1996 in China

The following lists events from 1996 in China.

Incumbents

 * Party General Secretary: Jiang Zemin
 * President: Jiang Zemin
 * Premier: Li Peng
 * Vice President: Rong Yiren
 * Vice Premier: Zhu Rongji

Governors

 * Governor of Anhui Province – Hui Liangyu
 * Governor of Fujian Province – Chen Mingyi then He Guoqiang
 * Governor of Gansu Province – Zhang Wule then Sun Ying
 * Governor of Guangdong Province – Zhu Senlin then Lu Ruihua
 * Governor of Guizhou Province – Chen Shineng then Wu Yixia
 * Governor of Hainan Province – Ruan Chongwu
 * Governor of Hebei Province – Ye Liansong
 * Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Tian Fengshan
 * Governor of Henan Province – Ma Zhongchen
 * Governor of Hubei Province – Jiang Zhuping
 * Governor of Hunan Province – Yang Zhengwu
 * Governor of Jiangsu Province – Zheng Silin
 * Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shu Shengyou
 * Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Yunkun
 * Governor of Liaoning Province – Wen Shizhen
 * Governor of Qinghai Province – Tian Chengping
 * Governor of Shaanxi Province – Cheng Andong
 * Governor of Shandong Province – Li Chunting
 * Governor of Shanxi Province – Sun Wensheng
 * Governor of Sichuan Province – Xiao Yang then Song Baorui
 * Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating
 * Governor of Zhejiang Province – Wan Xueyuan

January

 * January 27 – Miss Chinese International Pageant 1996 was held.

February

 * February 14 –
 * Intelsat 708 was destroyed (day in China at the time).
 * Long March 3B launched its first flight.
 * February 3 – 1996 Lijiang earthquake hit Lijiang City and left at least 322 killed, 3,925 serious injuries, and 13,000 injuries.

March

 * March 23 –
 * The Republic of China presidential election took place. Lee Teng-hui was elected president and Lien Chan as vice president.
 * The Third Taiwan Strait Crisis ended.

April

 * April 14 to October 27 – Chinese Jia-A League 1996 was held with Dalian Wanda winning the championship.

June

 * June 24 – Hengda Enterprise Company founded by Xu Jiayi, as predecessor of conglomerate, mainly real estate business, Evergrande was founded in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.

July

 * July 19 to August 4 – China competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics with total of 294 athletes.

September

 * September 27 to 29 – The first round of the 1996 FIVB World Grand Prix took place in Shanghai.

Births

 * January 2 – Xiaoyu Yu, figure skater
 * January 3 – Liu Yao Yuan, actor
 * January 7 – Fu Yuanhui, swimmer
 * February 17 – Yan Xi, actor
 * February 25 – Wang Ziqi, actor
 * March 5 – Zhou Yan Chen, actor
 * March 23 – Zhao Wenhao, actor
 * March 31 – Chen Xingxu, actor
 * May 4 – Richard Lin, actor
 * June 10 –
 * Wen Junhui, singer, actor, member of Seventeen
 * Jun, actor
 * June 22 – Zhang Xiaoang, actor
 * June 25 – Cai Yi Jia, actor
 * July 8 – Zhang He Hao Zhen, actor
 * July 24 – Zhang Mo Huai, actor
 * August 27 – Wang Jian, long jumper
 * September 20 – Leo Dong, actor
 * October 4 – Lin Yiming, actor
 * October 19 – Caesar Wu, actor
 * October 29 – Chen Zheyuan, actor
 * December 29 – Marcus Li, actor

External sources

 * China in 1996 :: The Economy -- Encyclopædia Britannica