1991 In China
The following lists events in the year 1991 in China. Incumbents *General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary of the Communist Party: Jiang Zemin *President of the People's Republic of China, President: Yang Shangkun *Premier of the People's Republic of China, Premier: Li Peng *Vice President of the People's Republic of China, Vice President: Wang Zhen (general), Wang Zhen *Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China, Vice Premier: Yao Yilin Governors * Politics of Anhui, Governor of Anhui Province – Fu Xishou * Politics of Fujian, Governor of Fujian Province – Jia Qinglin * Gansu, Governor of Gansu Province – Jia Zhijie * Politics of Guangdong, Governor of Guangdong Province – Ye Xuanping then Zhu Senlin * Politics of Guizhou, Governor of Guizhou Province – Wang Zhaowen * Politics of Hainan, Governor of Hainan Province – Liu Jianfeng (PRC), Liu Jianfeng * Politics of Hebei, Governor of Hebei Province – Ch ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1991
File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Philippines, making it the second-largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century; MTS Oceanos sinks off the coast of South Africa, but the crew notoriously abandons the vessel before the passengers are rescued; Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Soviet flag is lowered from the Kremlin for the last time and replaced with the flag of the Russian Federation; The United States and soon-to-be dissolved Soviet Union sign the START I Treaty; A tropical cyclone strikes Bangladesh, killing nearly 140,000 people; Lauda Air Flight 004 crashes after one of its thrust reversers activates during the flight; A United States-led coalition initiates Operation Desert Storm to remove Iraq and Saddam Hussein from Kuwait, 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jia Zhijie
Jia Zhijie (; born 1935) is a retired politician of the People's Republic of China. He was born in Jilin Province. He graduated from the Moscow Petroleum Institute in 1960, the same year he joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He served as governor of Gansu (1986–1993) and Hubei. As governor of Gansu, he defended the state's first eugenics Eugenics ( ; ) is a fringe set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population. Historically, eugenicists have attempted to alter human gene pools by excluding people and groups judged to be inferior o ... law passed in 1989. About 1.2 percent of Gansu's 22 million people were intellectually disabled, the highest rate in China. Jia Zhijie stated that, "Insane, dull-witted and idiotic people must first complete sterilization operations before they can register for marriage. Some people say this is inhumane, but we think just the opposite is true." Political career References ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Li Changchun
Li Changchun (born February 1, 1944) is a retired Chinese politician and a former senior leader of the Chinese Communist Party. He served on the Politburo Standing Committee, the Communist Party's top leadership council, and as the top official in charge of propaganda, between 2002 and 2012. He also served as Chairman of the CCP Central Guidance Commission for Building Spiritual Civilization, ''de facto'' head of propaganda and media relations. Li had a widely varying political career spanning three provinces, first as Governor of Liaoning, then Party Secretary of Henan, and then Party Secretary of Guangdong, before being promoted to the national leadership in 2002. He retired in 2012. Biography Early life and career Li Changchun was born in February 1944 in modern-day Dalian, Liaoning, then administered by the Empire of Japan as "Dairen", Kwantung Leased Territory. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1965 and graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from the Har ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Politics Of Henan
The Politics of Henan Province in the People's Republic of China is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China. The Governor of Henan is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Henan. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Henan Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Provincial Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "Henan CCP Party Chief". List of the CCP Party chiefs # Zhang Xi (): May 1949-November 1952 #Pan Fusheng (): November 1952-August 1958 #Wu Zhipu (): August 1958-July 1961 # Liu Jianxun (): July 1961-September 1966 # Wen Minsheng (), acting: September 1966-August 1967 #Liu Jianxun (): March 1971-October 1978 #Duan Junyi (): October 1978-January 1981 # Liu Jie (): January 1981-April 1985 #Yang Xizong (): April 1985-March 1990 # Hou Zongbin (): March 1990-December 1992 #Li Changchun (): December 1992-March 1998 # Ma Zhongchen (): March ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shao Qihui
Shao Qihui (; born June 1934) is a Chinese engineer and politician who served as governor of Heilongjiang from 1989 to 1994. He was a representative of the 13th and 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a delegate to the 7th and 8th National People's Congress. He was a member of the 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a member of the Standing Committee of the 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Early life and education Shao was born in the town of Gaocheng, Yixing, Jiangsu, in June 1934. He attended Hangzhou No. 2 High School and worked as secretary of the Youth League Committee at the school after graduation in September 1952. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in October 1953. Career in Zhejiang In February 1955, he was appointed as deputy director of the Office of Hangzhou Municipal Committee ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Heilongjiang
Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province of the country and contains China's northernmost point (in Mohe City along the Amur) and easternmost point (at the junction of the Amur and Ussuri rivers). The province is bordered by Jilin to the south and Inner Mongolia to the west. It also shares a border with Russia (Amur Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai and Zabaykalsky Krai) to the north and east. The capital and the largest city of the province is Harbin. Among Chinese provincial-level administrative divisions, Heilongjiang is the sixth-largest by total area, the 15th-most populous, and the second-poorest by GDP per capita. The province takes its name from the Amur River (see the etymology section below for details) which marks the border bet ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cheng Weigao
