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Events in the year 2024 in China .

Incumbents

• General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (paramount leader) – Xi Jinping
• President – Xi Jinping
• Premier - Li Qiang
• Congress chairman – Zhao Leji
• Consultative Conference chairman – Wang Huning
• Vice President - Han Zheng
• Supervision Commission director – Liu Jinguo

Events

• 12 January – 2024 Pingdingshan mining explosion: Ten people are killed and six others are missing after an explosion at a coal mine in Pingdingshan, Henan. ^[1]
• 20 January – Yingcai Boarding School fire: Thirteen third grade children are killed and another is injured in a boarding school dormitory fire in Dushu, Henan Province. The school's director is arrested. ^[2]
• 22 January – A landslide in Zhaotong, Yunnan, kills 44 people. ^[3]
• 23 January – 2024 Uqturpan earthquake: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes Uqturpan County in Xinjiang Province, killing three people, all in Xinjiang, and injuring at least 50 people, the majority of whom are in nearby Kazakhstan. Forty-seven buildings in China collapse, while a further 78 are damaged. ^{[4] [5]}
• 24 January – Thirty-nine people are killed and nine others injured during a fire at a commercial building in Yushui, Jiangxi. ^[6]
• 10 February – Ju County attack: An alleged mass murder occurred in Ju County, Shandong, resulting in the deaths of at least 21 people. ^[7]
• 22 February – 2024 Guangzhou bridge collapse: Five people are killed when a ship rams a bridge in Guangzhou. ^[8]
• 24 February – A fire at an apartment block in Nanjing kills 15 people. ^[9]
• 28 February – China urges the world's largest nuclear states to negotiate a 'no-first-use' treaty. ^[10]
• 13 March – Two people are killed and 26 more injured during an explosion caused by a suspected gas leak at a restaurant in Langfang. ^[11]
• 19 March – Founder of Chinese property developer Evergrande Group Hui Ka Yan is fined 47 million yuan (US$6.53 million) and barred from the securities market for life after China Securities Regulatory Commission accused the group for inflating its revenue. ^[12]
• 13 April – Twelve people are killed after a tourist boat sinks near Qinhuangdao, Hebei. ^[13]
• 22 April – Heavy rain triggers flooding in Guangdong Province, causing around 10 deaths and 110,000 evacuations. ^[14]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in China

Source: ^{[15] [16]}

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 10–17 February – Chinese New Year
• 4–6 April – Tomb-Sweeping Day
• 1 May – Labor Day
• 10 June – Dragon Boat Festival
• 15–17 September – Mid-Autumn Festival
• 1–7 October – National Day

Art and entertainment

• List of Chinese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
• 2024 in Chinese music

Deaths

• 10 January – Tian Zengpei, 93, diplomat and politician, ambassador to Yugoslavia (1986–1988) and chairperson of the committee of Foreign Affairs (1998–2003). ^[17]
• 11 January – Zhang Kehui, 95, politician, vice chairman of the CPPCC (1998–2008). ^[18]
• 12 January – Francis F. Lee, 96, Chinese-American inventor, businessman and academic. ^[19]
• 24 January – Dai Yi, 97, historian. ^[20]

See also

• 2020s portal
• China portal
• Current events portal

• Timeline of Chinese history
• Years in China

References

1. "At least 10 killed in China mining accident". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
2. "13 students dead in China school fire: State media". CNA. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
3. "Remaining landslide victims found in China, bringing death toll to 44". Associated Press. 2024-01-25. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
4. "At least 50 injured in major earthquake on China-Kyrgyzstan border". CNA. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
5. "7.1 magnitude quake rattles western China, killing at least 3 people and collapsing 47 homes". Associated Press. 23 January 2024. Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
6. "A fire in China's Jiangxi province kills at least 39 people, state media says". AP News. 2024-01-24. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
7. "中國山東傳大型滅門慘案！村民：21人被殺包括1醫生2公安2嫌在逃". Yahoo News (in Chinese). 2024-02-13. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
8. "Ship crash causes bridge collapse in China". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
9. "Apartment block fire in China's Nanjing city kills at least 15, officials say". The Guardian. 2024-02-24. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-02-24.
10. "China urges largest nuclear states to negotiate a 'no-first-use' treaty". Reuters . February 28, 2024.
11. 严茂强. "2 dead, 26 injured in Hebei eatery explosion". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
12. "China Evergrande's flagship unit, founder punished for securities fraud". Reuters . March 18, 2024.
13. "China detains 2 over tourist boat capsizing that killed 12, citing lack of safety equipment". Associated Press . April 14, 2024.
14. "Guangdong: Tens of thousands evacuated from massive China floods". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
15. "China Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
16. "国务院办公厅关于2024年, 部分节假日安排的通知" [General Office of the State Council on 2024, Notice of some holiday arrangements]. Chinese Government Website Chinese Domain (in Chinese). 25 October 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
17. "外交部党委原书记、副部长田曾佩逝世，享年94岁_中国政库_澎湃新闻-The Paper". www.thepaper.cn. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
18. "张克辉同志逝世--社会·法治--人民网". society.people.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
19. "Francis Lee Obituary - Sneider & Sullivan & O'Connell's Funeral Home and Cremation Service - 2024". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
20. "历史学家戴逸走了！他和《清史》的缘分是一段不了情_文汇". www.whb.cn. Retrieved 2024-01-24.

External links

• Online calendar
• Media related to 2024 in China at Wikimedia Commons