2016 in China

• General Secretary of the Communist Party – Xi Jinping
• President – Xi Jinping
• Vice President – Li Yuanchao
• Premier – Li Keqiang
• Congress chairman – Zhang Dejiang
• Consultative Conference chairman – Yu Zhengsheng

===Governors===

• Governor of Anhui Province – Li Jinbin (until September), Li Guoying (starting September)
• Governor of Fujian Province – Yu Weiguo
• Governor of Gansu Province – Liu Weiping (until April), Lin Duo (starting April)
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Zhu Xiaodan (until April), Ma Xingrui (starting April)
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Sun Zhigang (until September), Shen Yiqin (starting September)
• Governor of Hainan Province – Liu Cigui (until 7 April), Shen Xiaoming (starting 7 April)
• Governor of Hebei Province – Zhang Qingwei
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Lu Hao
• Governor of Henan Province – Xie Fuzhan (until April), Chen Run'er (starting April)
• Governor of Hubei Province – Wang Guosheng (until June), Wang Xiaodong (starting September)
• Governor of Hunan Province – Du Jiahao (until September), Xu Dazhe (starting September)
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Shi Taifeng
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Lu Xinshe (until July), Liu Qi (starting July)
• Governor of Jilin Province – Jiang Chaoliang (until 29 October), Liu Guozhong (starting 29 October)
• Governor of Liaoning Province – Chen Qiufa
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Hao Peng (until December), Wang Jianjun (starting December)
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Lou Qinjian (until April), Hu Heping (starting April)
• Governor of Shandong Province – Guo Shuqing
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Li Xiaopeng (until August), Lou Yangsheng (starting August)
• Governor of Sichuan Province – Wei Hong (until January), Yin Li (starting January)
• Governor of Yunnan Province – Chen Hao (until December)
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Li Qiang (until June), Che Jun (starting June)

• January 1{{spaced endash}}
• People's Bank of China Shandong Branch announced will using coin replacing bill in 1 yuan value as testing field in 5 cities including Qingdao, Zaozhuang, Jining, Linyi and Rizhao.{{cite news|title=和1元纸币说拜拜 试点硬币化纸币逐步退出市场|url=http://weibo.com/p/1001593952143143948496|access-date=12 March 2016}}
• China officially transitions from its one-child policy to a two-child policy.{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-12/27/c_134955448.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151228021749/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-12/27/c_134955448.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 28, 2015|title=Top legislature amends law to allow all couples to have two children|publisher=Xinhua News Agency| date=27 December 2015}}
• January 2–9{{spaced endash}} 2016 Shenzhen Open
• January 4{{spaced endash}} Chinese regulators introduce a circuit breaker in an attempt to prevent stock market crashes, halting trade.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/07/chinas-latest-step-to-curb-shanghai-composites-wild-ride-circuit-breakers.html|title=China's latest step to curb stocks' wild ride: Circuit breakers|first=See Kit|last=Tang|publisher=CNBC|date=May 4, 2016|access-date=May 19, 2016}}
• January{{spaced endash}} 5 members of Causeway bay books of Hong Kong, including the manager go missing.{{cite web|title=銅鑼灣書店失蹤|url=https://hk.search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A2oKmLj1TItWqDEAt_.yygt.;_ylc=X1MDMjExNDcwMjAwMgRfcgMyBGZyAwRncHJpZAMxbnZjNS5oNFIwdWZPU1J5YmVPQWtBBG5fcnNsdAMwBG5fc3VnZwMwBG9yaWdpbgNoay5zZWFyY2gueWFob28uY29tBHBvcwMwBHBxc3RyAwRwcXN0cmwDBHFzdHJsAzcEcXVlcnkDjxAR0X3N0bXADMTQ1MTk3MDEwNg--?p=%E9%8A%85%E9%91%BC%E7%81%A3%E6%9B%B8%E5%BA%97%E5%A4%B1%E8%B9%A4&fr=sfp&fr2=sb-top-hk.search&iscqry=}}{{cite web|title=Causeway Bay Books manager missing|url=https://insideretail.hk/2015/11/17/causeway-bay-books-manager-missing/}} China's television states that he used to have a name Gui Minhai in committing a hit-and-run crime in 2003.{{cite news|title=Missing Hong Kong bookseller 'confesses' 2003 crime on Chinese TV|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/17/asia/hong-kong-bookseller-confesses-crime-chinese-tv/index.html|access-date=19 January 2016|agency=CNN|publisher=Juliet Perry}} He and his staff went missing mysteriously starts on December 30, 2015, and it's later confirmed that they are all in mainland China.{{cite news|title=Hong Kong police: Missing bookseller Lee Bo in China|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/18/asia/hong-kong-china-missing-bookseller-lee-bo/index.html|access-date=19 January 2016|agency=CNN|publisher=Katie Hunt}}
• January 16{{spaced endash}} The Council of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank established. President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang master the founding ceremony.{{cite news|title=李克强出席亚投行理事会成立大会致辞|url=http://news.163.com/16/0117/10/BDHCA27500014PRF.html|access-date=17 January 2016|agency=中央人民政府网站|publisher=柯立_NN5224}}
• January 17{{spaced endash}} The Beijing Military Region reform as Central Battle Region.{{cite news|title=北京军区改为中部战区 善后办副政委曝光(图)|url=http://news.163.com/16/0118/14/BDKCHCS100014AED.html|access-date=18 January 2016|agency=澎湃新闻网|publisher=曹义_NN5778|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123192558/http://news.163.com/16/0118/14/BDKCHCS100014AED.html|archive-date=23 January 2016|url-status=dead}}
• January 20–25{{spaced endash}} A century cold wave hits nearly all parts of China, it is first happened in Siberia, and then goes down to hit China.{{cite news|title=最强寒潮袭中国 祸首北极漩涡|url=http://weibo.com/p/1001593933270503983170|access-date=24 January 2016|agency=新京报}} By January 24, it hits the Southern part of China, Guangzhou, Hong Kong has its first snow in the new century and the ninth of its recorded history.{{cite news|title=广州迎新中国成立后首次飘雪(图)|url=http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2016-01-24/doc-ifxnuvxc1840779.shtml|access-date=24 January 2016|agency=Chinanews.com|publisher=刘德宾 SN222}} It is described as the Emperor Level Blizzard.{{cite news|title=超级寒潮速冻中东部 南方13省区市雨雪冰冻|url=http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/special/nfzyyxbdtq/|access-date=24 January 2016|agency=Weather China}}
• January 29{{spaced endash}} After being trapped for 36 days, four miners are rescued from a collapsed mine in Baotai, Shandong Province.{{cite news|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-01/30/c_135058473.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129215636/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-01/30/c_135058473.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 29, 2016|title=Miners rescued after 36-day ordeal underground|publisher=Xinhua|date=January 29, 2016|access-date=May 19, 2016}}

