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The following lists events that happened during 2015 in China.


Incumbents


Paramount leader

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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

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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 ...
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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, ...
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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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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 ...


Head of government

* Premier – Li Keqiang ** Vice Premiers –
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 ...
, Liu Yandong, Wang Yang,
Ma Kai Ma Kai (; pinyin: ''Mǎ Kǎi''; born June 1946 in Shanghai) was one of the four Vice Premiers of China (Fourth-ranked). He was formerly a State Councilor and Secretary General of the State Council of China. Biography Ma Kai was born in Jinsha ...


National legislature

* Congress chairman –
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 ...


Political advisory

* Conference chairman – Yu Zhengsheng


Governors

* Governor of Anhui Province – Wang Xuejun (until June), Li Jinbin (starting June) * 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 ...
(until November), Yu Weiguo (starting November) * 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 (until October), Sun Zhigang (starting October) * 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 ...
(until January),
Liu Cigui Liu Cigui (; born 18 September 1955) is a Chinese politician. He is the current Communist Party Secretary of Hainan province. His former positions include Governor of Hainan, Director of the State Oceanic Administration and China Coast Guard a ...
(starting January) * 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 – Lu Hao * Governor of Henan Province – Xie Fuzhan * Governor of Hubei Province – Wang Guosheng * Governor of Hunan Province – Du Jiahao * 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 ...
(until November),
Shi Taifeng Shi Taifeng (; born September 1956) is a Chinese politician currently serving as the head of the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party, a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, and a secretary of the Secret ...
(starting November) * Governor of Jiangxi Province – Lu Xinshe * Governor of Jilin Province –
Jiang Chaoliang Jiang Chaoliang (; born 1 August 1957) is a Chinese politician and investor. In the past, he has served as the governor of Jilin province in Northeast China, and an executive at China Development Bank and the Agricultural Bank of China. Jiang is ...
* Governor of Liaoning Province – Li Xi (until May),
Chen Qiufa Chen Qiufa (; born December 1954) is a Chinese aerospace engineer and politician of Miao ethnic heritage. He is the Communist Party Secretary and the former Governor of Liaoning province. He formerly served as Director of the China Atomic Ene ...
(until May) * Governor of Qinghai Province – Hao Peng * Governor of Shaanxi Province – Lou Qinjian * Governor of Shandong Province –
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 ...
* Governor of Shanxi Province – Li Xiaopeng * Governor of Sichuan Province –
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 ...
* Governor of Yunnan Province – Chen Hao * Governor of Zhejiang Province – Li Qiang


Events

*Expected launch of
Chang'e 4 Chang'e 4 (; ) is a robotic spacecraft mission, part of the second phase of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program. China achieved humanity's first soft landing on the far side of the Moon, on 3 January 2019. A communication relay satellit ...
*Earliest date for the first flight of
Long March 5 Long March 5 (LM-5; zh, s=长征五号 , p=Chángzhēng wǔ hào), or Changzheng 5 (CZ-5), and also by its nickname "''Pang-Wu''" (胖五, "''Fat-Five''"), is a Chinese heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehic ...


January

*January 3 – The six-century-old Gongchen Tower in Weishan, Yunnan is destroyed by a fire. *January 12 – In
Xinjiang Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...
, Chinese police kill six militants.


February

* February 17 ** Chinese prosecutors say that former top
Communist Party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. ...
official Su Rong is under investigation for alleged corruption. ** Chinese authorities also announce the indictment of former
Guangdong 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) ...
official
Zhu Mingguo Zhu Mingguo (born May 1957) is a former Chinese politician of '' Li'' ethnic heritage who spent his career in Guangdong, Hainan, and Chongqing. Zhu was an alternate member of 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was investi ...
, former Jinan CPC party chief Wang Min, and former Taiyuan party chief Chen Chuanping, all on charges of corruption. *February 28 **The municipal intermediate people's court for the eastern city of
Dongying Dongying (), a prefecture-level city, lies on the northern (Bohai Sea) coast of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. As of the 2020 census, 2,193,518 people resided within its administrative area of and 1,188,656 in the built-up area ...
convicts Ni Fake, former Vice-Governor of
Anhui Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...
in China, on charges of bribery and "amassing wealth of unclear origin", and sentences him to seventeen years in prison. **The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference removes disgraced senior official
Ling Jihua Ling Jihua (; born 22 October 1956) is a former Chinese politician and one of the principal political advisers of former leader Hu Jintao. Ling was best known for his tenure as chief of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party between ...
from the office of vice-chairman and also strips him of his ordinary delegate status.


March

* March 6At least two knife-wielding attackers injure nine people at a train station 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 ...
. The police fatally shoot one of the suspects.


