2001 in China

Events in the year 2001 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 – Xu Zhonglin
 * Governor of Fujian Province – Xi Jinping
 * Governor of Gansu Province – Song Zhaosu then Lu Hao
 * Governor of Guangdong Province – Lu Ruihua
 * Governor of Guizhou Province – Qian Yunlu then Shi Xiushi
 * Governor of Hainan Province – Wang Xiaofeng
 * Governor of Hebei Province – Niu Maosheng
 * Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Song Fatang
 * Governor of Henan Province – Li Keqiang
 * Governor of Hubei Province – Jiang Zhuping then Zhang Guoguang
 * Governor of Hunan Province – Chu Bo then Zhang Yunchuan
 * Governor of Jiangsu Province – Ji Yunshi
 * Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shu Shengyou then Huang Zhiquan
 * Governor of Jilin Province – Hong Hu
 * Governor of Liaoning Province – Zhang Guoguang then Bo Xilai
 * Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhao Leji
 * Governor of Shaanxi Province – Cheng Andong
 * Governor of Shandong Province – Zhang Gaoli then Han Yuqun
 * 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 9 – Shenzhou 2, an unmanned Chinese spacecraft, was launched.

March

 * March 16 – Shijiazhuang bombings

April

 * April 1 – Hainan Island incident: a mid-air collision between an EP-3E United States Navy spyplane and a People's Liberation Army Navy People's Liberation Army J-8II interceptor fighter jet 70 miles (110 km) away from the PRC-controlled island of Hainan. The collision caused the death of a PRC pilot, while the EP-3 was forced to make an unauthorized emergency landing at Lingshui airfield. The incident results in an international dispute between the United States and the People's Republic of China.
 * April 11 – Hainan Island incident: The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, People's Republic of China, after a collision with an F-8 fighter, is released.

July

 * July 13 – The International Olympic Committee awards the 2008 Summer Olympics to Beijing, People's Republic of China
 * July 16 – The People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation sign the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation.

December

 * December 13 - SM City Xiamen, the first SM Mall in the Chinese mainland was opened.
 * December 27 – The People's Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade status with the United States.

Full date unknown

 * Xiao-i (Shanghai Xiaoi Robot Technology Co. Ltd), an artificial intelligence company is founded.

Births

 * February 21 - Yang Peiyi, singer
 * March 12 – Shi Cong, gymnast
 * November 22 – Zhong Chenle, singer