22 January – A truck rams into 12 vehicles in Bazhong, Sichuan, killing five people.[6]
February
1 February – US President Donald Trump imposes a 10% tariff on imports from China.[7]
3 February – China imposes export controls and increased tariffs on certain American imports in retaliation for President Trump's imposition of tariffs on Chinese goods.[8]
7–14 February – The 2025 Asian Winter Games are held in Harbin,[10] with China placing first in terms of medals with 32 golds, 26 silvers, and 24 bronzes and achieving its highest medal tally in the history of the competition.[11]
8 February – At least one person is killed while 28 others are reported missing after a landslide hits the village of Jinping in Junlian County, Sichuan.[12][13]
19 March – The Ministry of State Security announces that a engineer who previously worked at a research institution has been sentenced to death for selling classified material to foreign intelligence agencies.[21]
20 March – Global Affairs Canada announces that four Canadian-Chinese nationals had been executed in China earlier in the year for drug offences.[22]
3 April – Three Filipino nationals are arrested in Beijing on suspicion of spying for Philippine intelligence.[26]
8 April – Twenty people are killed in a fire at a nursing home in Chengde.[27]
9 April – President Trump increases tariffs on Chinese exports to the United States to 104%, prompting China to impose an 84% tariff on American imports.[28]
The United States and China agree to a 90 day-period to reduce their tariff rates from 145% to 30% and 125% to 10% respectively pending further negotiations.[37]
15 May – Four people are injured in a car-ramming near a school in Beijing.[39]
18 May – One person is killed while two others are injured in a shooting at a restaurant in Wuhan.[40]
19 May – Three miners are killed in a flooding incident at a coal mine in Gansu.[41]
22 May – At least two people are killed while 19 others are reported missing following landslides in Guizhou.[42]
25 May – The world's first humanoid robot fighting competition is held in Hangzhou.[43]
27 May – Five people are killed in an explosion at a chemical plant in Weifang, Shandong.[44]
June
12 June – The homes of six people in Hong Kong are raided in the first publicly known joint operation by Hong Kong and mainland Chinese authorities under the 2020 Hong Kong national security law.[45]
16 June – Nine people are killed in an explosion at a firecracker factory in Linli County, Hunan.[47]
19 June – Doctoral student Zhenhao Zou is sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 24 years by a judge in the United Kingdom for the rapes of 10 women in the UK and China from 2019 to 2023.[48]
25 June – China reaches an agreement allowing the export of rare earth minerals to the United States.[49]
26 June –
At least six people are killed following two days of flooding in Guizhou.[50]
Around 233 children are reported to have been hospitalised for lead poisoning in Tianshui, Gansu, after consuming school meals prepared with inedible paint.[55]
12 August – China severs official relations with Czech President Petr Pavel in response to him meeting with the Dalai Lama.[74]
13 August – China imposes sanctions on the Lithuanian banks UAB Urbo Bankas and Mano Bankas AB in response to sanctions imposed by the European Union on Chinese financial institutions accused of supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[75]
16 August – Ten people are killed while two others are reported missing following a flash flood that hits a campsite in Urad Rear Banner, Inner Mongolia.[76]
22 August – An under-construction railway bridge collapses into the Yellow River in Qinghai, killing 12 people and leaving four others missing.[77]
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