1993 in China

The following lists events from 1993 in China.

Incumbents

 * General Secretary of the Communist Party: Jiang Zemin
 * President: Yang Shangkun (until 27 March), Jiang Zemin (starting 27 March)
 * Premier: Li Peng
 * Vice President: Wang Zhen (until 5 March), Rong Yiren (starting 12 March)
 * Vice Premier: Yao Yilin (until 5 March), Zhu Rongji (starting 25 March)

Governors

 * Governor of Anhui Province – Fu Xishou
 * Governor of Fujian Province – Jia Qinglin
 * Governor of Gansu Province –
 * until January: Jia Zhijie
 * January–September: Yan Haiwang
 * starting September: Zhang Wule
 * Governor of Guangdong Province – Zhu Senlin
 * Governor of Guizhou Province – Wang Zhaowen then Chen Shineng
 * Governor of Hainan Province – Liu Jianfeng then Ruan Chongwu
 * Governor of Hebei Province – Cheng Weigao then Ye Liansong
 * Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Shao Qihui
 * Governor of Henan Province – Li Changchun then Ma Zhongchen
 * Governor of Hubei Province – Guo Shuyan then Jia Zhijie
 * Governor of Hunan Province – Chen Bangzhu
 * Governor of Jiangsu Province – Chen Huanyou
 * Governor of Jiangxi Province – Wu Guanzheng
 * Governor of Jilin Province – Gao Yan
 * Governor of Liaoning Province – Yue Qifeng
 * Governor of Qinghai Province – Tian Chengping
 * Governor of Shaanxi Province – Bai Qingcai
 * Governor of Shandong Province – Zhao Zhihao
 * Governor of Shanxi Province – Hu Fuguo then Sun Wensheng
 * Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Haoruo then Xiao Yang
 * Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating
 * Governor of Zhejiang Province – Wan Xueyuan

January

 * January 10 — Miss Chinese International Pageant 1993 took place.
 * January 9 — Shanghai Pudong Development Bank was founded.
 * January 31 — According to Chinese government official confirmed report, a passenger train smash into a passenger bus in level crossing in Liaoning Province, kills 66 person, 29 person were hurt.

February

 * February 14 — Linxi department store catches fire in Guye District, Tangshan, Hebei, killing 79 people.

April

 * April 6 — China Eastern Airlines Flight 583.
 * April 22 — The China National Space Administration is established.

May

 * China competed at the East Asian Games from May 9 to May 18.

June

 * Typhoon Koryn (1993) was formed on June 13 and hit China.

August

 * August 27 — Gouhou Dam in Qinghai Province collapses killing at least 257.

October

 * 1993 Shanghai International Film Festival took place from October 7 to 14.

Undated

 * Antelope Enterprise Holdings business is founded in Jinjiang city, Fujian province.

Deaths

 * January 23
 * Kong Fei, politician (b. 1911)
 * Li Ziming, martial arts expert (b. 1902)
 * February 3 — Tan Shaowen, politician (b. 1929)
 * February 4 — Hou Baolin, Xiangsheng performer (b. 1917)
 * February 5 — Huang Zhizhen, politician (b. 1920)
 * February 13 — Song Xilian, Nationalist general (b. 1907)
 * February 22 — Feng Zhi, writer and translator (b. 1905)
 * February 27 — Zhao Zengyi, politician (b. 1920)
 * March 3 — Xie Xuegong, politician (b. 1916)
 * March 12 — Wang Zhen, 4th Vice President of China (b. 1908)
 * March 22 — Sun Meiying, international table tennis player (b. 1931)
 * April 6 — Chen Zaidao, general (b. 1909)
 * May 4 — Wang Xianghao, mathematician (b. 1915)
 * May 7 — Zhao Boping, politician (b. 1902)
 * May 10 — Peng Mingzhi, general and diplomat (b. 1905)
 * May 11 — Zhao Cangbi, official (b. 1916)
 * June 2 — Mo Wuping, contemporary classical composer (b. 1958)
 * June 30 — Wong Ka Kui, Hong Kong musician, singer and songwriter (b. 1962)
 * July 12 — Li Da, general (b. 1905)
 * July 25 — Gan Ku, politician (b. 1924)
 * July 31 — Fang Zhichun, politician (b. 1905)
 * August 17 — Feng Kang, mathematician (b. 1920)
 * October 8 — Gu Cheng, poet, essayist and novelist (b. 1956)
 * October 25 — Danny Chan, singer, songwriter and actor (b. 1958)
 * November 24 — Zhou Peiyuan, theoretical physicist and politician (b. 1902)
 * November 28 — Huang Oudong, politician (b. 1905)
 * December 24 — Yen Chia-kan, chemist and nationalist politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1905)