Events in the year 2013 in China.

Incumbents

Paramount leader

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 ...

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Xi Jinping Xi Jinping ( ; ; ; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus as the paramount leader of China, ...

Head of state

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 ...

– Hu Jintao (until March 14),

(starting March 14) *

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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(until March 14),

Li Yuanchao Li Yuanchao (born 20 November 1950) is a retired Chinese politician. He was the Vice President of the People's Republic of China from 2013 to 2018 and the Honorary President of the Red Cross Society of China. He was a member of the Secretari ...

(starting March 14)

Head of government

* Premier –

Wen Jiabao Wen Jiabao (born 15 September 1942) is a retired Chinese politician who served as the Premier of the State Council from 2003 to 2013. In his capacity as head of government, Wen was regarded as the leading figure behind China's economic polic ...

(until March 15), Li Keqiang (starting March 15) * Vice Premier – Li Keqiang (until March 15),

Zhang Gaoli Zhang Gaoli or Chang Kao-li ( zh, 张高丽; ; born 1 November 1946) is a retired Chinese politician. He served as the senior Vice Premier of the State Council between 2013 and 2018 and as a member of the Chinese Communist Party Politburo ...

(starting March 15)

National legislature

* Congress chairman –

Wu Bangguo Wu Bangguo (born 12 July 1941) is a retired high-ranking politician in the People's Republic of China. He was the Chairman and Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 2003 t ...

(until March 14),

Zhang Dejiang Zhang Dejiang (; born 4 November 1946) is a Chinese retired politician. He served as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress, roughly the equivalent of a speaker of parliament in other countries between ...

(starting March 14)

Political advisory

* Conference chairman –

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 ...

(until March 11), Yu Zhengsheng (starting March 11)

Governors

* Governor of Anhui Province – Li Bin (until March), Wang Xuejun (starting March) * Governor of Fujian Province –

Su Shulin Su Shulin (; born 14 March 1962) is a Chinese oil and gas executive and former politician. Between 2011 and 2015, he served as Governor of Fujian province, on China's eastern coast. Before beginning his political career, Su served as the Vice-Pr ...

* Governor of Gansu Province –

Liu Weiping Liu Weiping (; born May 1953) is a Chinese politician, currently serving as Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He served as Governor of Gansu from 2010 to 2016, and prior to that, Vice-Governor of Qinghai Province and mayor of Na ...

* Governor of Guangdong Province –

Zhu Xiaodan Zhu Xiaodan (; born January 1953) is the Chinese politician who served as Governor of Guangdong from 2011 to 2016. A lifelong Communist functionary, Zhu was appointed Vice Governor of Guangdong in February 2010 and became acting Governor in Novemb ...

* Governor of Guizhou Province – Chen Min'er * Governor of Hainan Province –

Jiang Dingzhi Jiang Dingzhi (; born September 1954) is a Chinese politician and current Chairman of the Jiangsu People's Political Consultative Conference (''zhengxie''). He holds a master's degree in Engineering from Nanjing University of Science and Techn ...

* Governor of Hebei Province –

Zhang Qingwei Zhang Qingwei (; born 7 November 1961) is a Chinese politician, business executive, and aerospace engineer who is the current Communist Party Secretary of Hunan, in office since 18 October 2021. He was Communist Party Secretary of Heilongjiang, ...

* Governor of Heilongjiang Province: – Wang Xiankui (until March), Lu Hao (starting March) * Governor of Henan Province – Guo Gengmao (until March), Xie Fuzhan (starting March) * Governor of Hubei Province – Wang Guosheng * Governor of Hunan Province –

Xu Shousheng Xu Shousheng (; 23 January 1953 – 5 December 2020) was a Chinese politician. He was the Communist Party Secretary of Hunan from 2013 to 2016. He served as the Governor of Hunan and Gansu provinces. Biography Xu was born in Rudong County, Jian ...

(until 5 April), Du Jiahao (starting 5 April) * Governor of Jiangsu Province –

Li Xueyong Li Xueyong (; born September 1950) is a Chinese politician. He served as Governor of Jiangsu Province from 2010 to 2015. An academic-turned-politician, Li served for many years in the Ministry of Science and Technology. Career Li was born in Sh ...

* Governor of Jiangxi Province – Lu Xinshe * Governor of Jilin Province –

Bayanqolu Bayanqolu (; born 5 October 1955) is a Chinese politician of Mongol ethnicity. He served as the Communist Party Secretary of Jilin Province from 2014 to 2020 and the Governor of Jilin from 2012 to 2014; Bayanqolu was, at the time of his appointme ...

* Governor of Liaoning Province –

Chen Zhenggao Chen Zhenggao (; born March 1952) is a Chinese politician. He is best known for his terms as Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and governor of Liaoning province. Biography Chen was born in Haicheng, Liaoning Province, China. He wa ...

