1996 in China

The following lists events from 1996 in China.

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See also:Other events of 1996
History of China  • Timeline  • Years

Incumbents
  • Party General Secretary: Jiang Zemin
  • President: Jiang Zemin
  • Premier: Li Peng
  • Vice President: Rong Yiren
  • Vice Premier: Zhu Rongji

Governors
  • Governor of Anhui Province – Hui Liangyu
  • Governor of Fujian Province – Chen Mingyi then He Guoqiang
  • Governor of Gansu Province – Zhang Wule then Sun Ying
  • Governor of Guangdong Province – Zhu Senlin then Lu Ruihua
  • Governor of Guizhou Province – Chen Shineng then Wu Yixia
  • Governor of Hainan Province – Ruan Chongwu
  • Governor of Hebei Province – Ye Liansong
  • Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Tian Fengshan
  • Governor of Henan Province – Ma Zhongchen
  • Governor of Hubei Province – Jiang Zhuping
  • Governor of Hunan Province – Yang Zhengwu
  • Governor of Jiangsu Province – Zheng Silin
  • Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shu Shengyou
  • Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Yunkun
  • Governor of Liaoning Province – Wen Shizhen
  • Governor of Qinghai Province – Tian Chengping
  • Governor of Shaanxi Province – Cheng Andong
  • Governor of Shandong Province – Li Chunting
  • Governor of Shanxi Province – Sun Wensheng
  • Governor of Sichuan Province – Xiao Yang then Song Baorui
  • Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating
  • Governor of Zhejiang Province – Wan Xueyuan

Events

January
  • January 27 – Miss Chinese International Pageant 1996 was held.[1]

February
  • February 14 –
    • Intelsat 708 was destroyed (day in China at the time).[2]
    • Long March 3B launched its first flight.[3]
  • February 3 – 1996 Lijiang earthquake hit Lijiang City and left at least 322 killed, 3,925 serious injuries, and 13,000 injuries.[4]

March
  • March 23 –
    • The Republic of China presidential election took place. Lee Teng-hui was elected president and Lien Chan as vice president.[5][6]
    • The Third Taiwan Strait Crisis ended.[7]

April
  • April 14 to October 27 – Chinese Jia-A League 1996 was held with Dalian Wanda winning the championship.[8]

June
  • June 24 – Hengda Enterprise Company founded by Xu Jiayi, as predecessor of conglomerate, mainly real estate business, Evergrande was founded in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.

July
  • July 19 to August 4 – China competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics with total of 294 athletes.[9]

September
  • September 27 to 29 – The first round of the 1996 FIVB World Grand Prix took place in Shanghai.[10]

Births
  • January 2 – Xiaoyu Yu, figure skater
  • Janiary 3 – Liu Yao Yuan, actor
  • January 7 – Fu Yuanhui, swimmer
  • February 17 – Yan Xi, actor
  • February 25 – Wang Ziqi, actor
  • March 5 – Zhou Yan Chen, actor
  • March 23 – Zhao Wenhao, actor
  • March 31 – Chen Xingxu, actor
  • May 4 – Richard Lin, actor
  • June 10 –
    • Wen Junhui, singer, actor, member of Seventeen
    • Jun, actor
  • June 22 – Zhang Xiaoang, actor
  • June 25 – Cai Yi Jia, actor
  • July 8 – Zhang He Hao Zhen, actor
  • July 24 – Zhang Mo Huai, actor
  • August 27 – Wang Jian, long jumper
  • September 20 – Leo Dong, actor
  • October 4 – Lin Yiming, actor
  • October 19 – Caesar Wu, actor
  • October 29 – Chen Zheyuan, actor
  • December 29 – Marcus Li, actor

See also
  • List of Chinese films of 1996
  • List of Hong Kong films of 1996
  • Category:1996 Establishments in China
  • China at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  • China at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
  • China at the 1996 Asian Winter Games

References
  1. "Miss Chinese International Pageant 1996". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
  2. Disaster at Xichang | History | Air & Space Magazine
  3. "ch6bod.html". Archived from the original on 2005-11-10. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
  4. Significant Earthquake
  5. Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p558 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  6. Wu Yu-Shan, “Taiwan’s Domestic Politics and Cross-Strait Relations,” The China Journal, No. 53 (January 2005), 60.
  7. Taiwan Strait
  8. China League 1996 Archived 2012-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
  9. China at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
  10. Results Archived 2010-08-23 at the Wayback Machine

External sources
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