1990 in China

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The following lists events in the year 1990 in China.

Incumbents

Governors

Governor of Anhui Province — Fu Xishou
Governor of Fujian Province — Wang Zhaoguo then Jia Qinglin
Governor of Gansu Province — Jia Zhijie
Governor of Guangdong Province — Ye Xuanping
Governor of Guizhou Province — Wang Zhaowen
Governor of Hainan Province — Liu Jianfeng
Governor of Hebei Province — Yue Qifeng then Cheng Weigao
Governor of Heilongjiang Province — Shao Qihui
Governor of Henan Province — Cheng Weigao then Li Changchun
Governor of Hubei Province — Guo Zhenqian then Guo Shuyan
Governor of Hunan Province — Chen Bangzhu
Governor of Jiangsu Province — Chen Huanyou
Governor of Jiangxi Province — Wu Guanzheng
Governor of Jilin Province — Wang Zhongyu
Governor of Liaoning Province — Li Changchun (until July), Yue Qifeng (starting July)
Governor of Qinghai Province — Jin Jipeng
Governor of Shaanxi Province — Hou Zongbin (until March), Bai Qingcai (starting March)
Governor of Shandong Province — Zhao Zhihao
Governor of Shanxi Province — Wang Senhao
Governor of Sichuan Province — Zhang Haoruo
Governor of Yunnan Province — Li Jiating
Governor of Zhejiang Province — Shen Zulun (until November), Ge Hongsheng (starting November)

Events

September 22 — October 7: 1990 Asian Games in Beijing.^{[page needed]}
October 2: 1990 Guangzhou Baiyun airport collisions, two commercial planes crashed, a total of 128 people died, 53 persons were hurt, 97 persons survived in Guangdong, according to the China Civil Aviation official confirmed report.^{[page needed]}
Unknown date: Li-Ning sports goods company was founded.^{[page needed]}

Births

February 7 — Hua Chenyu, rock singer and songwriter
February 9 — Ma Ke, actor
February 13 — Gyaincain Norbu, 11th Panchen Lama
March 2 — Adderly Fong, Hong Kong Chinese racing driver
April 20 — Lu Han, singer, actor and dancer
June 28 — Chen Xuedong, actor and singer
October 1 – Chen Minyi, Paralympic archer^[1]

Deaths

January 11 — Cai Xiao, Taiwan-born military officer and politician (b. 1919)
February 4 — Gao Yinxian, linguist and writer (b. 1902)^[2]
February 8 — Xu Deheng, politician, scholar and educator (b. 1890)
May 2 — Shi Guangnan, composer (b. 1940)
May 9 — Lü Wei, diver (b. 1966)
May 22 — Ling Shuhua, modernist writer and painter (b. 1900)
July 11 — Sun Yu, film director (b. 1900)
July 18 — Lap-Ban Chan, Hong Kong actress (b. 1911)
July 29 — Cai Qiao, physiologist and physician (b. 1897)
August 5 — Zhou Keqin, writer (b. 1937)
August 14
- Sun Lianzhong, nationalist general (b. 1893)
- Liu Xingyuan, lieutenant general (b. 1908)
August 30 — Ch'ien Mu, historian and philosopher (b. 1895)
September 11 — Cai Chang, 1st leader of the All-China Women's Federation (b. 1900)
September 21 — Xu Xiangqian, 4th Minister of National Defense (b. 1901)
October 15 — Yu Pingbo, essayist, poet, historian, redologist and literary critic (b. 1900)
October 30 — Kwok Tak-seng, Hong Kong businessman and founder of Sun Hung Kai Properties (b. 1911)
November 15 — Cheng Shicai, lieutenant general (b. 1912)
November 18 — Dai Chuanzeng, nuclear physicist (b. 1921)
November 19 — Sun Li-jen, nationalist general (b. 1900)
November 26 — Feng Youlan, philosopher, historian and writer (b. 1895)
December 14 — Zhang Qun, Nationalist politician (b. 1889)
December 15 — Chen Zhifang, diplomat (b. 1906)

References

^ "Chen Minyi". 2020 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
^ "国家地理". Cctv.com. Retrieved June 5, 2012.

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[1] "Chen Minyi". 2020 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2021.

[2] "国家地理". Cctv.com. Retrieved June 5, 2012.

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