1993 in China

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The following lists events from 1993 in China.

## Incumbents

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* 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

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* 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

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### January

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* 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

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

### April

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

### May

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

### June

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

### August

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

### October

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

### Undated

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

## Deaths

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* 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)

## References

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1. ^ "Miss Chinese International Pageant 1993". Archived from the original on 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
2. ^ Zhang, Wenxian; Alon, Ilan (22 March 2010). A Guide To The Top 100 Companies In China. World Scientific. p. 241\. ISBN 978-981-4466-07-3.
3. ^ "Fire Kills 79 People In Department Store In Northeast China". The New York Times. 16 February 1993. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
4. ^ Phillips, Don. "Article: Engineering Problem Or Crew Error Caused Jet to Pitch Violently." The Washington Post. April 14, 1993. Retrieved on June 15, 2009.
5. ^ Haldar, S. K. (29 July 2020). Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology. Elsevier. p. 94\. ISBN 978-0-323-85136-7.
6. ^ East Asian Games 1993
7. ^ HKO Report on Koryn Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine URL Accessed: May 30, 2006
8. ^ "Death Count in China Dam Burst Revised; Report Misread". Los Angeles Times. 4 September 1993. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
9. ^ "Company Overview".

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