurant blast kills 9|Nation |publisher=chinadaily.com.cn |date=2011-11-15 |access-date=2011-11-20}}
• November 16 – 2011 Gansu school bus crash
• November 20 – North Korean guards cross to Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County after death of Kim Jong-il{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/8957669/North-Korean-border-guards-flee-to-China.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=North Korean border guards flee to China | date=December 15, 2011}}
• November 27 – Billionaire real estate tycoon Huang Nubo is rejected to purchase parts of Iceland

• December 12 – 2011 Incheon fishing incident
• December 21 - Protests of Wukan end
• December 28 - 2011 Pishan hostage crisis

• January 14 – Liu Huaqing, 94, Chinese naval commander (1982–1988).{{cite web|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7261629.html |title=China's former military leader passes away – People's Daily Online |publisher=English.peopledaily.com.cn |date=2011-01-14 |access-date=2011-03-07}}
• February 13 – Shi Yafeng, 91, Chinese geologist.{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2011-02/14/c_121076100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107130925/http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2011-02/14/c_121076100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |title=我国著名地理学家施雅风院士逝世 |publisher=News.xinhuanet.com |access-date=2011-03-07}}
• February 17 – Augustine Hu Daguo, 88, Chinese Roman Catholic underground bishop of Guiyang.{{cite web|url=http://www.ucanews.com/2011/02/17/underground-bishop-of-shiqian-dies |title=Underground bishop of Shiqian dies |publisher=ucanews.com |date=2011-02-17 |access-date=2011-03-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110223160640/http://www.ucanews.com/2011/02/17/underground-bishop-of-shiqian-dies/ |archive-date=2011-02-23 }}
• February 19 – Yuan Xuefen, 88, Chinese Yue opera actress.{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-02/20/c_13740643.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107130940/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-02/20/c_13740643.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |title=Maestro of China's Yueju opera Yuan Xuefen dies at 89 |publisher=News.xinhuanet.com |date=2011-02-20 |access-date=2011-03-07}}
• August 7 – Li Xing (黎星), 54, Chinese-English journalist{{cite web|url=http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-08/12/content_13098883.htm |title=Friends, family remember veteran reporter |publisher=Usa.chinadaily.com.cn |access-date=2011-11-20}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/dfpd/lixing/2011-08/11/content_13094030.htm |title=黎星同志生平 – 斯人已去 精神永存 中国日报杰出新闻工作者黎星去世- 中国日报 |publisher=Chinadaily.com.cn |date=2011-08-11 |access-date=2011-11-20}}

• Liang Tianzhu, Chinese painter (born 1916)Liang Tianzhu Album of Painting, Tianjin Yangliuqing Fine Arts Press, 1989

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