1988 in China

The following lists events in the year 1988 in China.

Incumbents

 * General Secretary of the Communist Party: Zhao Ziyang
 * President: Li Xiannian, Yang Shangkun
 * Premier: Zhao Ziyang, Li Peng
 * Vice President: Ulanhu (until April 8), Wang Zhen (starting April 8)
 * Vice Premier: Wan Li (until 25 March), Yao Yilin (starting 25 March)

Governors

 * Governor of Anhui Province – Lu Rongjing
 * Governor of Fujian Province – Wang Zhaoguo
 * Governor of Gansu Province – Jia Zhijie
 * Governor of Guangdong Province – Ye Xuanping
 * Governor of Guizhou Province – Wang Zhaowen
 * Governor of Hainan Province – Liang Xiang then Liu Jianfeng
 * Governor of Hebei Province – Xie Feng then Yue Qifeng
 * Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Hou Jie
 * Governor of Henan Province – Cheng Weigao
 * Governor of Hubei Province – Guo Zhenqian
 * Governor of Hunan Province – Xiong Qingquan
 * Governor of Jiangsu Province – Gu Xiulian
 * Governor of Jiangxi Province – Wu Guanzheng
 * Governor of Jilin Province – He Zhukang
 * Governor of Liaoning Province – Li Changchun
 * Governor of Qinghai Province – Song Ruixiang
 * Governor of Shaanxi Province – Hou Zongbin
 * Governor of Shandong Province – Jiang Chunyun
 * Governor of Shanxi Province – Wang Senhao
 * Governor of Sichuan Province – Jiang Minkuan (until January), Zhang Haoruo (starting February)
 * Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating
 * Governor of Zhejiang Province – Xue Ju (until January), Shen Zulun (starting February)

Events

 * 7th National People's Congress
 * 18 January – China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146
 * 24 January – According to Chinese government official confirmed report, a Kunming to Shanghai passenger train crush, and 13 cars derailment in Qujing, Yunnan Province, total kills 80 person and injures 65 person.
 * 14 March – Johnson South Reef Skirmish
 * 17 September – China National Petroleum Corporation was established, as changing from Petroleum and chemical industrial section of PRC. (People's Republic of China)
 * December–January 1989 – Nanjing anti-African protests
 * unknown date
 * Ping An Insurance founded.
 * Xigang Real Estate Development, as predecessor of Wanda Group founded in Dalian, Liaoning Province.
 * Skyworth was founded in Shenzhen.

Culture

 * List of Chinese films of 1988

Sport

 * China at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
 * China at the 1988 Summer Olympics won a total of 28 medals
 * China at the 1988 Winter Olympics won no medals

Births

 * January 21 – Xiao Yiming
 * February 3 – Qian Jialing
 * February 21 – Fan Jiachen
 * March 14 – Ma Sichun, Chinese actress
 * June 23 – Fu Yanlong
 * November 25 – Rong Jing

Deaths

 * 13 January – Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (b. 1910)
 * 25 January – Chen Shixiang, entomologist (b. 1905)
 * 10 May – Shen Congwen, writer (b. 1902)
 * 23 June – Liang Shuming, philosopher (b. 1893)
 * 13 July – Ji Dengkui, Former Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1923)
 * 31 July – Li Fenglou, footballer and coach (b. 1912)
 * 6 November – Tan Zheng, general (b. 1906)
 * 8 December – Ulanhu, Vice President of China (1983-1988) (b. 1906)