Events from the year 1983 in China.

Incumbents

Ye Jianying Ye Jianying (; 28 April 1897 – 22 October 1986) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary leader and politician, one of the founding Ten Marshals of the People's Republic of China. He was the top military leader in the 1976 coup that overthre ...

(head of state) (until June 18) *

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 ...

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Li Xiannian Li Xiannian (pronounced ; 23 June 1909 – 21 June 1992) was a Chinese Communist military and political leader, President of the People's Republic of China (''de jure'' head of state) from 1983 to 1988 under Paramount Leader Deng Xiaoping and t ...

(starting June 18) * Premier –

Zhao Ziyang Zhao Ziyang ( zh, 赵紫阳; pronounced , 17 October 1919 – 17 January 2005) was a Chinese politician. He was the third premier of the People's Republic of China from 1980 to 1987, vice chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 19 ...

Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference () is the leader of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), which is a political advisory body i ...

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Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping (22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997) was a Chinese revolutionary leader, military commander and statesman who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from December 1978 to November 1989. After CCP ...

(until June),

Deng Yingchao Deng Yingchao (; 4 February 1904 – 11 July 1992) was the Chairwoman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 1983 to 1988, a member of the Chinese Communist Party, and the wife of the first Chinese Premier, Zhou Enlai. ...

(starting June) *

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 ...

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Ulanhu Ulanhu or Ulanfu ( 23 December 1907 – 8 December 1988), born Yun Ze (), was the founding Chairman of China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, serving from 1947 to 1966. An ethnic Tumed Mongol, he took the nom de guerre Ulanhu () and had ...

(starting 18 June) * Vice Premier –

Wan Li Wan Li (1 December 1916 – 15 July 2015) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician. During a long administrative career in the People's Republic of China, he served successively as Vice Premier, Chairman of the Standing Committee of ...

Governors

* Governor of Anhui Province – Zhou Zijian then Wang Yuzhao * Governor of Fujian Province – Ma Xingyuan then

Hu Ping Hu Ping (胡萍) (1910-?) was a Chinese actress, screenwriter and filmmaker from Hunan, China, born in Changsha. She started acting in Shanghai, in the theater industry and was a household name in Shanghai in the 1930s. She joined the Friends Fil ...

* Governor of Gansu Province – Li Dengying then Chen Guangyi * Governor of Guangdong Province – Liu Tianfu then

Liang Lingguang Liang Lingguang (; November 1916 – 25 February 2006) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician. An anti-Japanese activist in the 1930s, he led a guerrilla force under the New Fourth Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and rose ...

* Governor of Guizhou Province –

Su Gang Su Gang () (1920–2002) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Laoling County, Shandong Province (modern Laoling). He was governor of Guizhou Guizhou (; Postal romanization, formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked Provinces ...

then

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 Hebei Province – Liu Bingyan then Zhang Shuguang * Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Chen Lei * Governor of Henan Province –

Yu Mingtao Yu Mingtao (; November 1917 – May 28, 2017) was a politician of the People's Republic of China. He was the first Auditor General of National Audit Office of the People's Republic of China. He also served as governor of Shaanxi Province, and pr ...

(acting) then

He Zhukang He Zhukang () (born 1932) is a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Qidong, Jiangsu. He was a delegate to the 6th National People's Congress (1983–1988), 7th National People's Congress (1988–1993) and 8th National People's C ...

* Governor of Hubei Province – Han Ningfu then Huang Zhizhen * Governor of Hunan Province – Sun Guozhi then Liu Zheng * Governor of Jiangsu Province – Han Peixin then Gu Xiulian * Governor of Jiangxi Province – Zhao Zengyi * Governor of Jilin Province – Zhang Gensheng then Zhao Xiu * Governor of Liaoning Province –

Quan Shuren Quan Shuren (; 26 August 1930 – 1 December 2008) was a Chinese politician who served as governor of Liaoning from 1983 to 1986, party secretary of Liaoning from 1986 to 1993, and chairman of Liaoning People's Congress from 1993 to 1998. He wa ...

(starting April) * Governor of Qinghai Province – Huang Jingbo * Governor of Shaanxi Province –

(until April),

Li Qingwei Li Qingwei (; 1920 – October 18, 1994) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Xingtai, Hebei Province. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1937. He was governor of Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see § Na ...

