1887 in China

Events in the year 1887 in China.

Incumbents

 * Emperor: Guangxu Emperor (13th year)

Viceroys

 * Viceroy of Zhili — Li Hongzhang
 * Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Yang Changjun
 * Viceroy of Huguang — Yulu
 * Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Tan Zhonglin
 * Viceroy of Liangguang — Zhang Zhidong
 * Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Cen Yuying
 * Viceroy of Sichuan — Liu Bingzhang
 * Viceroy of Liangjiang — Zeng Guoquan then Yulu then Zeng Guoquan

Events

 * 6 July - Establishment of the Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Shensi
 * September- 1887 Yellow River flood- an estimated 1-2 million people die and up to another 2 million die in a pandemic in the following months
 * 1 December - Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking
 * Census finds a population of 401,520,392