2011 in China

Events in the year 2011 in China.

Incumbents

 * Party General Secretary - Hu Jintao
 * President – Hu Jintao
 * Premier – Wen Jiabao
 * Vice President – Xi Jinping
 * Vice Premier – Li Keqiang
 * Congress Chairman - Wu Bangguo
 * Conference Chairman - Jia Qinglin

Governors

 * Governor of Anhui Province – Wang Sanyun (until December), Li Bin (starting December)
 * Governor of Fujian Province – Huang Xiaojing (until April), Su Shulin (starting April)
 * Governor of Gansu Province – Liu Weiping
 * Governor of Guangdong Province – Zhu Xiaodan (until 5 November), Huang Huahua (starting 5 November)
 * Governor of Guizhou Province – Zhao Kezhi (until December), Chen Min'er (starting December)
 * Governor of Hainan Province – Luo Baoming (until August), Jiang Dingzhi (starting August)
 * Governor of Hebei Province – Chen Quanguo (until 27 August)
 * Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Wang Xiankui
 * Governor of Henan Province – Guo Gengmao
 * Governor of Hubei Province – Wang Guosheng
 * Governor of Hunan Province – Xu Shousheng
 * Governor of Jiangsu Province – Li Xueyong
 * Governor of Jiangxi Province – Wu Xinxiong (until June), Lu Xinshe (starting June)
 * Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Rulin (until December), Bayanqolu (starting December)
 * Governor of Liaoning Province – Chen Zhenggao
 * Governor of Qinghai Province – Luo Huining
 * Governor of Shaanxi Province – Zhao Zhengyong
 * Governor of Shandong Province – Jiang Daming
 * Governor of Shanxi Province – Wang Jun (until December), Li Xiaopeng (starting December)
 * Governor of Sichuan Province – Jiang Jufeng
 * Governor of Yunnan Province – Qin Guangrong (until August), Li Jiheng (starting August)
 * Governor of Zhejiang Province – Lü Zushan (until August), Xia Baolong (starting August)

January

 * January 6 – Jiaxing Xiuzhou District case of fish kill.
 * January 11 – China successfully tests the Chengdu J-20 Black Eagle, one of its fifth generation stealth, twin-engine fighter aircraft programs.
 * January 23 – CCTV Chengdu J-10 footage controversy

February

 * February 1 – The Chinese government begins efforts to combat an ongoing drought.
 * February 20 – 2011 Chinese pro-democracy protests
 * February 28 – 2011 crackdown on dissidents in the People's Republic of China (est.)

March

 * March 2 – 2011 Gyeongryeolbi island fishing incident
 * March 10 – 2011 Yunnan earthquake: At least 24 people are killed and 207 injured following a 5.4 magnitude earthquake in Yingjiang County of the Yunnan province near the Burma border.
 * March 16 – Phuntsog self-immolation incident
 * March 29 – 2011 Yunnan protest

April

 * April 5 – The Ministry of Health dismissed media coverages about Yinzibing (HIV-negative AIDS).
 * April 13 – 2011 Shanghai riot
 * April 14 – 2011 BRICS summit
 * April 20 – 2011 Shanghai Truckers Strike
 * April 22 – Wang Jia-zheng (汪家正) self-immolation incident
 * April 28 – Xi'an China International Horticultural Exposition 2011

May

 * May 10 – 2011 Xilinhot incident
 * May 13 – Yang Xianwen (杨显文) Tianzhu bank bombing case
 * May 20 – 2011 Chengdu Foxconn explosion incident
 * May 26 – 2011 Fuzhou, Jiangxi bombings
 * May – My Heart Sings Loud television variety show is launched by Dragon TV.

June

 * June 1 – Painting Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains reunify the two halves of the painting held by Republic of China and the People's Republic of China
 * June 6 – 2011 Chaozhou riot
 * June 7 – Wang Meng assault incident
 * June 10 –
 * Tianjin bombing
 * 2011 Zengcheng riot
 * June 11 – 2011 China floods (est.)
 * June 11 – 17 – 3rd Straits Forum
 * June 16 – Mutiny on Lurongyu 2682, a fishing trawler in the South Pacific. After a month-long killings from this day, 11 of the 33 crew returned to China.
 * June 26 – National Red Games, celebration of 90th anniversary of founding of Communist party

July

 * July 1 – Jiang Zemin disappearance and death rumor
 * July 5 – Disclosure of China National Offshore Oil Corporation 2011 Bohai bay oil spill
 * July 11 – 2011 Huizhou refinery explosion incident
 * July 18 – 2011 Hotan attack
 * July 23 – 2011 Wenzhou train collision
 * July 24 – Canada extradites Lai Changxing to China
 * July 30–31 – 2011 Kashgar attacks

August

 * August 1 – Nepal rejects China-UN backed Lumbini project
 * August 4 – 2011 Nanchang mass suicide protest
 * August 11 – 2011 Qianxi riot
 * August 14 – Dalian PX protest
 * August 12 – 2011 Summer Universiade
 * August 26 – 2011 Jiangmen dog ban
 * August 30 - Yunnan Nanpan River chromium toxic spill (est.)

September

 * September 1 – First China-Eurasia Expo
 * September 16 – Line 2, The first line of the Xian Subway was completed.
 * September 23 – 2011 Lufeng city riot
 * September 26 – Lobsang Kalsang and Lobsang Konchok self-immolation incident
 * September 27 – Shandong Foxconn fire incident
 * September 29 – Launch of Tiangong 1

October

 * October 5 – 13 Chinese crew members of two ships are murdered in the Mekong River massacre
 * October 10 – 100th Anniversary of Xinhai Revolution
 * October 13 – Death of Wang Yue and public outcry in the aftermath
 * October 19 – Seventh Chen-Chiang summit
 * October 21 – 2011 Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident
 * October 26 – 2011 Zhili riot
 * October 31 – Announcement of Sunway BlueLight, first supercomputer to use domestic processors

November

 * November 1 – Launch of Shenzhou 8
 * November 12 – 2011 Zhongshan riot
 * November 14 – Xi'an gas explosion
 * November 16 – 2011 Gansu school bus crash
 * November 20 – North Korean guards cross to Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County after death of Kim Jong-il
 * November 27 – Billionaire real estate tycoon Huang Nubo is rejected to purchase parts of Iceland

December

 * December 12 – 2011 Incheon fishing incident
 * December 21 - Protests of Wukan end
 * December 28 - 2011 Pishan hostage crisis

Deaths

 * January 14 – Liu Huaqing, 94, Chinese naval commander (1982–1988).
 * February 13 – Shi Yafeng, 91, Chinese geologist.
 * February 17 – Augustine Hu Daguo, 88, Chinese Roman Catholic underground bishop of Guiyang.
 * February 19 – Yuan Xuefen, 88, Chinese Yue opera actress.
 * August 7 – Li Xing (黎星), 54, Chinese-English journalist

Full date unknown

 * Liang Tianzhu, Chinese painter (born 1916)