1993 in China

The following lists events from 1993 in China.

← 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1993 in China → 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	Other events of 1993 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

Incumbents

• General Secretary of the Communist Party: Jiang Zemin
• President: Yang Shangkun (until 27 March), Jiang Zemin (starting 27 March)
• Premier: Li Peng
• Vice President: Wang Zhen (until 5 March), Rong Yiren (starting 12 March)
• Vice Premier: Yao Yilin (until 5 March), Zhu Rongji (starting 25 March)

Governors

• Governor of Anhui Province – Fu Xishou
• Governor of Fujian Province – Jia Qinglin
• Governor of Gansu Province –
  • until January: Jia Zhijie
  • January–September: Yan Haiwang
  • starting September: Zhang Wule
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Zhu Senlin
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Wang Zhaowen then Chen Shineng
• Governor of Hainan Province – Liu Jianfeng then Ruan Chongwu
• Governor of Hebei Province – Cheng Weigao then Ye Liansong
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Shao Qihui
• Governor of Henan Province – Li Changchun then Ma Zhongchen
• Governor of Hubei Province – Guo Shuyan then Jia Zhijie
• Governor of Hunan Province – Chen Bangzhu
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Chen Huanyou
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Wu Guanzheng
• Governor of Jilin Province – Gao Yan
• Governor of Liaoning Province – Yue Qifeng
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Tian Chengping
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Bai Qingcai
• Governor of Shandong Province – Zhao Zhihao
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Hu Fuguo then Sun Wensheng
• Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Haoruo then Xiao Yang
• Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Wan Xueyuan

Events

January

• January 10 — Miss Chinese International Pageant 1993 took place.^[1]
• January 9 — Shanghai Pudong Development Bank was founded.^[2]
• January 31 — According to Chinese government official confirmed report, a passenger train smash into a passenger bus in level crossing in Liaoning Province, kills 66 person, 29 person were hurt.^{[citation needed]}

February

• February 14 — Linxi department store catches fire in Guye District, Tangshan, Hebei, killing 79 people.^[3]

April

• April 6 — China Eastern Airlines Flight 583.^[4]
• April 22 — The China National Space Administration is established.^[5]

May

• China competed at the East Asian Games from May 9 to May 18.^[6]

June

• Typhoon Koryn (1993) was formed on June 13 and hit China.^[7]

August

• August 27 — Gouhou Dam in Qinghai Province collapses killing at least 257.^[8]

October

• 1993 Shanghai International Film Festival took place from October 7 to 14.

Undated

• Antelope Enterprise Holdings business is founded in Jinjiang city, Fujian province.^[9]

Deaths

• January 23
  • Kong Fei, politician (b. 1911)
  • Li Ziming, martial arts expert (b. 1902)
• February 3 — Tan Shaowen, politician (b. 1929)
• February 4 — Hou Baolin, Xiangsheng performer (b. 1917)
• February 5 — Huang Zhizhen, politician (b. 1920)
• February 13 — Song Xilian, Nationalist general (b. 1907)
• February 22 — Feng Zhi, writer and translator (b. 1905)
• February 27 — Zhao Zengyi, politician (b. 1920)
• March 3 — Xie Xuegong, politician (b. 1916)
• March 12 — Wang Zhen, 4th Vice President of China (b. 1908)
• March 22 — Sun Meiying, international table tennis player (b. 1931)
• April 6 — Chen Zaidao, general (b. 1909)
• May 4 — Wang Xianghao, mathematician (b. 1915)
• May 7 — Zhao Boping, politician (b. 1902)
• May 10 — Peng Mingzhi, general and diplomat (b. 1905)
• May 11 — Zhao Cangbi, official (b. 1916)
• June 2 — Mo Wuping, contemporary classical composer (b. 1958)
• June 30 — Wong Ka Kui, Hong Kong musician, singer and songwriter (b. 1962)
• July 12 — Li Da, general (b. 1905)
• July 25 — Gan Ku, politician (b. 1924)
• July 31 — Fang Zhichun, politician (b. 1905)
• August 17 — Feng Kang, mathematician (b. 1920)
• October 8 — Gu Cheng, poet, essayist and novelist (b. 1956)
• October 25 — Danny Chan, singer, songwriter and actor (b. 1958)
• November 24 — Zhou Peiyuan, theoretical physicist and politician (b. 1902)
• November 28 — Huang Oudong, politician (b. 1905)
• December 24 — Yen Chia-kan, chemist and nationalist politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1905)