The following lists events from 1993 in China.
- January 23
- 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)