1993 in China

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The following lists events from 1993 in China .

Incumbents

• 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

• 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

January

• Miss Chinese International Pageant 1993 took place on January 10. ^[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

• February 14 – Linxi department store catches fire in Guye District, Tangshan, Hebei, killing 79 people. ^[3]

April

• China Eastern Airlines Flight 583 crashed on April 6. ^[4]
• April 22 – The China National Space Administration is established. ^[5]

May

• China competed at the East Asian Games from May 9 to May 18. ^[6]

June

• Typhoon Koryn (1993) was formed on June 13 and hit China. ^[7]

August

• August 27 – Gouhou Dam in Qinghai Province collapses killing at least 257. ^[8]

October

• 1993 Shanghai International Film Festival took place from October 7 to 14.

Undated

• Antelope Enterprise Holdings business is founded in Jinjiang city, Fujian province. ^[9]

References

1. "Miss Chinese International Pageant 1993". Archived from the original on 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
2. 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.
3. "Fire Kills 79 People In Department Store In Northeast China". The New York Times. 16 February 1993. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
4. Phillips, Don. "Article: Engineering Problem Or Crew Error Caused Jet to Pitch Violently." The Washington Post . April 14, 1993. Retrieved on June 15, 2009.
5. Haldar, S. K. (29 July 2020). Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology. Elsevier. p. 94. ISBN   978-0-323-85136-7.
6. East Asian Games 1993
7. HKO Report on Koryn Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine URL Accessed: May 30, 2006
8. "Death Count in China Dam Burst Revised; Report Misread". Los Angeles Times. 4 September 1993. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
9. "Company Overview".