2002 in China

Events in the year 2002 in China.

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Incumbents

• General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party - Jiang Zemin until November 15, Hu Jintao^[1]
• President – Jiang Zemin
• Premier – Zhu Rongji
• Vice President – Hu Jintao
• Vice Premier – Li Lanqing
• Congress Chairman - Li Peng
• Conference Chairman - Li Ruihuan

Governors

• Governor of Anhui Province – Xu Zhonglin then Wang Jinshan
• Governor of Fujian Province – Xi Jinping then Lu Zhangong
• Governor of Gansu Province – Lu Hao
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Lu Ruihua
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Shi Xiushi
• Governor of Hainan Province – Wang Xiaofeng
• Governor of Hebei Province – Niu Maosheng then Ji Yunshi
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Song Fatang
• Governor of Henan Province – Li Keqiang
• Governor of Hubei Province – Luo Qingquan
• Governor of Hunan Province – Zhang Yunchuan
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Ji Yunshi then Liang Baohua
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Huang Zhiquan
• Governor of Jilin Province – Hong Hu
• Governor of Liaoning Province – Bo Xilai
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhao Leji
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Jia Zhibang
• Governor of Shandong Province – Han Yuqun
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Yu Youjun
• Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Zhongwei
• Governor of Yunnan Province – Xu Rongkai
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Chai Songyue (until October), Xi Jinping (starting October)

Events

March

• March 25 – Shenzhou 3, an unmanned Chinese spacecraft, was launched.

April

• April 15 – An Air China Boeing 767-200 crashes into a hillside during heavy rain and fog near Pusan, South Korea, killing 128.

June

• June - Discovery of the Hidden character stone (est.)

July

• July 19 – Hail kills 25 and injures hundreds in the Chinese province of Henan.

August

• August 22 – In China, the Dongting Lake floods Yueyang, forcing the evacuation of 600,000 people; the crest of the flooding from the Yangtze River is expected Sunday. Floods and landslides have killed nearly 1000 people in China, 200 in the Hunan province.

November

• November 8 – President of the People's Republic of China Jiang Zemin announced several key policies at the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing. Although Marxism-Leninism would remain the official ideology of China, entrepreneurs and people in unconventional occupations, who are building "socialism with Chinese characteristics", would have a voice in establishing Communist Party ideology.
• November 15 – Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party.

December

• December 29
  • China successfully launches Shenzhou 4, the fourth unmanned launch of the Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft.
  • China State Grid, a largest utility brand of world, was established.^{[citation needed]}

Date unknown

• Ynhanfu organization is founded in Kunming, Yunnan Province.^[2]

Births

• November 6 - Giulio Taccon, musician and actor

See also

• List of Chinese films of 2002
• Hong Kong League Cup 2002–03