Cheng Weigao (; September 1933 – December 28, 2010) was a Chinese politician, best known for his term as the Communist Party Secretary of Hebei province between 1993 and 1998. In his late career, Cheng was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party in 2003 after a corruption investigation. He was demoted, but not charged. Cheng's son, Cheng Muyang (Michael Ching), lives in Vancouver, Canada as of 2015. Biography Cheng was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. He followed his parents to neighboring Changzhou in his teenage years. He entered the Communist Youth League organization in Changzhou in 1949, and joined the Chinese Communist Party about a year later. In 1959, he became a secretary to the deputy party chief of Chengdu. In 1965, he was named head of the tractor factory in Changzhou. In 1972, he was transferred to work at the Shanghuang Mine. In 1980 he was named deputy mayor of Changzhou, then in 1983 named party chief of Changzhou. Cheng served as the Communist Party ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Politics Of Hebei
The politics of Hebei Province in the People's Republic of China is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China. The Governor of Hebei is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Hebei. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Hebei Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Provincial Committee Secretary. Secretaries of the CCP Hebei Committee #Lin Tie (): July 12, 1949-August 25, 1966 #Liu Zihou (): August 25, 1966-February 3, 1968 #Li Xuefeng (): February 3, 1968-January 26, 1971 #Liu Zihou (): January 26, 1971-December 26, 1979 #Jin Ming (): December 26, 1979-June 16, 1982 # Gao Yang (): June 6, 1982-May 28, 1985 #Xing Chongzhi (): May 29, 1985-January 27, 1993 #Cheng Weigao (): January 27, 1993-October 8, 1998 #Ye Liansong (): October 8, 1998-June 30, 2000 # Wang Xudong (): June 30, 2000-November 25, 2002 # Bai Keming (): November 25, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Liu Jianfeng (PRC)
Liu Jianfeng (; born June 1936) is a retired Chinese engineer and politician. From 1989 to 1993 he was Governor of Hainan Province, where he had a highly antagonistic relationship with the Party Chief Deng Hongxun. He also served as Director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China and Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Electronics Industry. Early life and career Liu was born in June 1936 in Tianjin. In 1956, he joined the Communist Party of China. In 1961 he graduated from the radio engineering department of the Kiev Polytechnic Institute in Ukraine, USSR. After returning to China he began working for the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building. From 1981 to 1984 he was director of the No. 1425 Research Institute of the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building. In 1984, he was appointed vice-minister of the Ministry of Electronics Industry and became associated with Li Peng, then a vice-premier whose portfolio included the electronics industry. Governor of Hainan In the aftermath o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Politics Of Hainan
The politics of Hainan Province in the People's Republic of China is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China. The Governor of Hainan is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Hainan. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Hainan Chinese Communist Party Provincial Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "Hainan CCP Party Chief". List of the CCP Hainan committee secretaries # Xu Shijie (): 1988–1990 #Deng Hongxun (): 1990–1993 # Ruan Chongwu: 1993–1998 #Du Qinglin: 1998–2001 # Bai Keming: 2001–2002 #Wang Qishan: 2002–2003 #Wang Xiaofeng: 2003–2006 #Wei Liucheng: 2006 – August 2011 #Luo Baoming: August 2011 – April 2017 #Liu Cigui: April 2017 – November 2020 #Shen Xiaoming: December 2020 – present List of governors of Hainan #Liang Xiang: 1988–1989 #Liu Jianfeng (PRC), Liu Jianfeng (): 1989–1993 # Ruan Chongwu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wang Zhaowen
Wang Chaowen (; born October 1930) is a Chinese politician of Miao ethnicity who served as governor of Guizhou from 1983 to 1993 and chairman of Guizhou Provincial People's Congress from 1994 to 1998. He was a member of the 12th, 13th and 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 8th and 9th National People's Congress. Biography Wang was born in Huangping County, Guizhou, in October 1930. He entered the workforce in December 1949, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in July 1951. He was first party secretary of Shibing County in September 1956, and held that office until January 1960. He served as deputy secretary of Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League of China in February 1960, and was promoted to the secretary position in June 1973. In 1966, the Cultural Revolution broke out, he was removed from office and effectively sidelined, but soon reinstated in December 1969. In September 1977 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Politics Of Guizhou
The politics of Guizhou Province in the People's Republic of China is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China. The Governor of Guizhou is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Guizhou. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Guizhou Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Provincial Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "Guizhou Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary, CCP Party Chief". List of provincial-level leaders CCP Guizhou Committee Secretaries #Su Zhenhua: 1949–1954 #Zhou Lin (politician), Zhou Lin: 1954–1964 #Li Dazhang: 1964–1965 #Jia Qiyun: 1965–1967 #Li Zaihe: 1967–1969 #Lan Yinong: 1969–1973 #Lu Ruilin: 1973–1977 #Ma Li (politician), Ma Li (马力): 1977-1979 #Chi Biqing: 1979–1985 #Zhu Houze: 1985 #Hu Jintao: 1985–1988 #Liu Zhengwei: 1988–1993 #Liu Fangren: 1993–2001 #Qian Yunlu: 2001–2005 #Shi Zong ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |