1998 in China
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The following lists events in the year 1998 in China.
Incumbents[edit]
- Party General Secretary: Jiang Zemin
- President: Jiang Zemin
- Premier: Li Peng (until 17 March), Zhu Rongji (starting 17 March)
- Vice President: Rong Yiren (until March 12), Hu Jintao (starting March 15)
- Vice Premier: Zhu Rongji (until March 17) Li Lanqing (starting March 17)
Governors[edit]
- Governor of Anhui Province – Hui Liangyu then Wang Taihua
- Governor of Fujian Province – He Guoqiang
- Governor of Gansu Province – Sun Ying then Song Zhaosu
- Governor of Guangdong Province – Lu Ruihua
- Governor of Guizhou Province – Wu Yixia then Qian Yunlu
- Governor of Hainan Province – Ruan Chongwu then Wang Xiaofeng
- Governor of Hebei Province – Ye Liansong then Yue Qifeng
- Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Tian Fengshan
- Governor of Henan Province – Ma Zhongchen then Li Keqiang
- Governor of Hubei Province – Jiang Zhuping
- Governor of Hunan Province – Yang Zhengwu then Chu Bo
- Governor of Jiangsu Province – Zheng Silin then Ji Yunshi
- Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shu Shengyou
- Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Yunkun then Hong Hu
- Governor of Liaoning Province – Wen Shizhen (until January), Zhang Guoguang (starting January)
- Governor of Qinghai Province – Bai Enpei
- Governor of Shaanxi Province – Cheng Andong
- Governor of Shandong Province – Li Chunting
- Governor of Shanxi Province – Sun Wensheng
- Governor of Sichuan Province – Song Baorui
- Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating
- Governor of Zhejiang Province – Chai Songyue
Events[edit]
- 9th National People's Congress
- Launch of the Three Stresses campaign
- June–September – 1998 Yangtze River floods
- June 23 – Chenggu axe massacre
- November 11 – Tencent founded.[page needed]
- November 19 – 1998 Ninglang earthquake
Births[edit]
- January 10 - Xu Shilin, tennis player
- March 1 – Chen Yufeng, badminton player[citation needed]
- December 16 - Zhou Jieqiong, singer and actress, member of I.O.I and Pristin
- December 27 - He Jie, athlete
Culture[edit]
Sport[edit]
- January 18–24 – 1998 Four Nations Tournament (women's football), in Guangzhou
- March 15–21 – 1998 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship, in Harbin
- Chinese Jia-A League season: Chinese Jia-A League 1998
- China at the 1998 Asian Games
- China at the 1998 Winter Olympics won a total of 8 medals[1]
References[edit]
- ^ "1998 Nagano Winter Games". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
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