{{See also|January 2016 East Asia cold wave}}

• February 1{{spaced endash}}President Xi Jinping announced that the seven military regions transformed into five battle regions. The five battle regions are Central Battle Region, East Battle Region, West Battle Region, South Battle Region and North Battle Region.{{cite news|last1=李|first1=宣良|title=习近平宣布成立五大战区|url=http://news.163.com/16/0201/18/BEOQPJFU000156PO.html|access-date=1 February 2016|agency=新华网|publisher=汪子钰_NN4690}}
• February 6{{spaced endash}}A 6.4 Magnitude earthquake occurs in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

{{See also|2016 Kaohsiung earthquake}}

• February 23–25{{spaced endash}}China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi is invited to visit United States. Wang Yi and American General Secretary John Kerry claim that neither China nor US accepts North Korea's nuclear missile proposal. They do not recognize North Korea's Nuclear Status for the cause of Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty.{{cite news|title=外交部长王毅：中美都不承认朝鲜"拥核地位"|url=http://news.163.com/16/0224/11/BGJ8HA0B0001124J.html|access-date=24 February 2016|agency=CCTV|publisher=郑洪昌_NN3373|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227201924/http://news.163.com/16/0224/11/BGJ8HA0B0001124J.html|archive-date=27 February 2016|url-status=dead}}

• March{{spaced endash}}National People's Representative Conference and National Political Association Conference (The two-conferences for short) open. President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang holds the two-conferences.{{cite web|title=2016全国两会|url=http://news.163.com/special/2016lh_index/|website=Netease.com|access-date=12 March 2016}}
• March 27{{spaced endash}}The National Party of Hong Kong is established. It advocates the independence of Hong Kong and does not recognize the Basic Law of Hong Kong.{{cite news|title=港澳办8个字回应"香港民族党"：严重违法 绝不可能|url=http://news.ifeng.com/a/20160330/48271220_0.shtml|access-date=30 March 2016|agency=观察者网|publisher=熊如梦 PN040}}
• March 28–April 3{{spaced endash}}2016 China Open (snooker)
• March 30{{spaced endash}}China deploys anti-ship missiles on Paracel Islands. Spokesman of the Foreign Ministry Hong Lei responded that it's a right thing to do for deploying national defenses equipments on its own territory.{{cite news|title=曝中国在西沙群岛部署反舰导弹 外交部:合情合理|url=http://news.163.com/16/0330/17/BJE0FGSM00014SEH.html|agency=Official Website of China's Foreign Ministry|publisher=黄达_NN5311}}

