The following lists events from 1993 in

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 General Secretary or First Secretary is the official title of leaders of most communist parties. When a communist party is the ruling party in a Communist-led one-party state, the General Secretary is typically the country's ''de facto'' leader—th ...

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 ...

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

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 ...

(until 27 March),

(starting 27 March) *

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 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 ...

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...

: Wang Zhen (until 5 March),

Rong Yiren Rong Yiren (; May 1, 1916 – October 26, 2005) was the Vice President of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 1998 and was heavily involved with the opening of the Chinese economy to western investment. Rong is known both in China and ...

(starting 12 March) * 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 ...

(until 5 March),

Zhu Rongji Zhu Rongji (; IPA: ; born 23 October 1928) is a retired Chinese politician who served as Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1998 to 2003 and CCP Politburo Standing Committee member from 1992 to 2002 along with the Chinese Communist ...

(starting 25 March)

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 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 – ** until January:

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 ...

** January-September:

Yan Haiwang Yan Haiwang (born 1939) is a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Zhengzhou, Henan Province and educated in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. He was governor of Gansu from January to September 1993 and Chinese Communist Party Committe ...

** starting September:

Zhang Wule Zhang Wule (born 1937) is a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Anxin County, Hebei. He was governor of Gansu Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is La ...

* 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 who ...

* 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 ...

then

Chen Shineng Chen may refer to: People *Chen (surname) (陳 / 陈), a common Chinese surname * Chen (singer) (born 1992), member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band EXO * Chen Chen (born 1989), Chinese-American poet * (), a Hebrew first name or surname: * ...

* Governor of Hainan Province – Liu Jianfeng then

Ruan Chongwu Ruan Chongwu (; born May 1933 in Huai'an County, Hebei) is a politician of the People's Republic of China. Biography He graduated from the Mechanical Engineering Department of Moscow Automotive College in 1957. He was the Minister of Public ...

* 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 ...

then

Ye Liansong Ye Liansong (; born March 1935) is a Chinese politician who served as Communist Party Secretary (1998–2000) and Governor (1993–1998) of Hebei Province. Prior to his political career he worked for two decades as an engineering professor at hi ...

* 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 ...

* 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 ...

then Ma Zhongchen * 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 ...

then

* 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 – 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 –

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 –

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 ...

then

Sun Wensheng Sun Wensheng (born 1942) is a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Weihai, Shandong. He was vice governor and governor of Shanxi Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of C ...

* 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 ...

then Xiao Yang * Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating * Governor of Zhejiang Province –

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 ...

Events

January

* Miss Chinese International Pageant 1993 took place on January 10. *January 9 –

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co. Ltd (SPDB or Pufa; ) is a state-owned joint-stock commercial bank, established in 1993, with its headquarters located in Shanghai. Shanghai Pudong Development Bank issued a 400 million A-share offer on Septemb ...

was founded. *January 31 – According to

Chinese government The Government of the People's Republic of China () is an authoritarian political system in the People's Republic of China under the exclusive political leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It consists of legislative, executive, mili ...

official confirmed report, a passenger train smash into a passenger bus in

level crossing A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, Trail, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using an Overpass#Railway, overpass ...

Liaoning Province Liaoning () is a coastal provinces of China, province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and i ...

, kills 66 person, 29 person were hurt.

February

*February 14 – Linxi department store catches fire in Guye District,

Tangshan Tangshan () is a coastal, industrial prefecture-level city in the northeast of Hebei province. It is located in the eastern part of Hebei Province and the northeastern part of the North China Plain. It is located in the central area of the Boha ...

, Hebei, killing 79 people.

April

China Eastern Airlines Flight 583 China Eastern Airlines Flight 583 was a commercial passenger flight from Shanghai, China, to Los Angeles, United States, operated by China Eastern Airlines. On April 6, 1993, the McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 operating the service was cruising above ...

crashed on April 6. *April 22 – The

China National Space Administration China National Space Administration (CNSA; ) is the government agency of the People's Republic of China that is responsible for civil space administration and international space cooperation, including organizing or leading foreign exchanges ...

is established.

May

*China competed at the

East Asian Games The East Asian Games was a multi-sport event organized by the East Asian Games Association (EAGA) and held every four years from 1993 to 2013. Among those who competed included athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic C ...

from May 9 to May 18.

June

Typhoon Koryn (1993) Super Typhoon Koryn, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Goring, was the third named storm, first typhoon and super typhoon of the 1993 Pacific typhoon season. Koryn formed on June 13 and reached super typhoon status on June 26 with winds at 150& ...

was formed on June 13 and hit China.HKO Report on Koryn
URL Accessed: May 30, 2006

August

*August 27 – Gouhou Dam in

Qinghai Province Qinghai (; alternately romanized as Tsinghai, Ch'inghai), also known as Kokonor, is a landlocked province in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. It is the fourth largest province of China by area and has the third smallest pop ...

collapses killing at least 257.

October

* 1993 Shanghai International Film Festival took place from October 7 to 14.

References

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