1994 in China

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The following lists events from 1994 in China .

Incumbents

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

Governors

• Governor of Anhui Province – Fu Xishou then Hui Liangyu
• Governor of Fujian Province – Jia Qinglin then Chen Mingyi
• 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 – Shao Qihui then Tian Fengshan
• Governor of Henan Province – Ma Zhongchen
• Governor of Hubei Province – Jia Zhijie then Jiang Zhuping
• Governor of Hunan Province – Chen Bangzhu then Yang Zhengwu
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Chen Huanyou then Zheng Silin
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Wu Guanzheng
• Governor of Jilin Province – Gao Yan
• Governor of Liaoning Province – Yue Qifeng then Wen Shizhen
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Tian Chengping
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Bai Qingcai (until December), Cheng Andong (starting December)
• Governor of Shandong Province – Zhao Zhihao
• 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 23 — Miss Chinese International Pageant 1994 Finals took place. ^[1]

April

• April 17 — Chinese Jia-A League 1994 was begun. ^[2]

May

• May 3 — Some scientists at Anhui use the technology of Genetic engineering to successful improve Oryza sativa.

June

China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 - crashed

July

• China Unicom, one of the world's leading mobile provider, ^[3]

August

1994 Kenpeng mine disaster

September

• 1994 Hong Kong local elections took place on September 18. Martin Lee was elected Chairman of the Democratic Party.
• Tian Mingjian incident was a mass murder incident that took place on September 20, 1994, in Beijing. ^[4]

November

• November 13 — Chinese Jia-A League 1994 was ended. ^[5]
• November 27 – According to Chinese government and Liaoning province official confirmed report, a Fuxin Yiyuan Dance hall caught fire in Liaoning Province, 71 persons were safed, 233 persons were human fatalities.^{[ citation needed ]}

December

• December 8 — The 1994 Karamay fire. It took 325 people dead and 130+ people injured. It took place in the town of Karamay. ^[6]

Undated

• Sino-Pack, first packaging products exhibition is held.

Births

• March 6 — Ayen Ho, singer, guitarist and songwriter
• April 2 — Yang Xuwen, actor
• April 11 — Zha Jie, actor and model
• May 18 — Wang Bowen, singer, actor and professional table tennis player
• June 16 — Liang Jie, actress
• June 19 — Xu Mengjie, singer and actress
• September 23 — Bai Lu, actress, model and Singer
• October 1 — Mao Buyi, singer and songwriter
• October 16 — Chen Ruoxuan, actor
• October 20
  • Xu Weizhou, actor, singer and songwriter
  • Wang Xiaoxue, professional association football player
• October 25 — Peng Yuchang, actor and singer
• October 31 — Chen Yao, actress
• December 28 — Xu Lu, actress and singer

Deaths

• January 1 — Chi Jishang, geologist and petrologist (b. 1917)
• February 15 — Liu Ningyi, politician (b. 1907)
• February 28 — Pujie, Qing Dynasty imperial prince (b. 1907)
• March 2 — Yuan Hanqing, chemist (b. 1905)
• March 23 — Zhang Zhenhuan, general and political leader (b. 1915)
• March 24 — Jiang Yizhen, politician (b. 1915)
• March 29 — Jiang Zehan, mathematician and founder of China's topology (b. 1902)
• April 11 — Chu Tunan, politician (b. 1899)
• April 23 — Zhu Futang, pediatrician (b. 1899)
• June 1 — Huang Zuolin, film director (b. 1906)
• June 23 — Chang Shuhong, painter (b. 1904)
• June 29 — Liu Fangwu, nationalist general (b. 1898)
• July 19 — Han Xu, diplomat (b. 1924)
• August 7 — Liu Haisu, painter and noted art educator (b. 1896)
• October 18 — Li Qingwei, politician (b. 1920)
• October 25
  • Yang Dezhi, general and politician (b. 1911)
  • Hou Jingru, army officer and politician (b. 1902)
• December 11 — Yao Yilin, former Vice Premier of China (b. 1917)
• December 30 — Xu Yixin, associate of the 28 Bolsheviks (b. 1911)

See also

• List of Chinese films of 1994
• List of Hong Kong films of 1994
• China at the 1994 Winter Olympics
• China at the 1994 Asian Games
• 1994 UFO sighting in China

References

1. "Miss Chinese International Pageant 1994". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
2. China League 1994 Archived 2014-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
3. "About Us_China Unicorn". Archived from the original on 2015-01-04. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
4. Police Identify Gunman As Member Of Chinese Army, The Seattle Times (September 21, 1994)
5. China League 1994 Archived 2014-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
6. "China 1994 fire killed 288 pupils as officials fled-expose". Reuters . 8 May 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2012.