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1996 in China
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The following lists events from
1996 in
China
.
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
.
[
citation needed
]
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
January 3 —
Liu Yao Yuan
, actor
January 7 —
Fu Yuanhui
, swimmer
January 22 –
Gao Shiyan
, basketball player
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 -
Jun (entertainer)
(born Wen Junhui), singer, actor, member of
Seventeen
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
Deaths
January 4 —
Zhou Mingzhen
, paleomammalogist and vertebrate paleontologist (b.
1918
)
January 17 —
Zhu Xuefan
, politician (b.
1905
)
January 20 —
Lo Wei
, Hong Kong film director and film actor (b.
1918
)
January 27 —
Chen Chu
, diplomat (b.
1917
)
February 2 —
Li Peiyao
, politician (b.
1933
)
February 8 —
Li Guoping
, mathematician (b.
1910
)
March 1 —
Ng Wui
, Hong Kong film director, writer and actor (b.
1913
)
March 14 —
Wang Luobin
, songwriter (b.
1913
)
March 19 —
Chen Jingrun
, mathematician (b.
1933
)
May 5 —
Ai Qing
, poet (b.
1910
)
May 9 —
Lu Dingyi
, politician (b.
1906
)
May 12 —
Chiang Chao-shen
, calligrapher,painter and seal engraver (b.
1925
)
June 24 —
Zhao Lei
, actor (b.
1928
)
June 28 —
Kwan Tak-hing
, Hong Kong martial artist and actor (b.
1905
)
August 25 —
Dai Houying
, novelist (b.
1938
)
September 13 —
Wang Shoudao
, politician (b.
1906
)
September 18 —
Bai Yang
, film and drama actress (b.
1920
)
September 26 —
David Chan Yuk-cheung
, prominent leader of the
Baodiao movement
in Hong Kong (b.
1950
)
September 27 —
Lee Tit
, director (b.
1913
)
September 29 —
Li Qiang
, revolutionary, military engineer, secret agent, radio scientist, diplomat and politician (b.
1905
)
October 1 —
Deng Yuzhi
, social activist (b.
1900
)
October 5 —
Duanmu Hongliang
, writer (b.
1912
)
October 21 —
Wang Li
, propagandist (b.
1922
)
November 2 —
Yan Jici
, physicist and politician (b.
1901
)
November 10 —
Zhou Gucheng
, politician (b.
1898
)
November 17 —
Huo Shilian
, politician (b.
1909
)
November 18 —
Zhu Zuxiang
, soil scientist and politician (b.
1916
)
December 13 —
Cao Yu
, playwright (b.
1910
)
December 17
Li Han-hsiang
, film director (b.
1926
)
Sun Yaoting
, last imperial court
eunuch
of Chinese history (b.
1902
)
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
↑
"Miss Chinese International Pageant 1996"
. Archived from
the original
on 2014-07-14
. Retrieved
2014-07-01
.
↑
Disaster at Xichang | History | Air & Space Magazine
↑
"ch6bod.html"
. Archived from
the original
on 2005-11-10
. Retrieved
2014-07-01
.
↑
Significant Earthquake
↑
Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001)
Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II
, p558
ISBN
0-19-924959-8
↑
Wu Yu-Shan, “Taiwan’s Domestic Politics and Cross-Strait Relations,” The China Journal, No. 53 (January 2005), 60.
↑
Taiwan Strait
↑
China League 1996
Archived
2012-09-29 at the
Wayback Machine
↑
China at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
↑
Results
Archived
2010-08-23 at the
Wayback Machine
External sources
China in 1996
:: The Economy -- Encyclopædia Britannica
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