May

* May 4 Meeting between General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
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, ...
and
Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...
Chairman
Eric Chu Eric Chu Li-luan (; born on 7 June 1961) is a Taiwanese politician. He was born into a political family with strong Kuomintang (KMT) ties, and served as Vice Premier of the Republic of China, under Premier Wu Den-yih. Prior to this, Chu served ...
in Beijing. * May 19
Chinese Wikipedia The Chinese Wikipedia () is the written vernacular Chinese (a form of Mandarin Chinese) edition of Wikipedia. It is run by the Wikimedia Foundation. Started on 11 May 2001, the Chinese Wikipedia currently has articles and registered users, o ...
is blocked in China.


June

* June 1The ''Dong Fang Zhi Xing'' capsizes on the
Yangtze River The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ; ) is the longest list of rivers of Asia, river in Asia, the list of rivers by length, third-longest in the world, and the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It rises at Jari Hill in th ...
in
Jianli County Jianli () is a county-level city of southern Hubei Province, China, located on the northern (left) bank of the Yangtze River and bordering Hunan Province to the south. It is under the administration of Jingzhou City. The character ''jian'' (/) ...
,
Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The ...
during severe weather.


July

* July 31
International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...
selects
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 ...
as the host city of the 2022 Winter Olympics beating Almaty.


August

* August 12 – More than two explosions occurred within 30 seconds of each other at a container storage station at the
Port of Tianjin The Port of Tianjin (''Tianjin Gang'', ), formerly known as the Port of Tanggu, is the largest port in Northern China and the main maritime gateway to Beijing. The name "Tianjin Xingang" (), which strictly speaking refers only to the main seaport ...
in the
Binhai New Area Binhai, officially known as Binhai New Area (), is a sub-provincial district and state-level new area within the jurisdiction of Tianjin Municipality in the People's Republic of China. Binhai is intended to replicate development seen in ...
of
Tianjin Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popu ...
. Over 100 were killed and hundreds are injured. There were at least 700 tonnes of highly toxic
sodium cyanide Sodium cyanide is a poisonous compound with the formula Na C N. It is a white, water-soluble solid. Cyanide has a high affinity for metals, which leads to the high toxicity of this salt. Its main application, in gold mining, also exploits its hi ...
stored at the site. By August 15, local authorities ordered an evacuation. * August 31 – A chemical explosion occurred in
Dongying Dongying (), a prefecture-level city, lies on the northern (Bohai Sea) coast of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. As of the 2020 census, 2,193,518 people resided within its administrative area of and 1,188,656 in the built-up area ...
, Shandong, killing 5 people.


September

* September 3China's Victory over Japan Day 70th Anniversary Parade held in Beijing, the first military parade to commemorate Victory over Japan Day in the history of the People's Republic of China. Around 12,000 troops from the People's Liberation Army and more than 1,000 troops from 17 nations participated in the parade. * September 7Explosion at Nanming Chemical Co Ltd's plant in Lishui,
Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , Chinese postal romanization, also romanized as Chekiang) is an East China, eastern, coastal Provinces of China, province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable citie ...
– the fourth since Tianjin, this time caused by ignited methanol. No reported casualties. * September 3017 Explosions at
Liucheng County Liucheng County (; Standard Zhuang: ) is under the administration of Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. It covers a land area of and had a permanent population of 353,796 . Located north of Liuzhou's city proper, it borders the ...
, Guangxi. Police reported 7 deaths, 51 injuries and 2 missing. Terrorism was ruled out, while speculation centered on fast delivery packages. One suspect was detained.


October

* October 26 to 29 – The Fifth Plenum of the 18th CPC National Congress held in Beijing. The plenum discusses about the thirteenth
Five-year plans of China The Five-Year Plans () are a series of social and economic development initiatives issued by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since 1953 in the People's Republic of China. Since 1949, the CCP has shaped the Chinese economy through the plenums o ...
.


November

* November 7
Ma Ying-jeou Ma Ying-jeou ( zh, 馬英九, born 13 July 1950) is a Hong Kong-born Taiwanese politician who served as president of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2016. Previously, he served as justice minister from 1993 to 1996 and mayor of Taipei fro ...
and
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, ...
met in Singapore, the first such meeting between the leaders of the two sides of the
Taiwan Strait The Taiwan Strait is a -wide strait separating the island of Taiwan and continental Asia. The strait is part of the South China Sea and connects to the East China Sea to the north. The narrowest part is wide. The Taiwan Strait is itself a ...
since the end of the
Chinese Civil War The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, continuing intermittently since 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949 with a Communist victory on m ...
.


December

* December 13National Memorial Day commemorating the 78th anniversary of the
Nanking Massacre The Nanjing Massacre (, ja, 南京大虐殺, Nankin Daigyakusatsu) or the Rape of Nanjing (formerly romanized as ''Nanking'') was the mass murder of Chinese civilians in Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China, immediately after the ...
* December 20a landslide happened in Guangming New Industrial Zone,
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 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) ...
. It has caused 7 deaths and about 75 to be missing, 16 are hospitalized. It is reported as man-made accident. * December 28China approves an anti-terrorism law. US Government criticizes that China would use it as an excuse to corrupt its religious, company, speech and various freedom. * December 31The PLA's Leader Department of Land Army, Rocket Army and Strategic Supportive Force established. Central Military Commission Chairman
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, ...
masters the establishment ceremony.


