The following lists events from 1992 in

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Incumbents

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Jiang Zemin Jiang Zemin (17 August 1926 – 30 November 2022) was a Chinese politician who served as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1989 to 2002, as chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1989 to 2004, and as pres ...

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Yang Shangkun Yang Shangkun (3 August 1907 – 14 September 1998) was a Chinese Communist military and political leader, President of the People's Republic of China (''de jure'' head of state) from 1988 to 1993, and one of the Eight Elders that dominated ...

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Li Peng Li Peng (; 20 October 1928 – 22 July 2019) was a Chinese politician who served as the fourth Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1987 to 1998, and as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Chi ...

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: 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 * Governor of Fujian Province –

Jia Qinglin Jia Qinglin (; born 13 March 1940) is a retired senior leader of the People's Republic of China and of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He was a member of the CCP's Politburo Standing Committee, the party's highest ruling organ, between ...

* 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 –

Zhu Senlin Zhu Senlin (born October 1930) was the sixth Governor of Guangdong in the history of the People's Republic of China and the mayor of Guangzhou. Born in Chuansha County, Shanghai, Zhu became the acting governor An acting governor is a person wh ...

* 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 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 1 ...

* Governor of Henan Province –

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 ...

* Governor of Hubei Province – Guo Shuyan * 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 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 * 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 Hu Fuguo (; born October 1937) is a Chinese politician currently serving as president of China Association of Poverty Alleviation & Development. He was Communist Party Secretary, Governor and CPPCC chairman of his home province Shanxi. He was a ...

* Governor of Sichuan Province –

Zhang Haoruo Zhang Haoruo (; 1932 – 27 March 2004) was a politician and petroleum engineer of the People's Republic of China. He served as Governor of Sichuan province and Minister of Internal Trade. Biography Zhang Haoruo was born in Jiaozuo, Henan provin ...

* Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating * Governor of Zhejiang Province – Wan Xueyuan

Events

January

*The

Miss Chinese International Pageant 1992 The 4th Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 1992 was held on January 26, 1992 in Hong Kong. The pageant was organized and broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong. Miss Chinese International Pageant 1991, Miss Chinese Inte ...

was held on January 26 in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

. * Deng Xiaoping's southern tour

February

*The Ürümqi bombings took place on February 5. *China participated in the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

. China had three teams win Olympics medals, all of them silver, in various

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events.

July

* A major plane crash took place in China.

August

*At the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

, China won 54 Olympic medals (16 Gold, 22 Silver, and 16 Bronze). *see also:

China at the 1992 Summer Olympics 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 ...

Typhoon Omar Typhoon Omar of 1992, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Lusing, was the strongest and costliest typhoon to strike Guam since Typhoon Pamela in 1976. The cyclone formed on August 23 from the monsoon trough across the western Pacific Ocea ...

begins

September

*China competed at the

1992 Summer Paralympics )( es, Deporte Sin Límites) , nations = 82 (BCN)75 (MAD) , athletes = 3,020 (BCN)1,600 (MAD) , opened_by = Queen Sofía , opening = 3 September (BCN)15 September (MAD) , closing = 14 September (BCN)22 September (MAD) , even ...

October

Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 Prior to the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 (CSPA), President George H.W Bush issued Executive Order 12711 in 1990. This policy implementation was solidified by the actual Act in 1992. The Act's main sponsors were Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) ...

was in effect starting October 9. This strengthened the role of Executive Order 12711, which was signed by

George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; pr ...

in 1990.

November

China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 was a China Southern Airlines flight from the former Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Guangzhou to Guilin Qifengling Airport, Guilin, China on 24 November 1992. It crashed on descent to Guilin Airpo ...

crash

Births

* June 3 –

Dilraba Dilmurat Dilraba Dilmurat ( ug, دىلرەبا دىلمۇرات, Dilreba Dilmurat; zh, p=Dílìrèbā Dílìmùlātí; born on June 3, 1992), known in Chinese as Dilireba ( zh, s=迪丽热巴, t=迪麗熱巴, c=, p=Dílìrèbā;), is a Chinese actress, ...

, actress, singer and model * June 17 –

Sun Yiwen Sun Yiwen (, born 17 June 1992) is a Chinese left-handed épée fencer. Sun is a three-time team Asian champion and two-time team world champion. A two-time Olympian, Sun is a 2016 team Olympic silver medalist, 2016 individual Olympic bronze m ...

, fencer

Deaths

* Zhao Xiu, politician (born

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...

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References

Years of the 20th century in China

1990s in China {{PRChina-stub