1990 in China

The following lists events in the year 1990 in China.

Incumbents

 * General Secretary of the Communist Party: Jiang Zemin
 * President: Yang Shangkun
 * Premier: Li Peng
 * Vice President: Wang Zhen
 * Vice Premier: Yao Yilin

Governors

 * Governor of Anhui Province — Fu Xishou
 * Governor of Fujian Province — Wang Zhaoguo then Jia Qinglin
 * Governor of Gansu Province — Jia Zhijie
 * Governor of Guangdong Province — Ye Xuanping
 * Governor of Guizhou Province — Wang Zhaowen
 * Governor of Hainan Province — Liu Jianfeng
 * Governor of Hebei Province — Yue Qifeng then Cheng Weigao
 * Governor of Heilongjiang Province — Shao Qihui
 * Governor of Henan Province — Cheng Weigao then Li Changchun
 * Governor of Hubei Province — Guo Zhenqian then Guo Shuyan
 * Governor of Hunan Province — Chen Bangzhu
 * Governor of Jiangsu Province — Chen Huanyou
 * Governor of Jiangxi Province — Wu Guanzheng
 * Governor of Jilin Province — Wang Zhongyu
 * Governor of Liaoning Province — Li Changchun (until July), Yue Qifeng (starting July)
 * Governor of Qinghai Province — Jin Jipeng
 * Governor of Shaanxi Province — Hou Zongbin (until March), Bai Qingcai (starting March)
 * Governor of Shandong Province — Zhao Zhihao
 * Governor of Shanxi Province — Wang Senhao
 * Governor of Sichuan Province — Zhang Haoruo
 * Governor of Yunnan Province — Li Jiating
 * Governor of Zhejiang Province — Shen Zulun (until November), Ge Hongsheng (starting November)

Events

 * September 22 — October 7: 1990 Asian Games in Beijing.
 * October 2: 1990 Guangzhou Baiyun airport collisions, two commercial planes crashed, a total of 128 people died, 53 persons were hurt, 97 persons survived in Guangdong, according to the China Civil Aviation official confirmed report.
 * Unknown date: Li-Ning sports goods company was founded.

Births

 * February 7 — Hua Chenyu, rock singer and songwriter
 * February 9 — Ma Ke, actor
 * February 13 — Gyaincain Norbu, 11th Panchen Lama
 * March 2 — Adderly Fong, Hong Kong Chinese racing driver
 * April 20 — Lu Han, singer, actor and dancer
 * June 28 — Chen Xuedong, actor and singer

Deaths

 * January 11 — Cai Xiao, Taiwan-born military officer and politician (b. 1919)
 * February 4 — Gao Yinxian, linguist and writer (b. 1902)
 * February 8 — Xu Deheng, politician, scholar and educator (b. 1890)
 * May 2 — Shi Guangnan, composer (b. 1940)
 * May 9 — Lü Wei, diver (b. 1966)
 * May 22 — Ling Shuhua, modernist writer and painter (b. 1900)
 * July 11 — Sun Yu, film director (b. 1900)
 * July 18 — Lap-Ban Chan, Hong Kong actress (b. 1911)
 * July 29 — Cai Qiao, physiologist and physician (b. 1897)
 * August 5 — Zhou Keqin, writer (b. 1937)
 * August 14
 * Sun Lianzhong, nationalist general (b. 1893)
 * Liu Xingyuan, lieutenant general (b. 1908)
 * August 30 — Ch'ien Mu, historian and philosopher (b. 1895)
 * September 11 — Cai Chang, 1st leader of the All-China Women's Federation (b. 1900)
 * September 21 — Xu Xiangqian, 4th Minister of National Defense (b. 1901)
 * October 15 — Yu Pingbo, essayist, poet, historian, redologist and literary critic (b. 1900)
 * October 30 — Kwok Tak-seng, Hong Kong businessman and founder of Sun Hung Kai Properties (b. 1911)
 * November 15 — Cheng Shicai, lieutenant general (b. 1912)
 * November 18 — Dai Chuanzeng, nuclear physicist (b. 1921)
 * November 19 — Sun Li-jen, nationalist general (b. 1900)
 * November 26 — Feng Youlan, philosopher, historian and writer (b. 1895)
 * December 14 — Zhang Qun, Nationalist politician (b. 1889)
 * December 15 — Chen Zhifang, diplomat (b. 1906)