* Governor of Qinghai Province –

Luo Huining Luo Huining (; born 5 October 1954) is a senior member of the Chinese Communist Party who is Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong. A native of Yiwu, Zhejiang, he was previously the Governor, then Party S ...

(until March), Hao Peng (starting March) * Governor of Shaanxi Province – Lou Qinjian * Governor of Shandong Province – Jiang Daming (until March),

Guo Shuqing Guo Shuqing (; born 23 July 1956), also spelled as Kuo Shu-ching is a Chinese politician, banker, and financial regulator. He is currently serving as the chairman of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission. Guo spent most of his ...

(starting March) * Governor of Shanxi Province – Li Xiaopeng * Governor of Sichuan Province –

Jiang Jufeng Jiang Jufeng (; born 1948) is a Chinese politician. He served as the Governor of Sichuan from 2007 to 2013. Jiang was born in 1948 in Zhuji, Zhejiang Province. He graduated from Fudan University in 1982 and the same year joined the Chinese Com ...

(until January),

Wei Hong Wei Hong (; born May 1954) is a Chinese politician who served as the Governor of Sichuan province between 2013 and 2016. Prior to his assuming the post of governor, he served as vice governor and head of the party Organization Department in Sich ...

(starting January) * Governor of Yunnan Province –

Li Jiheng Li Jiheng (; born January 1957) is a Chinese politician, who former served as Minister of Civil Affairs. He also is the former Communist Party Secretary of Inner Mongolia, the former Communist Party Chief and Governor of Yunnan province and a f ...

* Governor of Zhejiang Province – Li Qiang

Events

January

*January 3 -

2013 Southern Weekly incident The 2013 ''Southern Weekly'' incident was a conflict which arose over government censorship of a "New Year's Greeting" published in the Chinese newspaper ''Southern Weekly''. Guangdong Province's Propaganda Department bypassed standard censorsh ...

April

*April 15 -

2013 Daulat Beg Oldi Incident Thirteen or 13 may refer to: * 13 (number), the natural number following 12 and preceding 14 * One of the years 13 BC, AD 13, 1913, 2013 Music * 13AD (band), an Indian classic and hard rock band Albums * ''13'' (Black Sabbath album), 2013 * ...

*April 20 -

2013 Lushan earthquake The Lushan earthquake or Ya'an earthquake (, ''Yak-ngai Sayom'') occurred at 08:02 Beijing Time (00:02 UTC) on April 20, 2013. The epicenter was located in Lushan County, Ya'an, Sichuan, about from Chengdu along the Longmenshan Fault in the ...

*April 24 - April 2013 Bachu unrest

May

*May 24 - Ding Jinhao engraving scandal

June

*June 7 - Xiamen bus fire *June 16–21 - 5th

Straits Forum The Straits Forum () is an annual forum between Mainland China and Taiwan which started in 2009. It is the largest non-political platform which promotes grassroots interaction, economic and trade exchanges and cultural integration. Forums 1st F ...

*June 22 - 2013 Shanghai shooting *June 26 - June 2013 Shanshan riots

July

*Early July - 2013 Southwest China floods *July 19 – The court case for the Mutiny on ''Lurongyu 2682'' was decided. The 11 sailors returned were convicted with murder, leading to the deaths of 22 in the South Pacific. *July 20 - 2013 Beijing Capital International Airport bombing

October

*October 21 -

2013 Harbin smog A dense wave of smog began in Northeast China, especially in major cities including Harbin, Changchun and Shenyang, as well as the surrounding Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning Provinces of China, provinces on 20 October 2013. Unseasonably warm t ...

starts to spread.

Deaths

*January 28 -

Xu Liangying Xu Liangying (; 3 May 1920 – 28 January 2013) was a Chinese physicist, translator and a historian and philosopher of natural science. Biography Xu was born in Linhai of Taizhou, Zhejiang on May 3 of 1920. Xu graduated from the Department of Ph ...

, physicist, translator, historian and philosopher (b. 1920) *June 2 -

Chen Xitong Chen Xitong (; June 10, 1930 – June 2, 2013) was a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party and the Mayor of Beijing until he was removed from office on charges of corruption in 1995. Early life Chen was born on June 10, 1930, ...

, politician, former member of the Political Bureau (b.

1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will b ...

) *June 4 -

Luo Meizhen Luo Meizhen (, 9 July 1885? – 4 June 2013) was a Chinese claimant for the world's oldest person. Her claim was supported by a report from the Gerontological Society of China (GSC). However, it has not gained widespread acceptance due to the ...

, supercentenarian (b. 1885)

References

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