Events in the year 2001 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 * President – Jiang Zemin *

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 ...

– Zhu Rongji * Vice President –

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 ...

* Vice Premier –

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 ...

* Congress Chairman – Li Peng * Conference Chairman – Li Ruihuan

Governors

* Governor of Anhui Province –

Xu Zhonglin Xu Zhonglin (; 1567 - c. 1619 or 1620) was a Chinese writer who lived in the Ming dynasty. He is best known as the author of the 16th century semi-mythical novel ''Investiture of the Gods'' (). He was born in Yingtian Prefecture, present-day Nan ...

* Governor of Fujian Province – Xi Jinping * Governor of Gansu Province –

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 ...

then Lu Hao * Governor of Guangdong Province – Lu Ruihua * Governor of Guizhou Province –

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 ...

then Shi Xiushi * Governor of Hainan Province – Wang Xiaofeng * Governor of Hebei Province – Niu Maosheng * Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Song Fatang * Governor of Henan Province –

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 ...

then

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 ...

* Governor of Hunan Province – Chu Bo then

Zhang Yunchuan Zhang Yunchuan (; born 1946) is a politician of the People's Republic of China, and the former secretary of CPC Hebei committee. Born in Dongyang, Zhejiang Province, Zhang graduated from Institute of Military Engineering in Harbin in 1970, majori ...

* Governor of Jiangsu Province – Ji Yunshi * 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 ...

then Huang Zhiquan * Governor of Jilin Province – Hong Hu * Governor of Liaoning Province –

then Bo Xilai * Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhao Leji * 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 – Zhang Gaoli then

Han Yuqun Han Yuqun (born 1943 in Suining, Jiangsu province) is a Chinese politician. He is vice-chairman of the Financial and Economic Committee of the National People's Congress. He was also governor of Shandong Province. Career Han Yuqun joined the C ...

* Governor of Shanxi Province – Liu Zhenhua * Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Zhongwei * Governor of Yunnan Province –

Li Jiating Li Jiating () (born 1944) is an ethnic Yi People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Shiping County, Yunnan. He was a graduate of Tsinghua University. He was mayor of Harbin, Heilongjiang and governor of his home province. He was an a ...

(until June),

Xu Rongkai Xu Rongkai (; born 1 February 1942) is a Chinese politician who served as governor of Yunnan from 2001 to 2006. He was a member of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a delegate to the 11th National People's Congress ...

(starting June) * 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

January

* January 9 –

Shenzhou 2 Shenzhou 2 () launched on January 9, 2001, was the second unmanned launch of the Shenzhou spacecraft. Inside the reentry capsule were a monkey, a dog and a rabbit in a test of the spaceship's life support systems. The reentry module separated ...

, an unmanned Chinese spacecraft, was launched.

April

* April 1 –

Hainan Island incident The Hainan Island incident occurred on April 1, 2001, when a United States Navy EP-3E ARIES II signals intelligence aircraft and a People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) J-8II interceptor fighter jet collided in mid-air, resulting in an interna ...

: a mid-air collision between an

EP-3E The Lockheed EP-3 is an electronic signals reconnaissance variant of the P-3 Orion, operated by the United States Navy. Development A total of 12 P-3C aircraft were converted to replace older versions of the aircraft, which had been convert ...

United States Navy spyplane and a

People's Liberation Army Navy The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN; ), also known as the People's Navy, Chinese Navy, or PLA Navy, is the maritime service branch of the People's Liberation Army. The PLAN traces its lineage to naval units fighting during the Chinese ...

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, ...

J-8II The Shenyang J-8 (Simplified Chinese characters, Chinese: 歼-8; NATO reporting name: Finback) is an interceptor aircraft developed by the Shenyang Aircraft Design Institute, 601 Institute (Shenyang) in the People's Republic of China (PRC). It ...

interceptor Interceptor may refer to: Vehicles * Interceptor aircraft (or simply "interceptor"), a type of point defense fighter aircraft designed specifically to intercept and destroy enemy aircraft * Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, a police car * ...

fighter jet 70 miles (110 km) away from the PRC-controlled island of Hainan. The collision caused the death of a PRC pilot, while the EP-3 was forced to make an unauthorized emergency landing at Lingshui airfield. The incident results in an international dispute between the United States and the People's Republic of China. * April 11 –

: The detained crew of a United States

aircraft that landed in Hainan, People's Republic of China, after a collision with an F-8 fighter, is released.

July

* July 13 – The International Olympic Committee awards the

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to Beijing, People's Republic of China * July 16 – The People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation sign the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation.

December

* December 13 - SM City Xiamen, the first SM Mall in the Chinese mainland was opened. * December 27 – The People's Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade status with the United States.

Births

* February 21 -

Yang Peiyi Yang Peiyi (born 21 February 2001) is a Chinese former child singer. Biography Yang attended The Primary School Attached to Peking University. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony, 7-year-old Lin Miaoke appeared on stage, lip-synchi ...

, singer * March 12 – Shi Cong, gymnast * November 22 –

Zhong Chenle Zhong Chenle (; born 22 November 2001), better known mononymously as Chenle (Hangul: 천러), is a Chinese singer and actor based in South Korea. Zhong began his career as a child singer, having performed in various concerts and television shows ...

, singer

References

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