1843 in China

Events from the year 1843 in China.

Incumbents

 * Daoguang Emperor (23rd year)

Viceroys

 * Viceroy of Zhili — Nergingge
 * Viceroy of Min-Zhe —
 * Viceroy of Huguang —
 * Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — ?
 * Viceroy of Liangguang —
 * Viceroy of Yun-Gui —
 * Viceroy of Sichuan —
 * Viceroy of Liangjiang —

Events

 * October 8 — Treaty of the Bogue signed between China and the United Kingdom, concluded in October 1843 to supplement the previous Treaty of Nanking
 * the first Treaty Ports were opened
 * Anglican diocese of Shanghai established after Rev. William Jones Boone appointed Bishop in Shanghai
 * Publication of the Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms, or Haiguo Tuzhi, a gazetteer compiled by scholar-official Wei Yuan and others, based on initial translations ordered by Special Imperial Commissioner Lin Zexu. The Treatise is regarded as the first significant Chinese work on the West