The following lists events in the year

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 Phil ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

Incumbents

* General Secretary of the Communist Party: Jiang Zemin * President: Yang Shangkun *

Premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of governm ...

: Li Peng * Vice President: Wang Zhen * Vice Premier:

Yao Yilin Yao Yilin (; September 6, 1917 – December 11, 1994) was a Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1979 to 1988, and the country's First Vice Premier from 1988 to 1993. Early life and career He was born in Hong Kong in 1917, and sp ...

Governors

* Governor of Anhui Province –

Fu Xishou Fu Xishou (; January 1931 – 25 March 2015) was a Chinese business executive and politician who served as governor of Anhui from 1989 to 1994. He was an alternate member of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member o ...

* Governor of Fujian Province – Jia Qinglin * Governor of Gansu Province –

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 gov ...

* Governor of Guangdong Province – Ye Xuanping then Zhu Senlin * Governor of Guizhou Province –

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 ...

* Governor of Hainan Province – Liu Jianfeng * Governor of Hebei Province –

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 Communi ...

* Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Shao Qihui * Governor of Henan Province – Li Changchun * Governor of Hubei Province –

Guo Shuyan Guo Shuyan (; October 1935 – 23 January 2022) was a Chinese engineer and politician. He served as Governor of Hubei Province from 1990 to 1993. He also served as the deputy director of the State Science and Technology Commission from 1985 to ...

* Governor of Hunan Province –

Chen Bangzhu Chen Bangzhu (; born September 1934) is a Chinese politician who served as from 1995 to 1998 and governor of Hunan from 1989 to 1994. Biography Chen was born in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, in September 1934, during the Republic of China. In 1954, he gra ...

* Governor of Jiangsu Province –

Chen Huanyou Chen Huanyou (; born 1934) is a retired Chinese politician who served as Governor and Communist Party Secretary of Jiangsu Province. Chen was born in Nantong, Jiangsu. In March 1950, he entered PLA's Northeast University of Military and Politic ...

* Governor of Jiangxi Province –

Wu Guanzheng Wu Guanzheng (born August 11, 1938), also spelled as Wu Kuan-cheng is a former Chinese politician and one of the major leaders of the Chinese Communist Party during the administration of Hu Jintao. He served on the Politburo Standing Committee ...

* Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Zhongyu then Gao Yan * Governor of Liaoning Province –

Yue Qifeng Yue Qifeng () (December 1931 – March 24, 2008) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Daming County, Hebei Province. In January 1945, at the age of 13, he joined the Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (C ...

* Governor of Qinghai Province –

Jin Jipeng Jin is a toneless pinyin romanization of various Chinese names and words. These have also been romanized as Kin and Chin (Wade–Giles). "Jin" also occurs in Japanese and Korean. It may refer to: States Jìn 晉 * Jin (Chinese state) (晉國), ...

then

Tian Chengping Tian Chengping (; born January 1945) is a politician in the People's Republic of China. Biography Born in Daming County, Hebei Province, Tian joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1964, and started working in February 1968. He se ...

* Governor of Shaanxi Province – Bai Qingcai * Governor of Shandong Province –

Zhao Zhihao Zhao Zhihao (; born 20 November 1931) is a Chinese politician who served as governor of Shandong from 1989 to 1995, party secretary of Shandong from 1994 to 1997, and chairman of Shandong Provincial People's Congress from 1996 to 2002. He was a ...

* Governor of Shanxi Province –

Wang Senhao Wang may refer to: Names * Wang (surname) (王), a common Chinese surname * Wāng (汪), a less common Chinese surname * Titles in Chinese nobility * A title in Korean nobility * A title in Mongolian nobility Places * Wang River in Thailand ...

then Hu Fuguo * Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Haoruo * Governor of Yunnan Province –

Li Jiating Li Jiating () (born 1944) is an ethnic Yi People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Shiping County, Yunnan. He was a graduate of Tsinghua University. He was mayor of Harbin, Heilongjiang and governor of his home province. He was an a ...

* Governor of Zhejiang Province – Ge Hongsheng (until March),

Wan Xueyuan Wan Xueyuan (; born January 1941) is a politician of the People's Republic of China. He currently serves as the vice director of foreign affairs committee of 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Born in Huanggang, Hu ...

(starting March)

Events

1991 Sino-Soviet Border Agreement The 1991 Sino-Soviet Border Agreement was a treaty signed between China and the Soviet Union on May 16, 1991. It set up demarcation work to resolve most of the border disputes between the two states. Initially signed by China and the Soviet Union, ...

Eastern China flood of 1991 In the summer of 1991, continuous, heavy rainfall in Eastern China caused rivers and water loggings to overflow and flood the area, leading to the Chinese government requesting international aid. Background Large amounts of rainfall beginning on ...

*September 24 – According to Shanxi Province government official confirmed reported, a

human stampede A stampede () is a situation in which a group of large animals suddenly start running in the same direction, especially because they are excited or frightened. Non-human species associated with stampede behavior include zebras, cattle, elephants ...

occur ongoing to Lantern festival,

Yingze Park Yingze Park is located in downtown Taiyuan, Shanxi, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahea ...

Yingze District Yingze District () is one of six districts of the prefecture-level city of Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province, North China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of co ...

Taiyuan Taiyuan (; ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ; also known as (), ()) is the capital and largest city of Shanxi Province, People's Republic of China. Taiyuan is the political, economic, cultural and international exchange center of Shanxi Province. ...

, Shanxi, as resulting to 105 persons were crushing to death, 108 persons were hurt.

Culture

List of Chinese films of 1991 A list of mainland Chinese films released in 1991: See also * 1991 in China References External linksIMDb list of Chinese films
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Births

*July 20 –

Merxat Merxat Yalkun ( ug, مېرشات يالقۇن; ; born July 20, 1991), known by the Chinese pet form Mi Re (), is an ethnic Uyghur Chinese actor and model who came into the acting scene as Zhang Yizhi in ''Cosmetology High'' (2014). Early life Me ...

, actor *October 7 - Lay Zhang, entertainer ( Exo)

Sport

* Chinese Jia-A League 1991 *November 16–30 –

1991 FIFA Women's World Cup The 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup was the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for women's national association football teams. It took place in Guangdong, China from 16 to 30 November 1991. FIFA, football's international gove ...

References

Years of the 20th century in China 1990s in China

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