1991 in China

The following lists events in the year 1991 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 – Jia Qinglin
 * Governor of Gansu Province – Jia Zhijie
 * Governor of Guangdong Province – Ye Xuanping then Zhu Senlin
 * Governor of Guizhou Province – Wang Zhaowen
 * Governor of Hainan Province – Liu Jianfeng
 * Governor of Hebei Province – Cheng Weigao
 * Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Shao Qihui
 * Governor of Henan Province – Li Changchun
 * Governor of Hubei Province – 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 then Gao Yan
 * Governor of Liaoning Province – Yue Qifeng
 * Governor of Qinghai Province – Jin Jipeng then Tian Chengping
 * Governor of Shaanxi Province – Bai Qingcai
 * Governor of Shandong Province – Zhao Zhihao
 * Governor of Shanxi Province – Wang Senhao then Hu Fuguo
 * Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Haoruo
 * Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating
 * Governor of Zhejiang Province – Ge Hongsheng (until March), Wan Xueyuan (starting March)

Events

 * 1991 Sino-Soviet Border Agreement
 * Eastern China flood of 1991
 * September 24 – According to Shanxi Province government official confirmed reported, a human stampede occur ongoing to Lantern festival, Yingze Park, Yingze District, Taiyuan, Shanxi, as resulting to 105 persons were crushing to death, 108 persons were hurt.

Culture

 * List of Chinese films of 1991

Births

 * July 20 – Merxat, actor
 * October 7 – Lay Zhang, entertainer (Exo)

Deaths

 * January 4 — Sanmao, Taiwanese writer and translator (b. 1943)
 * January 27 — Zheng Dongguo, Nationalist general (b. 1903)
 * February 18 — Zhang Wenjin, diplomat (b. 1914)
 * March 30 — Cheng Zihua, politician and military general (b. 1905)
 * April 2 — Cheng Shewo, journalist, publisher and educator (b. 1898)
 * April 10 — Wu Yin, film and drama actress (b. 1909)
 * April 16 — Qin Benli, journalist, newspaper editor and commentator (b. 1918)
 * May 4 — Sun Xiaocun, politician (b. 1906)
 * May 14 — Jiang Qing, fourth wife of Mao Zedong and one of the members of the Gang of Four (b. 1914)
 * May 18 — Hoàng Văn Hoan, Pro-Chinese Vietnamese Politician (b. 1905)
 * July 27 — Xu Shijie, politician (b. 1920)
 * July 28 — Wang Ming-Dao, Protestant pastor (b. 1900)
 * August 7 — Bai Xiangguo, military officer and general (b. 1918)
 * August 12 — Lin Fengmian, painter (b. 1900)
 * September 14 — Liu Dagang, chemist (b. 1904)
 * September 17 — Song Shilun, general (b. 1907)
 * September 23 — Yue-Kong Pao, Hong Kong businessman (b. 1918)
 * October 10 — Chen Xuezhao, writer and journalist (b. 1906)
 * October 15 — Han Ying-chieh, Hong Kong actor (b. 1927)
 * October 16 — Barry Wong, Hong Kong screenwriter, film producer and actor (b. 1946)
 * November 19
 * Xian Henghan, lieutenant general (b. 1911)
 * Hu Zi'ang, politician (b. 1897)
 * November 28 — Lu Gwei-djen, biochemist and historian (b. 1904)

Sport

 * Chinese Jia-A League 1991
 * November 16–30 – 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup