2002 in China

Events in the year 2002 in China.

Incumbents

 * General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party - Jiang Zemin until November 15, Hu Jintao
 * 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 then Wang Jinshan
 * Governor of Fujian Province – Xi Jinping then Lu Zhangong
 * Governor of Gansu Province – Lu Hao
 * Governor of Guangdong Province – Lu Ruihua
 * Governor of Guizhou Province – Shi Xiushi
 * Governor of Hainan Province – Wang Xiaofeng
 * Governor of Hebei Province – Niu Maosheng then Ji Yunshi
 * Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Song Fatang
 * Governor of Henan Province – Li Keqiang
 * Governor of Hubei Province – Luo Qingquan
 * Governor of Hunan Province – Zhang Yunchuan
 * Governor of Jiangsu Province – Ji Yunshi then Liang Baohua
 * Governor of Jiangxi Province – Huang Zhiquan
 * Governor of Jilin Province – Hong Hu
 * Governor of Liaoning Province – Bo Xilai
 * Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhao Leji
 * Governor of Shaanxi Province – Jia Zhibang
 * Governor of Shandong Province – Han Yuqun
 * Governor of Shanxi Province – Yu Youjun
 * Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Zhongwei
 * Governor of Yunnan Province – Xu Rongkai
 * Governor of Zhejiang Province – Chai Songyue (until October), Xi Jinping (starting October)

March

 * March 25 – Shenzhou 3, an unmanned Chinese spacecraft, was launched.

April

 * April 15 – An Air China Boeing 767-200 crashes into a hillside during heavy rain and fog near Pusan, South Korea, killing 128.

June

 * June - Discovery of the Hidden character stone (est.)

July

 * July 19 – Hail kills 25 and injures hundreds in the Chinese province of Henan.

August

 * August 22 – In China, the Dongting Lake floods Yueyang, forcing the evacuation of 600,000 people; the crest of the flooding from the Yangtze River is expected Sunday. Floods and landslides have killed nearly 1000 people in China, 200 in the Hunan province.

November

 * November 8 – President of the People's Republic of China Jiang Zemin announced several key policies at the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing. Although Marxism-Leninism would remain the official ideology of China, entrepreneurs and people in unconventional occupations, who are building "socialism with Chinese characteristics", would have a voice in establishing Communist Party ideology.
 * November 15 – Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party.

December

 * December 29
 * China successfully launches Shenzhou 4, the fourth unmanned launch of the Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft.
 * China State Grid, a largest utility brand of world, was established.

Date unknown

 * Ynhanfu organization is founded in Kunming, Yunnan Province.

Births

 * November 6 - Giulio Taccon, musician and actor