• April{{spaced endash}}ABU Radio Song Festival 2016
• April 13
• A building in an industrial zone of Machong County, Dongguan collapse. 18 deaths are reported.{{cite news|last1=白|first1=雪|title=东莞麻涌龙门架倒塌18人遇难|url=http://gz.ifeng.com/a/20160414/4454868_0.shtml|access-date=14 April 2016|agency=广州日报|publisher=刘满元、董哲、汪万里、卢政、葛宇飞|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421135055/http://gz.ifeng.com/a/20160414/4454868_0.shtml|archive-date=21 April 2016|url-status=dead}}
• 8 Taiwanese criminals out of 10 are sent back to mainland China by Kenya. Taiwanese government protests China's working method.{{cite news|title=每年百亿诈骗赃款被卷台湾 被追回仅20万元|url=http://news.163.com/16/0414/03/BKJ6LV5400014Q4P.html|access-date=14 April 2016|agency=新快报(广州)|publisher=谷莹_NN6577}} However, the media in Taiwan agree and said the criminals should be seriously punished since the legals in Taiwan are too good for these criminals.{{cite news|title=台媒称台湾"诈骗独步全球" 吁大陆严刑峻法处理|url=http://news.ifeng.com/a/20160414/48450487_0.shtml|access-date=14 April 2016|agency=环球时报|publisher=宇文杰 PN051}}
• April 17{{spaced endash}}Chinese Central Television broadcasts a report on Changzhou Foreign Languages School stating hundreds of students have fallen ill from pollution.
• April 27 – May 1{{spaced endash}}2016 Extreme Sailing Series in Qingdao

• May 2{{spaced endash}}The Cyberspace Administration of China announces an investigation into the death of Wei Zexi, a student who died following experimental treatment for synovial sarcoma he discovered on the search engine Baidu.
• May 3{{spaced endash}}Xi Jinping meets with Laotian president Bounnhang Vorachith.{{cite web|title=China's Xi holds talks with Lao leader to enhance ties|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-05/03/c_135331775.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506211719/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-05/03/c_135331775.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 6, 2016|website=Xinhua|publisher=Xinhua News Agency|access-date=4 May 2016|date=May 3, 2016}}
• May 7{{spaced endash}}Lei Yang, a Chinese environmentalist, dies after an altercation with police in Changping District, Beijing.
• May 15–22{{spaced endash}}2016 Thomas & Uber Cup in Kunshan, Jiangsu

• June 4{{spaced endash}} A tour boat in Guangyuan capsizes, killing a child and leaving 14 missing out of 18 passengers.{{cite news|url=http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nation/Child-dies-14-missing-after-boat-capsizes/shdaily.shtml|publisher=Shanghai Daily|agency=Xinhua|title=Child dies, 14 missing after boat capsizes|date=June 6, 2016}}
• June 12{{spaced endash}} A man commits a suicide bombing at the international departure of Shanghai Pudong Airport causes 4 injuries, 1 deadly hurt.{{cite news|title=警方通报浦东机场爆炸：男子投爆炸物后割颈(图)|url=http://news.ifeng.com/a/20160612/48959745_0.shtml|access-date=12 June 2016|agency=ifeng|publisher=唐艺赫 PN085}}
• June 16 {{Spaced en dash}} The Shanghai Disney Resort opens.{{cite web|url=http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2016/01/opening-date-set-for-shanghai-disney-resort-disneys-newest-world-classdestination/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115070808/http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2016/01/opening-date-set-for-shanghai-disney-resort-disneys-newest-world-classdestination/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 15, 2016|title=Opening Date Set for Shanghai Disney Resort, Disney's Newest World-Class Destination|language=en-us|access-date=2016-06-24}}