(starting April) * Governor of Shandong Province – Liang Buting * Governor of Shanxi Province –

Luo Guibo Luo Guibo (; Vietnamese: Lã Quý Ba) (1907–1995) was a Chinese diplomat and People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Nankang County, Jiangxi (modern Nankang District, Ganzhou). He was the first Chinese ambassador to Viet Nam in S ...

then Wang Senhao * Governor of Sichuan Province –

Lu Dadong Lu Dadong (; 1915 – 28 August 1998) was a communist revolutionary and politician of the People's Republic of China. He served as Communist Party Chief of Chongqing city and Governor of Sichuan province. Biography Lu Dadong was a native of Gu ...

(until April)/

Yang Xizong Yang Xizong (; September 1928 – 21 July 2007) was a politician of the People's Republic of China. He served as Communist Party Chief of Henan province and Governor of Sichuan province. Biography Yang Xizong was born in 1928 in Dayi County, Si ...

* Governor of Yunnan Province – Liu Minghui (until April), Pu Chaozhu (starting April) * Governor of Zhejiang Province – Li Fengping then

Xue Ju Xue Ju () (died 618), formally Emperor Wu (武皇帝, "Martial"), was the founding emperor of a short-lived state of Qin at the end of the Chinese dynasty Sui Dynasty, whose state was eventually destroyed by the Tang Dynasty. He rose against Su ...

Events

* Anti-Spiritual Pollution Campaign * Hu Na Diplomatic incident * 1983 Guilin Airport collision * Weightlifting at the 1983 National Games of China *

1983 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup 1982–83 is the 5th staging of this two-leg competition between Hong Kong and Guangdong. Guangdong captured the champion by winning an aggregate 5–4 after penalty shootout. Trivia * Away goal system is not used yet. It i ...

3rd Golden Rooster Awards The 3rd Golden Rooster Award honoring the best in film of 1983, was given in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, May 27, 1983.新华社1984年5月18日：第三届中国电影金鸡奖和第六届''大众电影''百花奖授奖活动 Winners and nominees ...

6th National People's Congress The 6th National People's Congress () was in session from 1983 to 1988. It held five sessions in this period. Elections to the Congress This new Congress was the first under the current 1982 Constitution, and the first to be elected under the r ...

began * Outlaws of the Marsh (TV series) debuted *

CCTV New Year's Gala The ''CCTV New Year's Gala'', also known as the ''Spring Festival Gala'', and commonly abbreviated in Chinese as ''Chunwan'', is a Chinese New Year special produced by China Media Group (CMG). It is broadcast annually on the eve of Chinese ...

debuted

Births

* April 5 – Zhong Jinyu * May 15 –

Yang Jinghui Yang Jinghui (; born May 15, 1983, in Guangzhou, Guangdong) is a male Chinese diver who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. He started diving in 1992 and entered into the National Team in 2002. At 2004 Athens Olympic Games, he won the go ...

* July 17 –

Joker Xue Joker Xue (, born 17 July 1983) is a Chinese singer-songwriter and record producer. Formerly known as Jacky Xue, Xue is known for his hit songs and stage charisma with his signature musical style. Since his 2006 debut, Xue has produced a string ...

, singer-songwriter * July 23 –

Jiao Fengbo Jiao Fengbo (Chinese:焦凤波) (born July 23, 1983 in Tianjin) is a Chinese former football player who played as a defender and currently general manager of China League One club Zhejiang Greentown. Club career Jiao Fengbo started his football ...

* November 6 – Bao Yingying * November 9 – Wang Qingyun

Deaths

Wang Guosong Wang Guosong (or Kuo-Song Wang; ; 1902–1983), was a Chinese electrical engineer, and a pioneer of electrotechniques in modern China. Wang was also an educator, and best known for his acting President position of Zhejiang University in history. ...

* Liang Zongdai * Xiao San * Sun Fucheng *

Alexander Fu Sheng Alexander Fu Sheng () (born Cheung Fu-sheng (); 20 October 1954 – 7 July 1983), also known as Fu Sheng was a Hong Kong martial arts film star in the 1970s. Life and career Born Cheung Fu-sheng in British Hong Kong in 20 October 1954. He ...

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