1984 in China

The following lists events that happened during 1984 in the People's Republic of China.

Incumbents

 * General Secretary of the Communist Party: Hu Yaobang
 * President: Li Xiannian
 * Premier: Zhao Ziyang
 * Chairman: Deng Yingchao
 * Vice President: Ulanhu
 * Vice Premier: Wan Li

Governors

 * Governor of Anhui Province – Wang Yuzhao
 * Governor of Fujian Province – Hu Ping
 * Governor of Gansu Province – Chen Guangyi
 * Governor of Guangdong Province – Liang Lingguang
 * Governor of Guizhou Province – Wang Zhaowen
 * Governor of Hebei Province – Zhang Shuguang
 * Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Chen Lei
 * Governor of Henan Province – He Zhukang
 * Governor of Hubei Province – Huang Zhizhen
 * Governor of Hunan Province – Liu Zheng
 * Governor of Jiangsu Province – Gu Xiulian
 * Governor of Jiangxi Province – Zhao Zengyi
 * Governor of Jilin Province – Zhao Xiu
 * Governor of Liaoning Province – Quan Shuren
 * Governor of Qinghai Province – Huang Jingbo
 * Governor of Shaanxi Province – Li Qingwei
 * Governor of Shandong Province – Liang Buting
 * Governor of Shanxi Province – Wang Senhao
 * Governor of Sichuan Province – Yang Xizong
 * Governor of Yunnan Province – Pu Chaozhu
 * Governor of Zhejiang Province – Xue Ju

Events

 * January 1 – Industrial and Commercial Bank of China was established.
 * November 1 – Lenovo was founded, as predecessor name was China Academy of Science Computational Development Company.
 * December 19 – Signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration

Culture

 * List of Chinese films in 1984

Sport

 * October 13 to 24 – 1984 ABC Championship for Women, in Shanghai
 * China at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
 * China at the 1984 Summer Olympics won a total of 32 medals
 * China at the 1984 Winter Olympics won no medals

Births

 * January 26 — Luo Xuejuan, swimmer
 * January 30 — Wang Luodan, actress and singer
 * February 9 — Han Geng, Mandopop singer and actor
 * March 10 — Li Yuchun, singer, songwriter, DJ and actress
 * April 15 — Chen Qi, table tennis player
 * June 20 — An Yiru, freelance writer Zhang Li
 * October 6 — Hans Zhang, actor, singer and host
 * October 11 — Jane Zhang, singer-songwriter
 * October 12 — Yang Lei, pop singer and actress
 * October 26 — Stephy Qi, singer and actress
 * November 12 — Yan Zi, tennis player
 * December 27 — Dai Xiangyu, actor

Deaths

 * January 21 — Fang Ganmin, painter, sculptor and educator (b. 1906)
 * February 5 — Su Yu, military commander (b. 1907)
 * March 24 — Xu Huang, diplomat (b. 1915)
 * April 14 — He Zizhen, third wife of Mao Zedong (b. 1910)
 * May 17 — Cheng Fangwu, politician (b. 1897)
 * June 6 — K.C. Wu, former Nationalist Mayor of Shanghai (b. 1903)
 * July 29 — Zhou Jianren, politician and biologist (b. 1888)
 * August 11 — Li Weihan, politician (b. 1896)
 * October 19 — Jin Yuelin, philosopher (b. 1895)
 * December 11 — Wang Xinting, general (b. 1908)