The following lists events from 1994 in China.

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 pr ...

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 ...

* Premier:

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, Ch ...

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 ...

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 ...

* Vice Premier:

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 ...

Governors

* Governor of Anhui Province – Fu Xishou then

Hui Liangyu Hui Liangyu (, Xiao'erjing: ; born October 1944) was a Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China in charge of agriculture. Biography Hui was born in Yushu, Jilin Province. He is a member of the Hui ethnic minority. Starting in 1969, h ...

* 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 ...

then

Chen Mingyi Chen Mingyi (; born August 1940) is a politician in the People's Republic of China. Chen was born in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1960. He graduated from the Department of Naval Architecture at Shanghai Jiao ...

* Governor of Gansu Province –

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 ...

then Sun Ying * 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 ...

then

Lu Ruihua Lu Ruihua (; born November 1938 in Chaozhou, Guangdong) a Chinese politician who served as Governor of Guangdong. He joined the Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the f ...

* Governor of Guizhou Province – Chen Shineng then

Wu Yixia Wu Yixia (; 1943 – 14 September 1998) is a Chinese politician who served as governor of Guizhou from 1996 to 1998. He was a representative of the 13th and 15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the 15th Ce ...

* Governor of Hainan Province – Ruan Chongwu * Governor of Hebei Province –

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 1 ...

then

Tian Fengshan Tian Fengshan (; born October 1940 in Zhaoyuan County, Heilongjiang) is a former Chinese politician who was convicted of corruption and sentenced to life in prison. Biography Tian became a member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1970. ...

* Governor of Henan Province – Ma Zhongchen * Governor of Hubei 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 ...

then

Jiang Zhuping Jiang Zhuping (; born November 1937) is a retired Chinese aerospace engineer and politician. He served as Director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China and Governor and Communist Party Secretary of Hubei Province. Biography Jiang Zhupin ...

* Governor of Hunan Province – Chen Bangzhu then Yang Zhengwu * Governor of Jiangsu Province – Chen Huanyou then

Zheng Silin Zheng Silin ( zh, 郑斯林; May 1940 – 9 May 2022) was a Chinese politician. A member of the Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of ...

* Governor of Jiangxi Province – Wu Guanzheng * Governor of Jilin Province – Gao Yan * Governor of Liaoning Province – Yue Qifeng then

Wen Shizhen Wen Shizhen may refer to: * Wen Shizhen (born 1877) Wen Shizhen (; 1877–1951), also known as S. T. Wen, was a politician and diplomat in the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China. He was Mayor of Tianjin during the Provisional Gov ...

* 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 (until December), Cheng Andong (starting December) * Governor of Shandong Province – Zhao Zhihao * Governor of Shanxi Province – Sun Wensheng * Governor of Sichuan Province – Xiao Yang then

Song Baorui Song Baorui (; December 1937 – 20 September 2022) was a politician of the People's Republic of China. He served as Governor of Sichuan province from 1996 to 1999. Biography Song Baorui was a native of Shunyi County (now Shunyi District), Bei ...

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

Events

January

*January 23 —

Miss Chinese International Pageant 1994 Miss Chinese International Pageant 1994 was held on January 23, 1994, in Hong Kong. The pageant was organized and broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong. Miss Chinese International 1993 Christy Chung crowned Saesim Pornapa Sui of Bangkok, Thailand as t ...

Finals took place.

April

* April 17 — Chinese Jia-A League 1994 was begun.

May

* May 3 — Some scientists at Anhui use the technology of Genetic engineering to successful improve

Oryza sativa ''Oryza sativa'', commonly known as Asian rice or indica rice, is the plant species most commonly referred to in English as ''rice''. It is the type of farmed rice whose cultivars are most common globally, and was first domesticated in the Yan ...

June

China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 - crashed

July

China Unicom China United Network Communications Group Co., Ltd. () or China Unicom () (CUniq in short) is a Chinese state-owned telecommunications operator. Started as a wireless paging and GSM mobile operator, it currently provides a range of services i ...

, one of the world's leading mobile provider,

August

1994 Kenpeng mine disaster The 1994 Kenpeng mine disaster occurred between the week of August 1 to August 5, 1994, at Guangxi Kenpeng mine at the People's Republic of China. Mining disaster About 8 tonnes of dynamite exploded in a warehouse at the lead and zinc Kenpeng mine ...

September

1994 Hong Kong local elections The 1994 Hong Kong District Board elections were held on 18 September 1994 for all 18 districts of Hong Kong and 346 members from directly elected constituencies. It was the last district-level elections in the colonial period before the handove ...

took place on September 18.

Martin Lee Martin Lee Chu-ming, SC, JP (; born 8 June 1938) is a Hong Kong politician and barrister. He is the founding chairman of the United Democrats of Hong Kong and its successor, the Democratic Party, Hong Kong's flagship pro-democracy party. He ...

was elected Chairman of the

Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ...

. *

Tian Mingjian incident The Tian Mingjian incident (also known in Chinese as the Jian'guo Gate mass shooting) was an act of mass murder that occurred in Beijing, China on 20 September 1994, when People's Liberation Army officer First Lieutenant Tian Mingjian (Chinese: � ...

was a mass murder incident that took place on September 20, 1994, in

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

November

* November 13 — Chinese Jia-A League 1994 was ended.China League 1994
* November 27 – According to Chinese government and Liaoning province official confirmed report, a Fuxin Yiyuan Dance hall caught fire in Liaoning Province, 71 persons were safed, 233 persons were human fatalities.

December

* December 8 — The

1994 Karamay fire The Karamay fire () occurred on 8 December 1994 when the students were entertaining the visiting officials at a theatre in Karamay, Xinjiang, China. This fire remains the most notorious fire in China for the fact that the students were ordere ...

. It took 325 people dead and 130+ people injured. It took place in the town of

Karamay Karamay is a prefecture-level city in the north of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. The name of the city comes from the Uyghur language and means "black oil", referring to the oil fields near the city. Karamay ...

Undated

* Sino-Pack, first packaging products exhibition is held.

References

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