2011 in China

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Events in the year 2011 in China .

Incumbents

• paramount leader of China — Hu Jintao
• Party General Secretary - Hu Jintao
• President – Hu Jintao
• Congress Chairman - Wu Bangguo
• Premier – Wen Jiabao
• Conference Chairman - Jia Qinglin
• Vice President – Xi Jinping
• Vice Premier – Li Keqiang

Governors

• Governor of Anhui Province – Wang Sanyun (until December), Li Bin (starting December)
• Governor of Fujian Province – Huang Xiaojing (until April), Su Shulin (starting April)
• Governor of Gansu Province – Liu Weiping
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Zhu Xiaodan (until 5 November), Huang Huahua (starting 5 November)
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Zhao Kezhi (until December), Chen Min'er (starting December)
• Governor of Hainan Province – Luo Baoming (until August), Jiang Dingzhi (starting August)
• Governor of Hebei Province – Chen Quanguo (until 27 August)
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Wang Xiankui
• Governor of Henan Province – Guo Gengmao
• Governor of Hubei Province – Wang Guosheng
• Governor of Hunan Province – Xu Shousheng
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Li Xueyong
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Wu Xinxiong (until June), Lu Xinshe (starting June)
• Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Rulin (until December), Bayanqolu (starting December)
• Governor of Liaoning Province – Chen Zhenggao
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Luo Huining
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Zhao Zhengyong
• Governor of Shandong Province – Jiang Daming
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Wang Jun (until December), Li Xiaopeng (starting December)
• Governor of Sichuan Province – Jiang Jufeng
• Governor of Yunnan Province – Qin Guangrong (until August), Li Jiheng (starting August)
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Lü Zushan (until August), Xia Baolong (starting August)

Events

January

• January 6 – Jiaxing Xiuzhou District case of fish kill.
• January 11 – China successfully tests the Chengdu J-20 Black Eagle, one of its fifth generation stealth, twin-engine fighter aircraft programs. ^{[1] [2]}
• 18–21 January — Hu Jintao’s international presidential trips to United States.
• January 23 – CCTV Chengdu J-10 footage controversy

February

• February 1 – The Chinese government begins efforts to combat an ongoing drought. ^[3]
• February 20 – 2011 Chinese pro-democracy protests
• February 28 – 2011 crackdown on dissidents in the People's Republic of China (est.)

March

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2011 Yunnan earthquake

• March 2 – 2011 Gyeongryeolbi island fishing incident
• March 10 – 2011 Yunnan earthquake: At least 24 people are killed and 207 injured following a 5.4 magnitude earthquake in Yingjiang County of the Yunnan province near the Burma border. ^{[4] [5] [6]}
• March 16 – Phuntsog self-immolation incident
• March 29 – 2011 Yunnan protest

April

• April 5 – The Ministry of Health dismissed media coverages about Yinzibing (HIV-negative AIDS). ^[7]
• April 13 – 2011 Shanghai riot
• April 14 – 2011 BRICS summit
• April 20 – 2011 Shanghai Truckers Strike
• April 22 – Wang Jia-zheng (汪家正) self-immolation incident ^[8]
• April 28 – Xi'an China International Horticultural Exposition 2011

May

• May 10 – 2011 Xilinhot incident
• May 13 – Yang Xianwen (杨显文) Tianzhu bank bombing case ^[9]
• May 20 – 2011 Chengdu Foxconn explosion incident
• May 26 – 2011 Fuzhou, Jiangxi bombings
• May – My Heart Sings Loud television variety show is launched by Dragon TV. ^[10]

June

• June 1 – Painting Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains reunify the two halves of the painting held by Republic of China and the People's Republic of China ^[11]
• June 6 – 2011 Chaozhou riot
• June 7 – Wang Meng assault incident
• June 10 –
  • Tianjin bombing ^[12]
  • 2011 Zengcheng riot
• June 11 – 2011 China floods (est.)
• June 11 – 17 – 3rd Straits Forum
• June 16 – Mutiny on Lurongyu 2682, a fishing trawler in the South Pacific. After a month-long killings from this day, 11 of the 33 crew returned to China.
• June 26 – National Red Games, celebration of 90th anniversary of founding of Communist party

July

• July 1 – Jiang Zemin disappearance and death rumor
• July 5 – Disclosure of China National Offshore Oil Corporation 2011 Bohai bay oil spill
• July 11 – 2011 Huizhou refinery explosion incident
• July 18 – 2011 Hotan attack
• July 23 – 2011 Wenzhou train collision
• July 24 – Canada extradites Lai Changxing to China
• July 30–31 – 2011 Kashgar attacks

August

• August 1 – Nepal rejects China-UN backed Lumbini project
• August 4 – 2011 Nanchang mass suicide protest
• August 11 – 2011 Qianxi riot
• August 14 – Dalian PX protest
• August 12 – 2011 Summer Universiade
• August 26 – 2011 Jiangmen dog ban
• August 30 - Yunnan Nanpan River chromium toxic spill (est.) ^[13]

September

• September 1 – First China-Eurasia Expo
• September 16 – Line 2, The first line of the Xian Subway was completed.
• September 23 – 2011 Lufeng city riot
• September 26 – Lobsang Kalsang and Lobsang Konchok self-immolation incident ^[14]
• September 27 – Shandong Foxconn fire incident
• September 29 – Launch of Tiangong 1

October

• October 5 – 13 Chinese crew members of two ships are murdered in the Mekong River massacre
• October 10 – 100th Anniversary of Xinhai Revolution
• October 13 – Death of Wang Yue and public outcry in the aftermath
• October 19 – Seventh Chen-Chiang summit
• October 21 – 2011 Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident ^{[15] [16] [17]}
• October 26 – 2011 Zhili riot
• October 31 – Announcement of Sunway BlueLight, first supercomputer to use domestic processors ^{[18] [19]}

November

• November 1 – Launch of Shenzhou 8
• November 12 – 2011 Zhongshan riot
• November 14 – Xi'an gas explosion ^[20]
• November 16 – 2011 Gansu school bus crash
• November 20 – North Korean guards cross to Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County after death of Kim Jong-il ^[21]
• November 27 – Billionaire real estate tycoon Huang Nubo is rejected to purchase parts of Iceland

December

• December 12 – 2011 Incheon fishing incident
• December 21 - Protests of Wukan end
• December 28 - 2011 Pishan hostage crisis

Deaths

• January 14 – Liu Huaqing, 94, Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission(1982–1988). ^[22]
• February 13 – Shi Yafeng, 91, Chinese geologist. ^[23]
• February 17 – Augustine Hu Daguo, 88, Chinese Roman Catholic underground bishop of Guiyang. ^[24]
• February 19 – Yuan Xuefen, 88, Chinese Yue opera actress. ^[25]
• August 7 – Li Xing (黎星), 54, Chinese-English journalist ^{[26] [27]}

Full date unknown

• Liang Tianzhu, Chinese painter (born 1916) ^[28]

See also

• List of political self-immolations

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