1988 in China

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The following lists events in the year 1988 in China .

Incumbents

• General Secretary of the Communist Party: Zhao Ziyang
• President: Li Xiannian, Yang Shangkun
• Premier: Zhao Ziyang, Li Peng
• Vice President: Ulanhu (until April 8), Wang Zhen (starting April 8)
• Vice Premier: Wan Li (until 25 March), Yao Yilin (starting 25 March)

Governors

• Governor of Anhui Province – Lu Rongjing
• Governor of Fujian Province – Wang Zhaoguo
• Governor of Gansu Province – Jia Zhijie
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Ye Xuanping
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Wang Zhaowen
• Governor of Hainan Province – Liang Xiang then Liu Jianfeng
• Governor of Hebei Province – Xie Feng then Yue Qifeng
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Hou Jie
• Governor of Henan Province – Cheng Weigao
• Governor of Hubei Province – Guo Zhenqian
• Governor of Hunan Province – Xiong Qingquan
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Gu Xiulian
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Wu Guanzheng
• Governor of Jilin Province – He Zhukang
• Governor of Liaoning Province – Li Changchun
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Song Ruixiang
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Hou Zongbin
• Governor of Shandong Province – Jiang Chunyun
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Wang Senhao
• Governor of Sichuan Province – Jiang Minkuan (until January), Zhang Haoruo (starting February)
• Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Xue Ju (until January), Shen Zulun (starting February)

Events

• 7th National People's Congress
• 18 January – China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146
• 24 January – According to Chinese government official confirmed report, a Kunming to Shanghai passenger train crush, and 13 cars derailment in Qujing, Yunnan Province, total kills 80 person and injures 65 person.^{[ citation needed ]}
• 14 March – Johnson South Reef Skirmish
• 17 September – China National Petroleum Corporation was established, as changing from Petroleum and chemical industrial section of PRC. (People's Republic of China)^{[ citation needed ]}
• December–January 1989 – Nanjing anti-African protests
• unknown date
  • Ping An Insurance founded.^{[ page needed ]}
  • Xigang Real Estate Development, as predecessor of Wanda Group founded in Dalian, Liaoning Province.^{[ page needed ]}
  • Skyworth was founded in Shenzhen.^{[ page needed ]}

Culture

• List of Chinese films of 1988

Sport

• China at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
• China at the 1988 Summer Olympics won a total of 28 medals ^[1]
• China at the 1988 Winter Olympics won no medals ^[1]

Births

• Jiang Zhiyun
• March 30 - Li Ying
• July 11 - Melody Tan Tan Yip

Deaths

• 13 January – Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (born 1910)
• 25 January – Chen Shixiang, entomologist (born 1905)
• 10 May – Shen Congwen, writer (born 1902)
• 23 June – Liang Shuming, philosopher (born 1893)
• 13 July – Ji Dengkui, Former Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1923)
• 31 July – Li Fenglou, footballer and coach (born 1912)
• 6 November – Tan Zheng, general (born 1906)
• 8 December – Ulanhu, Vice President of China (1983-1988) (born 1906)

References

1. "China". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2014.