2004 in China

Events in the year 2004 in China.

Incumbents

 * General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party – Hu Jintao
 * President – Hu Jintao
 * Premier – Wen Jiabao
 * Vice President – Zeng Qinghong
 * Vice Premier – Huang Ju
 * National People's Congress Chairman – Wu Bangguo
 * Conference Chairman – Jia Qinglin

Governors

 * Governor of Anhui Province – Wang Jinshan
 * Governor of Fujian Province – Lu Zhangong then Huang Xiaojing
 * Governor of Guangdong Province – Lu Hao
 * Governor of Guizhou Province – Huang Huahua
 * Governor of Hainan Province – Shi Xiushi
 * Governor of Hebei Province – Wei Liucheng
 * Governor of Henan Province – Ji Yunshi
 * Governor of Hunan Province – Zhou Bohua
 * Governor of Jiangsu Province – Li Chengyu
 * Governor of Jiangxi Province – Huang Zhiquan
 * Governor of Jilin Province – Hong Hu then Wang Min
 * Governor of Liaoning Province – Bo Xilai (until February), Zhang Wenyue (starting February)
 * Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhao Leji then Yang Chuantang
 * Governor of Shaanxi Province – Jia Zhibang (until October), Chen Deming (starting October)
 * Governor of Shandong Province – Han Yuqun
 * Governor of Shanxi Province – Liu Zhenhua (until January), Zhang Baoshun (starting January)
 * Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Zhongwei
 * Governor of Yunnan Province: Xu Rongkai
 * Governor of Zhejiang Province – Lü Zushan

February

 * February 15 – Two fires sweep through China, one in a shopping center and the other in a temple, killing at least 90 and injuring 71.

April

 * April 13 – Shanghai modifies its interpretation of the People's Republic of China's One Child Policy, allowing all divorced residents who remarry to have a second child without penalty.

September

 * September 19 - Hu Jintao becomes Chairman of the Central Military Commission.

October

 * October 21 – In Xinmi, China, a gas explosion in a coal mine kills 62 people; 86 are still missing.

November

 * November 1 – Martial law is imposed in parts of China's Henan province after fighting between Hui Chinese and Han Chinese ethnic groups kills between 7 and 148 people.
 * November 26 – A man kills eight and injures four people with a knife at a Chinese high school in Ruzhou, Henan.
 * November 28 – A coal mine explosion in China kills over 150.

December

 * December 3 – The People's Republic of China launches a new long-range nuclear submarine and an accompanying class of ballistic missiles, with a range in excess of 7,400 km, developed by the People's Liberation Army.

Deaths

 * February 14 – Yang Chengwu, Chinese military strategist
 * March 23 – Chen Zhongwei, Chinese physician. One of the pioneers of the process of reattaching severed limbs.