2000 in China

The following lists events that happened during 2000 in China.

Incumbents

 * Party General Secretary – Jiang Zemin
 * President – Jiang Zemin
 * Premier – Zhu Rongji
 * Vice President – Hu Jintao
 * Vice Premier – Li Lanqing
 * Congress Chairman – Li Peng
 * Conference Chairman – Li Ruihuan

Governors

 * Governor of Anhui Province – Wang Taihua then Xu Zhonglin
 * Governor of Fujian Province – Xi Jinping
 * Governor of Gansu Province – Song Zhaosu
 * Governor of Guangdong Province – Lu Ruihua
 * Governor of Guizhou Province – Qian Yunlu
 * Governor of Hainan Province – Wang Xiaofeng
 * Governor of Hebei Province – Yue Qifeng
 * Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Tian Fengshan then Song Fatang
 * Governor of Henan Province – Li Keqiang
 * Governor of Hubei Province – Jiang Zhuping
 * Governor of Hunan Province – Chu Bo
 * Governor of Jiangsu Province – Ji Yunshi
 * Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shu Shengyou
 * Governor of Jilin Province – Hong Hu
 * Governor of Liaoning Province – Zhang Guoguang
 * Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhao Leji
 * Governor of Shaanxi Province – Cheng Andong
 * Governor of Shandong Province – Li Chunting
 * Governor of Shanxi Province – Liu Zhenhua
 * Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Zhongwei
 * Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating (until June), Xu Rongkai (starting June)
 * Governor of Zhejiang Province – Chai Songyue

January

 * January 14 – 2000 Yunnan earthquake: An earthquake measuring 5.9 in magnitude occurred in the Yunnan province in southwest China, killing 7 people and injuring at least 2,528 more. Almost 41,000 homes were levelled by the earthquake.
 * January – Baidu, an internet search engine, was founded.

October

 * October 28 - Jiang Zemin berated Hong Kong journalist Sharon Cheung.

December

 * December 25 – 2000 Luoyang Christmas fire: A shopping center fire at Luoyang, Henan, China kills 309.

Births

 * March 12 - Sabrina Man, born in Hong Kong, is a Chinese-Filipina-Canadian actress, television host and commercial model.
 * July 25 - Zhang Hao, singer.
 * November 4 - Sun Yingsha, table tennis player.

Deaths

 * January 8 – Ray Huang, a Chinese historian and philosopher (born 1918)
 * 10 February – Ji Pengfei, former Chinese Foreign Minister
 * May 22 – Zhao Puchu, Chinese Buddhist leader and social activists (born 1907)
 * June 23 – Geng Biao, Chinese revolutionary, military strategist and diplomat (born 1909)
 * 11 November – Wei Qiming, Chinese actor (born 1926)