1928 in China

Events in the year 1928 in China.

Incumbents

 * President – Zhang Zuolin, Tan Yankai, Chiang Kai-shek
 * Premier – Pan Fu, Tan Yankai
 * Vice Premier – Feng Yuxiang

February

 * 7 February – Tan Yankai became the first Chairman of the Nationalist Government.

March

 * 26 March – The China Academy of Art is founded in Hangzhou (originally named the National Academy of Art).

April

 * 30 April – Beiyang government troops withdrew from Jinan.

May

 * 3 May – Jinan Incident, an armed conflict between the Japanese Imperial Army allied with Northern Chinese warlords against the Kuomintang's southern army, occurs in Jinan.

June

 * 4 June – Huanggutun Incident (Japanese assassination of the Chinese head of state Generalissimo Zhang Zuolin).

July

 * 1 July – Zhang Xueliang announced an armistice with the Kuomintang and proclaimed that he would not interfere with the re-unification.
 * 3 July – Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Beijing and met the representative from the Fengtian clique to discuss a peaceful settlement.
 * 8 July – Looting of the Eastern Mausoleum.
 * 25 July – The United States recalls its troops from China.

October

 * 8 October – Chiang Kai-shek is named as Generalissimo (Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission) of the Nationalist government of the Republic of China.

December

 * 29 December – Chinese reunification.

Births

 * 1 August – Shen Daren, Chinese politician (d. 2017)
 * 18 August – John Liu Shi-gong, Chinese Roman Catholic bishop (d. 2017)
 * 20 October – Li Peng
 * Sun Shenlu
 * Zhao Baotong

Deaths

 * 30 March – Xia Minghan
 * 3 May – Cai Gongshi
 * 3 June – Li Yuanhong
 * 4 June – Zhang Zuolin, Wu Junsheng
 * 14 October – Chen Jue