Culture

* List of Chinese films of 2015


Sport


Association football

*
Chinese Super League The Chinese Football Association Super League, commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the China Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional association ...
season:
2015 Chinese Super League The 2015 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League () was the 12th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the 22nd season of a professional Association football league and the 54th top-tier league season in China. T ...
*
China League One The Chinese Football Association China League (), also known as China League One or Chinese Jia League (中甲联赛), is the second level of professional football in China. Above League One is the Chinese Super League. Prior to the formation of ...
season:
2015 China League One The 2015 China League One is the 12th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. The league title sponsor is 58.com. Teams A total of 16 teams will contest the league ...
*
China League Two The Chinese Football Association Division Two League (Simplified Chinese: 中国足球协会乙级联赛), or China League Two, is the third tier league of the People's Republic of China. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football As ...
season:
2015 China League Two The 2015 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season was the 26th season since its establishment in 1989. It was divided into two groups, North and South. There were 16 teams participating in the league, 8 teams in North Group and 8 t ...
*
Chinese FA Cup The Chinese FA Cup (, abbreviated as CFA Cup) is the national knockout cup competition in China organized by the Chinese Football Association. Its current holders are Shandong Taishan, having beaten Shanghai Port in 2021 for a record seventh tit ...
season:
2015 Chinese FA Cup Yanjing Beer 2015 Chinese FA Cup () was the 17th edition of Chinese FA Cup. Schedule Qualifying rounds Group A Group B ;Tiebreakers *Guangzhou Haoxin, Dalianwan Qianguan and Dalian Ruiheng are ranked on head-to-head record. ...


Deaths

*April 8 Rayson Huang, 94, Chinese chemist, vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong (1972–1986). *April 9 Tsien Tsuen-hsuin, 105, Chinese-born American sinologist, professor, and librarian. *April 10
Jin Youzhi Jin Youzhi (, 21 September 1918 – 10 April 2015), born Aisin-Gioro Puren, was a Chinese politician and historian. He was the head of the House of Aisin-Gioro, the ruling clan of the Qing dynasty, from 1994 until his death in 2015. He was the ...
, 96, last surviving sibling of
Puyi Aisin-Gioro Puyi (; 7 February 1906 – 17 October 1967), courtesy name Yaozhi (曜之), was the last emperor of China as the eleventh and final Qing dynasty monarch. He became emperor at the age of two in 1908, but was forced to abdicate on 1 ...
, the final ruler of the
Qing Dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-spea ...
and last
Emperor of China ''Huangdi'' (), translated into English as Emperor, was the superlative title held by monarchs of China who ruled various imperial regimes in Chinese history. In traditional Chinese political theory, the emperor was considered the Son of Heav ...
. *May 27 Zhang Jieqing, 102, Chinese politician and writer. *October 9 Du Runsheng, 102, Chinese reformer and economist. *December 4
Xu Ming Xu Ming (; April 1971 – 4 December 2015) was a Chinese entrepreneur and billionaire. He was the founder of the conglomerate Dalian Shide Group, and the chairman of Dalian Shide F.C., China's top football club in the 2000s. In 2005, ''Forbes ...
, 44, Chinese entrepreneur and billionaire. *December 6 Liu Juying, 98, Chinese politician and army general.


Other

*September 25, 2014 – March 22, 2015 – 2014–2015 Chinese Short Track Speed Skating League *January 4–10 – 2015 Shenzhen Open *March 23–29 – 2015 World Figure Skating Championships, in Shanghai *April 6–12 –
2015 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I The 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I was two international ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I Group A tournament was played in Rouen, France, from 12 to 18 April 2015, and th ...
Group B *April 24 – November 1 – 2015 China F4 Championship season *April 26–3 May – 2015 World Table Tennis Championships, in Suzhou *5–10 May –
2015 Archery World Cup The 2015 Archery World Cup is the 10th edition of the annual international archery circuit, organised by the World Archery Federation. Competition rules and scoring The compound legs consisted of a 50m qualification round of 72 arrows, followed by ...
first leg, in Shanghai *August 22–30 –
2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...
, in Beijing *
2015 Archery World Cup The 2015 Archery World Cup is the 10th edition of the annual international archery circuit, organised by the World Archery Federation. Competition rules and scoring The compound legs consisted of a 50m qualification round of 72 arrows, followed by ...
*
2015 EAFF East Asian Cup The 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup was the 6th edition of the EAFF East Asian Cup, the football championship of East Asia. It was held in China in 2015. Two preliminary competitions were held during 2014. First preliminary round *All matches were pl ...
* 2015 FIBA Asia Championship for Women * 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, in Guiyang * 2015 Sudirman Cup, in
Dongguan Dongguan (; ) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. An important industrial city in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, Shenzhen to the ...


See also

* List of Chinese films of 2015


References

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