2024 in China

Events in the year 2024 in China.

Incumbents

 * General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (paramount leader) – Xi Jinping
 * President – Xi Jinping
 * Premier - Li Qiang
 * Congress chairman – Zhao Leji
 * Consultative Conference chairman – Wang Huning
 * Vice President - Han Zheng
 * Supervision Commission director – Liu Jinguo

January

 * 12 January – 2024 Pingdingshan mining explosion: Ten people are killed and six others are missing after an explosion at a coal mine in Pingdingshan, Henan.
 * 20 January – Yingcai Boarding School fire: Thirteen third grade children are killed and another is injured in a boarding school dormitory fire in Dushu, Henan Province. The school's director is arrested.
 * 22 January – A landslide in Zhaotong, Yunnan, kills 44 people.
 * 23 January – 2024 Uqturpan earthquake: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes Uqturpan County in Xinjiang Province, killing three people, all in Xinjiang, and injuring at least 50 people, the majority of whom are in nearby Kazakhstan. Forty-seven buildings in China collapse, while a further 78 are damaged.
 * 24 January – Thirty-nine people are killed and nine others injured during a fire at a commercial building in Yushui, Jiangxi.

February

 * 10 February – Ju County attack: An alleged mass murder occurs in Ju County, Shandong, resulting in the deaths of at least 21 people.
 * 22 February – 2024 Guangzhou bridge collapse: Five people are killed when a ship rams a bridge in Guangzhou.
 * 24 February – A fire at an apartment block in Nanjing kills 15 people.
 * 28 February – China urges the world's largest nuclear states to negotiate a 'no-first-use' treaty.

March

 * 11 March – Seven miners are killed and 24 others are injured in an explosion inside a coal mine in Anhui.
 * 13 March – Two people are killed and 26 others are injured during an explosion caused by a suspected gas leak at a restaurant in Langfang.
 * 19 March – Founder of Chinese property developer Evergrande Group Hui Ka Yan is fined 47 million yuan (US$6.53 million) and barred from the securities market for life after China Securities Regulatory Commission accused the group for inflating its revenue.
 * 20 March – Linfen highway accident: A bus crashes into a tunnel wall along the Hohhot–Beihai Expressway in Linfen, Shanxi province, killing 14 people and injuring 37.

April

 * 13 April – Twelve people are killed after a tourist boat sinks near Qinhuangdao, Hebei.
 * 22 April – Heavy rain triggers flooding in Guangdong Province, causing around 10 deaths and 110,000 evacuations.
 * 27 April – Five people are killed and 140 buildings are damaged after a tornado strikes Guangzhou.

May

 * 1 May – At least 48 people are killed after a mountainside section of highway in Meizhou, Guangdong Province collapses during heavy rains.
 * 3 May – China launches the Chang'e 6 spacecraft on a two-month mission to collect lunar rock and soil samples from the far side of the Moon.
 * 7 May – Two people are killed and 21 others are injured in a mass stabbing inside a hospital in Zhenxiong, Yunnan Province.
 * 9 May – Nine people are killed and two others are injured in collision between a truck and a passenger van near Qingtongxia, Ningxia.
 * 14 May – United States President Joe Biden passes tariff increases on Chinese imports, including electric vehicle batteries, computer chips, and medical products.
 * 16 May – Russian President Vladimir Putin meets President Xi Jinping in Beijing as part of his two-day visit to China. A joint statement released outlines their countries’ alignment on issues including energy, trade, security, and geopolitics
 * 18 May
 * An investigation is opened into Agriculture minister Tang Renjian for suspected corruption-related violations.
 * The Great Wall Marathon returns after a four-year suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 * 20 May – Two people are killed and ten others are injured in a mass stabbing at a primary school in Guixi, Jiangxi Province.
 * 22 May – The United Nations Security Council votes against a resolution introduced by Russia and China banning member states from placing weapons in outer space.
 * 23 May – One person is killed and three others are injured in a suspected gas explosion inside an apartment in Harbin.
 * 24 May – Black Dog, a Chinese film directed by Guan Hu, wins the Un Certain Regard prize for international films at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
 * 27 May – Four people are killed after an apartment building collapses in Tongling, Anhui.

