1993 in China
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The following lists events from 1993 in China.
Incumbents
[edit]- General Secretary of the Communist Party: Jiang Zemin
- President: Yang Shangkun (until 27 March), Jiang Zemin (starting 27 March)
- Premier: Li Peng
- Vice President: Wang Zhen (until 5 March), Rong Yiren (starting 12 March)
- Vice Premier: Yao Yilin (until 5 March), Zhu Rongji (starting 25 March)
Governors
[edit]- Governor of Anhui Province – Fu Xishou
- Governor of Fujian Province – Jia Qinglin
- Governor of Gansu Province –
- until January: Jia Zhijie
- January–September: Yan Haiwang
- starting September: Zhang Wule
- Governor of Guangdong Province – Zhu Senlin
- Governor of Guizhou Province – Wang Zhaowen then Chen Shineng
- Governor of Hainan Province – Liu Jianfeng then Ruan Chongwu
- Governor of Hebei Province – Cheng Weigao then Ye Liansong
- Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Shao Qihui
- Governor of Henan Province – Li Changchun then Ma Zhongchen
- Governor of Hubei Province – Guo Shuyan then Jia Zhijie
- Governor of Hunan Province – Chen Bangzhu
- Governor of Jiangsu Province – Chen Huanyou
- Governor of Jiangxi Province – Wu Guanzheng
- Governor of Jilin Province – Gao Yan
- Governor of Liaoning Province – Yue Qifeng
- Governor of Qinghai Province – Tian Chengping
- Governor of Shaanxi Province – Bai Qingcai
- Governor of Shandong Province – Zhao Zhihao
- Governor of Shanxi Province – Hu Fuguo then Sun Wensheng
- Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Haoruo then Xiao Yang
- Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating
- Governor of Zhejiang Province – Wan Xueyuan
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- January 10 — Miss Chinese International Pageant 1993 took place.[1]
- January 9 — Shanghai Pudong Development Bank was founded.[2]
- January 31 — According to Chinese government official confirmed report, a passenger train smash into a passenger bus in level crossing in Liaoning Province, kills 66 person, 29 person were hurt.[citation needed]
February
[edit]- February 14 — Linxi department store catches fire in Guye District, Tangshan, Hebei, killing 79 people.[3]
April
[edit]- April 6 — China Eastern Airlines Flight 583.[4]
- April 22 — The China National Space Administration is established.[5]
May
[edit]- China competed at the East Asian Games from May 9 to May 18.[6]
June
[edit]- Typhoon Koryn (1993) was formed on June 13 and hit China.[7]
August
[edit]- August 27 — Gouhou Dam in Qinghai Province collapses killing at least 257.[8]
October
[edit]- 1993 Shanghai International Film Festival took place from October 7 to 14.
Undated
[edit]- Antelope Enterprise Holdings business is founded in Jinjiang city, Fujian province.[9]
Deaths
[edit]- January 23
- February 3 — Tan Shaowen, politician (b. 1929)
- February 4 — Hou Baolin, Xiangsheng performer (b. 1917)
- February 5 — Huang Zhizhen, politician (b. 1920)
- February 13 — Song Xilian, Nationalist general (b. 1907)
- February 22 — Feng Zhi, writer and translator (b. 1905)
- February 27 — Zhao Zengyi, politician (b. 1920)
- March 3 — Xie Xuegong, politician (b. 1916)
- March 12 — Wang Zhen, 4th Vice President of China (b. 1908)
- March 22 — Sun Meiying, international table tennis player (b. 1931)
- April 6 — Chen Zaidao, general (b. 1909)
- May 4 — Wang Xianghao, mathematician (b. 1915)
- May 7 — Zhao Boping, politician (b. 1902)
- May 10 — Peng Mingzhi, general and diplomat (b. 1905)
- May 11 — Zhao Cangbi, official (b. 1916)
- June 2 — Mo Wuping, contemporary classical composer (b. 1958)
- June 30 — Wong Ka Kui, Hong Kong musician, singer and songwriter (b. 1962)
- July 12 — Li Da, general (b. 1905)
- July 25 — Gan Ku, politician (b. 1924)
- July 31 — Fang Zhichun, politician (b. 1905)
- August 17 — Feng Kang, mathematician (b. 1920)
- October 8 — Gu Cheng, poet, essayist and novelist (b. 1956)
- October 25 — Danny Chan, singer, songwriter and actor (b. 1958)
- November 24 — Zhou Peiyuan, theoretical physicist and politician (b. 1902)
- November 28 — Huang Oudong, politician (b. 1905)
- December 24 — Yen Chia-kan, chemist and nationalist politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1905)
References
[edit]- ^ "Miss Chinese International Pageant 1993". Archived from the original on 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
- ^ Zhang, Wenxian; Alon, Ilan (22 March 2010). A Guide To The Top 100 Companies In China. World Scientific. p. 241. ISBN 978-981-4466-07-3.
- ^ "Fire Kills 79 People In Department Store In Northeast China". The New York Times. 16 February 1993. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ Phillips, Don. "Article: Engineering Problem Or Crew Error Caused Jet to Pitch Violently." The Washington Post. April 14, 1993. Retrieved on June 15, 2009.
- ^ Haldar, S. K. (29 July 2020). Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology. Elsevier. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-323-85136-7.
- ^ East Asian Games 1993
- ^ HKO Report on Koryn Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine URL Accessed: May 30, 2006
- ^ "Death Count in China Dam Burst Revised; Report Misread". Los Angeles Times. 4 September 1993. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ "Company Overview".
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