• July 1{{spaced endash}} A Taiwan military ship fires a missile mistakenly.{{cite news|last1=Guerrero|first1=Kay|title=Taiwan accidentally launches missile toward China, kills fishing boat captain|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/01/asia/taiwan-fires-missile-on-china/index.html|access-date=3 July 2016|agency=CNN|publisher=Kay Guerrero}}{{cite news|title=导弹误射是对大陆的挑衅？蔡正元这么说|url=http://news.ifeng.com/a/20160705/49292961_0.shtml|access-date=5 July 2016|agency=环球时报|publisher=雒效文}} The day is the CPC founding celebration day while CPC founded on July 23, 1921, but for easy remembering, the founding day is set to be July 1.
• July 6{{spaced endash}}Hubei province floods.{{cite news|title=实拍李克强视察长江干堤：98年都过了，现在更有力量|url=http://news.ifeng.com/a/20160707/49311943_0.shtml|access-date=7 July 2016|agency=中国政府网|publisher=唐艺赫}}
• July 23{{spaced endash}} A woman is killed after attempting to defend her daughter from a tiger at Badaling Wildlife World Park in Beijing. The daughter sustains serious injuries.{{cite news|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/07/fatal-tiger-mauling-china-zoo-badaling-wildlife-world/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725170257/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/07/fatal-tiger-mauling-china-zoo-badaling-wildlife-world/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 25, 2016|title=Fatal Tiger Mauling Shows What's Wrong With Animal Parks|last=Howards|first=Brian Clark|date=July 25, 2016|publisher=National Geographic|access-date=July 27, 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/china/tiger-attacks-tourist-kills-another-china-safari-park-n615996|title=Tiger Attacks Tourist, Kills Another at China Safari Park|date=July 25, 2016|agency=Associated Press|publisher=NBC|access-date=July 27, 2016}}
• July 24{{spaced endash}} The first case of rift valley fever in China is identified.{{cite news|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-07/24/c_135536007.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725150419/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-07/24/c_135536007.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 25, 2016|title=China confirms first imported Rift Valley Fever case|date=July 24, 2016|publisher=Xinhua|access-date=July 27, 2016}}
• July 31{{spaced endash}}Cangwu County, Wuzhou, Guangxi earthquakes by 5:18 pm at level 5.4. The center is near Guangzhou 204 kilometers. People in Guangzhou and Shenzhen can sense the quake.{{cite news|title=广西梧州发生5.4级地震 广州深圳有震感|url=http://news.ifeng.com/a/20160731/49693548_0.shtml|access-date=31 July 2016|agency=中国地震台网|publisher=彭莹羿 PN062}}

• August{{spaced endash}}China is going to launch the world's first quantum satellite.{{cite news|title=中国将于本月发射世界首颗量子卫星(图)|url=http://news.ifeng.com/a/20160814/49775311_0.shtml|agency=中国军网|publisher=刘洋LY}}
• August 16 - China successfully launched the world's first quantum satellite QUESS" from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gobi Desert at 1:40 a.m. on Tuesday (Aug. 16 ).{{cite news|title=China launches first-ever quantum communication satellite|url=http://english.cqnews.net/html/2016-08/16/content_38117605.htm|agency=Xinhua|publisher=Editor:Liu Kan}}

• September 4–5{{spaced endash}}2016 G-20 Hangzhou summit
• September 27{{spaced endash}}An explosion at a coal mine in Shizuishan kills 18 workers, leaving two missing.{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/dead-11-trapped-coal-mine-explosion-northern-china-42387006|title=Explosion Kills 18 in 'Illegal' Coal Mine in Northern China|date=September 28, 2016|agency=Associated Press|work=ABC News}}
• September 28{{spaced endash}} Typhoon Megi makes landfall in mainland China.{{cite web|title=Typhoon leaves 5 dead in China and Taiwan|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/typhoon-leaves-5-dead-in-china-and-taiwan|publisher=The Straits Times|access-date=September 28, 2016|date=September 28, 2016}} Major landslides caused by Megi occur in Sucun Village (in Lishui), and Wencheng County.{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/13-people-dead-20-missing-in-china-after-typhoon-and-landslides/story-taC4L4Us9IoK32AnaUrz0K.html|title=13 people dead, 20 missing in China after typhoon and landslides

|date=October 1, 2016|publisher=Hindustan Times|agency=Associated Press}}

• October 17{{spaced endash}} China launches Shenzhou 11 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Inner Mongolia.
• October 25{{spaced endash}} Illegally stored explosives cause an explosion in a house in northwestern China that kills at least 14 people and injures 147 others in the town of Xinmin in Shaanxi province.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-explosions-shaanxi-idUSKCN12O1RU?il=0|title=Blast kills 14, injures 147 in northwestern China|newspaper=Reuters|date=25 October 2016}}
• October 27–30{{spaced endash}}2016 WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai

• November 2–3 {{spaced endash}} Cross-Strait Peaceful Development Forum in Beijing.{{Cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/11/03/2003658464|title = KMT-CCP Beijing 'peace' forum begins - Taipei Times|date = 3 November 2016}}
• November 3{{spaced endash}} China launches Long March 5 from China Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, Hainan.

• List of Chinese films of 2016

{{Reflist|30em}}

• 2016 in Chinese music
• List of Chinese films of 2016

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