1999 in China

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Events in the year 1999 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 – Wang Taihua
• Governor of Fujian Province – He Guoqiang then Xi Jinping
• Governor of Gansu Province – Song Zhaosu
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Lu Ruihua
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Qian Yunlu
• Governor of Hainan Province – Wang Xiaofeng
• Governor of Hebei Province – Yue Qifeng
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Tian Fengshan
• Governor of Henan Province – Li Keqiang
• Governor of Hubei Province – Jiang Zhuping
• Governor of Hunan Province – Chu Bo
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Ji Yunshi
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shu Shengyou
• Governor of Jilin Province – Hong Hu
• Governor of Liaoning Province – Zhang Guoguang
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Bai Enpei then Zhao Leji
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Cheng Andong
• Governor of Shandong Province – Li Chunting
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Sun Wensheng then Liu Zhenhua
• Governor of Sichuan Province – Song Baorui then Zhang Zhongwei
• Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Chai Songyue

Events

January

• January 4 – A pedestrian bridge in Qijiang, Chongqing collapsed and caused 40 people to die and 14 to be injured.^[1]

February

• February 24 – China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509 crashed on approach to Wenzhou Airport, killing 61 people.

April

• April 4 – Alibaba Group founded in Hangzhou
  • Key people: Jack Ma, Joseph Tsai
• April 15 – Korean Air Cargo Flight 6316 crashed in Xinzhuang, Shanghai after takeoff from Hongqiao Airport due to pilot's confusion between two units of measurement (feet and metres).

May

• May 8 – U.S. bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade led to a series of anti-American protests in China.
  • Hu Jintao delivered a national televised speech

July

• July 22 – The Ministry of Civil Affairs declared Falun Gong as an illegal organization.^[2]

October

• October 1 – 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic Parade and Speech by paramount leader Jiang Zemin.^[3]

November

• November 19 – Shenzhou 1 spacecraft launched.

December

• December 5 – Shenyang Haishi won Chongqing Longxin by 2-1 in the Chinese Jia-A League, which later led to a match-fixing controversy.
• December 19 and 20 – China assumed formal sovereignty over Macau from Portugal.

Full date unknown

• GRG Banking is founded in Guangzhou.^[4]

Births

• February 10 – Tiffany Espensen, actress
• June 2 – Wei Yi, chess prodigy
• September 9 – Uudam, singer

See also

• List of Chinese films of 1999

References