The following lists events in the year

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

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 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 ...

(until 17 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 17 March) *

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 ...

(until March 12),

Hu Jintao Hu Jintao (born 21 December 1942) is a Chinese politician who served as the 16–17th general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2012, the 6th president of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from 2003 to 2013, an ...

(starting March 15) * Vice Premier:

(until March 17)

Li Lanqing Li Lanqing (; born 22 May 1932) is a retired Chinese politician who served as first-ranked Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China between 1998 and 2003. He was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party ...

(starting March 17)

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 ...

then

Wang Taihua Wang Taihua (; born October 1945) is a politician of the People's Republic of China, between 2004 and 2011, he served as director of the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT). Biography Born in Xingguo, Jiangxi Province, ...

* Governor of Fujian Province –

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 –

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 ...

then

Song Zhaosu Song Zhaosu (; March 1941 – 25 July 2022) was a Chinese politician. Early life and education He was born in Nanyang, Henan. He graduated from Zhengzhou University in 1964 and a year later joined the Chinese Communist Party. Career Song Zhaos ...

* Governor of Guangdong Province –

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 fo ...

* Governor of Guizhou Province –

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 ...

then

Qian Yunlu Qian Yunlu (; born October 1944) is a retired Chinese politician. He served as the Communist Party chief of Heilongjiang province in Northeastern China and Guizhou province in Southwest China. He also served as Governor of Guizhou. Qian Yunlu ...

* 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 ...

then

Wang Xiaofeng Wang Xiaofeng (; born October 1944) is a retired Chinese politician. He was born in Cili County, Hunan. Wang graduated from the China University of Mining and Technology and joined the Chinese Communist Party in May 1965. He has served as the depu ...

* 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 ...

then

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 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 ...

then

Li Keqiang Li Keqiang (born 1 July 1955) is a Chinese politician who is the outgoing premier of China. An economist by profession, Li is head of China's executive branch as well as one of the leading figures behind China's Financial and Economic Affai ...

* 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 ...

then

Chu Bo Chu Bo (; born October 1944) is a retired Chinese politician. He served as the Chinese Communist Party Secretary for the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the top leader of the region, holding position from 2001 to 2009. He also served as Governo ...

* Governor of Jiangsu Province –

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 One-party state, sole ...

then

Ji Yunshi Ji Yunshi (, born September 1945) is a Chinese politician. He served in a variety of offices, including Governor of Jiangsu (1998–2002), Governor of Hebei (2002—2006), Vice-Minister for Human Resources and Social Security (2006–2011 ...

* 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 then Hong Hu * 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 ...

(until January),

Zhang Guoguang Zhang Guoguang (born April 1945) was the former governor of Liaoning Province, serving in 1998–2001, as well as the former governor of Hubei Province Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of Chin ...

(starting January) * Governor of Qinghai Province –

Bai Enpei Bai Enpei (; born 8 September 1946) is a former Chinese politician convicted of corruption. Bai served as the Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary of Inner Mongolia between 1993 and 1997, Governor and later Party Secretary of Qingh ...

* 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 –

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 –

Chai Songyue Chai Songyue ( Chinese: 柴松岳; November 1941) is a politician of the People's Republic of China. Born in Putuo, Zhejiang Province, Chai joined the Chinese Communist Party in September 1961. He was appointed acting governor of Zhejiang ...

Events

9th National People's Congress The 9th National People's Congress () was in session from 1998 to 2003. It held five plenary sessions in this period. It followed the final session of the 8th National People's Congress. There were 2,979 deputies to this Congress. Election result ...

*Launch of the Three Stresses campaign *June–September –

1998 Yangtze River floods The 1998 China floods (1998年中国洪水) lasted from middle of June to the beginning of September 1998 in China at the Yangtze RiverChinanews.com.cn.Chinanews.com.cn" ''98年特大洪水.'' Retrieved on 2009-08-01. as well as the Nen River, Son ...

*June 23 – Chenggu axe massacre *November 11 –

Tencent Tencent Holdings Ltd. () is a Chinese multinational technology and entertainment conglomerate and holding company headquartered in Shenzhen. It is one of the highest grossing multimedia companies in the world based on revenue. It is also the w ...

founded. *November 19 – 1998 Ninglang earthquake

Births

* January 10 -

Xu Shilin Xu Shilin (; ; born 10 January 1998) is a Chinese tennis player. Xu was born in Zhongshan, and has won five singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 6 May 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 190. On 22 ...

, tennis player * March 1 –

Chen Yufeng Chen Yufeng (, born January 17, 1970) is a female Chinese football (soccer) player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly refe ...

, badminton player * December 16 -

Zhou Jieqiong Zhou Jieqiong (; ; born December 16, 1998), known professionally as Jieqiong or Kyulkyung (in Korean), is a Chinese singer and actress based in China and South Korea and signed under Pledis Entertainment. After finishing sixth in survival show ...

, singer and actress, member of

I.O.I I.O.I (; also known as IOI or Ideal of Idol) was a South Korean girl group formed by CJ E&M through the 2016 reality show ''Produce 101'' on Mnet. The group was composed of eleven members chosen from a pool of 101 trainees from various enterta ...

and

Pristin Pristin (; stylized as PRISTIN and formerly known as Pledis Girlz) was a South Korean girl group formed by Pledis Entertainment in 2016. The group was composed of ten members: Lim Na-young, Nayoung, Roa, Yuha, Eunwoo, Rena, Zhou Jieqiong, Kyulkyun ...

Culture

List of Chinese films of 1998 A list of mainland Chinese films released in 1998: See also * 1998 in China References External linksIMDb list of Chinese films {{DEFAULTSORT:Chinese Films Of 1998 Chinese Films 1998 1998 was designated as the ''Internation ...

Sport

*January 18–24 –

1998 Four Nations Tournament (women's football) The 1998 Four Nations Tournament (women's football), Four Nations Tournament was the first edition of this invitational women's soccer, women's football tournament held in China with four national teams participating in a round robin format. It wa ...

, in

Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...

*March 15–21 – 1998 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship, in

Harbin Harbin (; mnc, , v=Halbin; ) is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital and the largest city of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, as well as the second largest city by urban population after Shenyang and largest ...

Chinese Jia-A League The National Football Jia A League (simplified Chinese, commonly known as Jia-A, was the highest tier of professional football in the People's Republic of China, during 1994 through 2003, operating under the auspices of the Chinese Football Associ ...

season:

Chinese Jia-A League 1998 The 1998 Chinese Jia-A League (known as Marlboro Jia-A League for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season of professional association football and the 37th top-tier overall league season held in China. The league was expanded to 14 teams and star ...

* China at the 1998 Asian Games *

China at the 1998 Winter Olympics The People's Republic of China competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Medalists Biathlon ;Women ;Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay : 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. : 2 One minute adde ...

won a total of 8 medals

References

Years of the 20th century in China 1990s in China

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