The following lists events from 1996 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

* Party General Secretary:

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 –

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 –

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 ...

then

He Guoqiang He Guoqiang (; born October 1. 1943) is a retired senior leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Between 2007 and 2012, He was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), China's highest ruling council, and the Secretary of the Cent ...

* 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 from 1986 to 1993. He was a delegate to the 8th National People's Congress The 8th National People's Congress () was ...

then

Sun Ying Sun Ying (born December 1936) is a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Baodi District, Tianjin. He graduated from Shanxi Normal University in 1958. He was Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Taiyuan, Shanxi from 1987 ...

* Governor of Guangdong Province – Zhu Senlin then Lu Ruihua * Governor of Guizhou Province –

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: * ...

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 Cen ...

* Governor of Hainan Province –

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 –

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 –

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 Ma Zhongchen ( Chinese: 马忠臣; September 1936 – ) is a politician from the People's Republic of China. Ma was born in Taian, Shandong Province, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1956. In 1966, Ma became the vice Party chi ...

* Governor of Hubei Province –

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 –

Yang Zhengwu Yang Zhengwu (; born January 1941) is an ethnic Tujia Chinese politician. He was born in Longshan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan. He was Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Comm ...

* Governor of Jiangsu Province – Zheng Silin * Governor of Jiangxi Province –

Shu Shengyou Shu Shengyou () (born December 1936) is a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Yushan, Jiangxi, and was twice governor of his home province. Shu was a member of the 15th CPC Central Committee with Party secretary Shu Huiguo and ...

* Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Yunkun * Governor of Liaoning Province –

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 –

Cheng Andong Cheng Andong (; born October 1936) is a Chinese politician who served as governor of Shaanxi from 1994 to 2002. He spent 10 years working at Gaokeng Coal Mine in Pingxiang before serving in various administrative and political roles in Pingxiang ...

* Governor of Shandong Province –

Li Chunting Li Chunting (; born October 1936) is a Chinese politician who served as governor of Shandong from 1995 to 2001. He was an alternate member of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 15th Central Committee of ...

* Governor of Shanxi Province –

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 – 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), Beij ...

* 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

*January 27 –

Miss Chinese International Pageant 1996 Miss Chinese International Pageant 1996 was held on January 27, 1996 in Hong Kong. The pageant was organized and broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong. Miss Chinese International 1995 Hsiang-Lin Ku crowned Siew-Kee Cheng of Singapore as the winner. Page ...

was held.

February

*February 14 – **

Intelsat 708 Intelsat 708 was a telecommunications satellite built by the American company Space Systems/Loral for Intelsat. It was destroyed on February 15, 1996 when the Long March 3B launch vehicle failed while being launched from the Xichang Satellite ...

was destroyed (day in China at the time). ** Long March 3B launched its first flight. *February 3 –

1996 Lijiang earthquake The 1996 Lijiang earthquake occurred at 19:14 on 3 February near Lijiang City, Yunnan in southwestern China. The shock measured 6.6 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Earthquake According to au ...

hit Lijiang City and left at least 322 killed, 3,925 serious injuries, and 13,000 injuries.

March

*March 23 – ** The Republic of China presidential election took place.

Lee Teng-hui Lee Teng-hui (; 15 January 192330 July 2020) was a Taiwanese statesman and economist who served as President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) under the 1947 Constitution and chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) from 1988 to 2000. He was the fir ...

was elected president and Lien Chan as vice president. **The Third Taiwan Strait Crisis ended.

April

* April 14 to October 27 – Chinese Jia-A League 1996 was held with Dalian Wanda winning the championship.

June

*June 24 – Hengda Enterprise Company founded by Xu Jiayi, as predecessor of

conglomerate Conglomerate or conglomeration may refer to: * Conglomerate (company) * Conglomerate (geology) * Conglomerate (mathematics) In popular culture: * The Conglomerate (American group), a production crew and musical group founded by Busta Rhymes ** Co ...

, mainly

real estate business Real estate business is the profession of buying, selling, or renting real estate (land, buildings, or housing)."Real estate": Oxford English Dictionary online: Retrieved September 18, 2011 Sales and marketing It is common practice for an intermed ...

, Evergrande was founded in

Shenzhen Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and one of the special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern province ...

Guangdong Province Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

July

*July 19 to August 4 – China competed in the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

with total of 294 athletes.

September

*September 27 to 29 – The first round of the

1996 FIVB World Grand Prix The 1996 FIVB World Grand Prix was the fourth women's volleyball tournament of its kind. It was held over four weeks in eight cities throughout Asia, cumulating with the final round in Shanghai, PR China, from 27 to 29 September 1996. Preliminary ...

took place in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

.Results

Births

*January 2 –

Xiaoyu Yu Yu Xiaoyu (; ) is a former Chinese pair skater. With partner Zhang Hao, she is the 2016–17 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, 2017 Asian Winter Games champion and 2018 Chinese national champion. With partner Jin Yang, she is a two-time (20 ...

, figure skater *January 7 –

Fu Yuanhui Fu Yuanhui (; born January 7, 1996) is a Chinese competitive swimmer who specializes in backstroke. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the 100-meter backstroke. Early life On January 7, 1996, Fu was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, C ...

, swimmer *June 10 –

Wen Junhui Wen Junhui (; ; born June 10, 1996), professionally known by his stage name Jun (), is a Chinese singer, dancer, and actor based in South Korea. He is a member of the South Korean boy group Seventeen and its subunit Performance Team. Before de ...

, singer, actor, member of

Seventeen Seventeen or 17 may refer to: *17 (number), the natural number following 16 and preceding 18 * one of the years 17 BC, AD 17, 1917, 2017 Literature Magazines * ''Seventeen'' (American magazine), an American magazine * ''Seventeen'' (Japanese m ...

*August 27 – Wang Jianan, long jumper

References

External sources

China in 1996 :: The Economy -- Encyclopædia Britannica
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