June

 * 2 June – China's Chang'e 6 lunar exploration mission successfully lands on the far side of the Moon.
 * 3 June – The Ministry of State Security foils an espionage plot involving two government employees accused of working for British intelligence.
 * 4 June – The Chang'e 6 spacecraft lifts off from the surface of the far side of the Moon carrying samples of lunar soil and rocks back to Earth.
 * 10 June – Four American university teachers are injured in a stabbing at a park in Jilin Province.
 * 12 June – Three people are reported missing following a helicopter crash in Shangrao, Jiangxi Province.
 * 15 June – China issues new regulations allowing the China Coast Guard to detain foreigners accused of entering China's territorial waters and adjacent waters illegally.
 * 16–21 June – At least 47 people die after record rains hit parts of Guangdong Province.
 * 18 June:
 * At least nine people are killed and 15 are reported missing in landslides caused by floods in the provinces of Guangdong and Fujian. At least 378 houses are destroyed while 880 hectares of land is inundated.
 * Ecuador's foreign ministry announces the reinstatement of visa requirements for travelers from China, citing an increase in irregular migratory flows from the latter.
 * 21 June – China officially defines Taiwanese separatist behavior as a criminal act.
 * 22 June – Six people are found dead following a landslide in Shanghang County, Fujian.
 * 24 June – Three people, including two Japanese nationals, are injured in a stabbing at a bus stop in Suzhou.
 * 25 June – The Chang'e 6 lunar exploration mission successfully returns to Earth after taking rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon.
 * 27 June – Former defence ministers Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe are expelled from the Chinese Communist Party for "serious violation of party discipline and the law".
 * 30 June – The privately-owned Tianlong-3 space rocket is destroyed after it is launched by accident from its test site near Gongyi, Henan.

July

 * 2 July –
 * Around 240,000 people are displaced by floods in eastern China.
 * The United States Department of Homeland Security deports 116 Chinese migrants back to China to deter illegal migration across the Mexico–United States border, representing the nation's first "large charter flight" deportation in the past five years.
 * 5 July:
 * The European Union imposes tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles ranging up to 37.6%, prompting the Chinese Ministry of Commerce to investigate European pork and brandy imports as potential retaliatory tariffs.
 * Five people are killed and 83 others are injured after tornadoes strike Heze, Shandong.
 * 8 July – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán makes an unannounced "peace mission" to Beijing to meet with Xi Jinping following a similarly unannounced meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia.
 * 10 July – All 32 NATO member states approve an official statement classifying China as a “decisive enabler” of Russia's invasion of Ukraine due to its "no-limits" economic and political partnership with Russia.
 * 11 July – Taiwan reports that 66 Chinese military aircraft operated around Taiwanese airspace in a 24-hour period, marking the highest single-day number in 2024 so far.
 * 14 July – The navies of Russia and China begin joint military drills in Guangdong province four days after China was called a "decisive enabler" of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in a declaration signed by all 32 NATO countries.
 * 15 July – Several Palestinian factions, including Fatah and Hamas, schedule reconciliatory meetings in China in an attempt to end their ongoing political disputes.
 * 16 July – Chinese businessman Guo Wengui is found guilty by a U.S. jury on multiple fraud charges, accused of running a racketeering enterprise from 2018 to 2023 that defrauded thousands of investors out of over $1 billion.
 * 17 July:
 * Sixteen people are killed in a fire at a shopping centre in Zigong, Sichuan.
 * China suspends negotiations between the United States regarding nuclear non-proliferation and arms control, citing American military support for Taiwan.
 * 20 July – At least 12 people are killed and 31 are reported missing after a bridge collapses in Shangluo, Shanxi following flash flooding.

Holidays
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 * 1 January – New Year's Day
 * 10–17 February – Chinese New Year
 * 4–6 April – Tomb-Sweeping Day
 * 1 May – Labor Day
 * 10 June – Dragon Boat Festival
 * 15–17 September – Mid-Autumn Festival
 * 1–7 October – National Day

Art and entertainment

 * List of Chinese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
 * 2024 in Chinese music

Deaths

 * 10 January – Tian Zengpei, 93, diplomat and politician, ambassador to Yugoslavia (1986–1988) and chairperson of the committee of Foreign Affairs (1998–2003).
 * 11 January – Zhang Kehui, 95, politician, vice chairman of the CPPCC (1998–2008).
 * 12 January – Francis F. Lee, 96, Chinese-American inventor, businessman and academic.
 * 24 January – Dai Yi, 97, historian.
 * 29 June – Shi Ping, 112, academic, political, and supercentenarian.