1903 in China

The following lists events that happened during 1903 in China.

Incumbents

 * Guangxu Emperor (29th year)

Viceroys

 * Viceroy of Zhili — Yuan Shikai
 * Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Xu Yingkui then Xiliang then Li Xingrui
 * Viceroy of Huguang — Duanfang
 * Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Songfan
 * Viceroy of Liangguang — Deshou then Cen Chunxuan
 * Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Ding Zhenduo
 * Viceroy of Sichuan — Cen Chunxuan then Xiliang
 * Viceroy of Liangjiang — Wei Guangtao

examination

 * Zhuangyuan: Wang Shoupeng

May

 * Zhang Shizhao was hired as the chief editor of the Su Bao

July

 * July 1 - Shanghai Municipal Police transferred six people, including Zhang Binglin, to the public for review. (zh:蘇報案)
 * July 14 - the Dongqing Railway was opened to traffic.
 * July 15 - the first public hearing. (zh:蘇報案)
 * July 21 - The second public hearing was held, but due to the Qing court was busy with extradition, so the plaintiff’s lawyer requested a rescheduling at the beginning of the trial. (zh:蘇報案)

August

 * August 13 - Tsar Nicolas II appointed Alexeyev as viceroy in charge of all civil and military authority over Russian possessions in the Far East, including Russian-occupied Manchuria, the Liaodong Peninsula, and Russia Amur Military District (present day Primorsky Krai).

December

 * December 3 - The trial was officially held for a total of four days. (zh:蘇報案)

Births

 * October 21 - K. C. Wu, a Chinese political figure and historian.
 * November 4 - Watchman Nee, a Chinese church leader and Christian teacher.
 * December 28 – Tang Yunsheng, an opera singer in Peking.


 * Gan Siqi
 * Lu Kanru
 * Hua Gang
 * Li Shuoxun
 * Chen Geng

Deaths

 * Zhu Shaowen
 * April 11 - Ronglu was a Manchu political and military leader of the late Qing dynasty. (born in April 1836)
 * Zhang Peilun