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
• Janiary 3 – Liu Yao Yuan, actor
• January 7 – Fu Yuanhui, swimmer
• 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 –
  • Wen Junhui, singer, actor, member of Seventeen
  • Jun, actor
• 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
• Octoner 29 – Chen Zheyuan, actor
• December 29 – Marcus Li, actor

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

External sources

• China in 1996 :: The Economy -- Encyclopædia Britannica