1988 in China explained

The following lists events in the year 1988 in China.

Incumbents

• General Secretary of the Communist Party

Zhao Ziyang

• President

Li Xiannian, Yang Shangkun

• Premier

Zhao Ziyang, Li Peng

• Vice President

Ulanhu (until April 8), Wang Zhen (starting April 8)

• Vice Premier

Wan Li (until 25 March), Yao Yilin (starting 25 March)

Governors

• • • Governor of Anhui Province  - Lu Rongjing Governor of Fujian Province  - Wang Zhaoguo Governor of Gansu Province  - Jia Zhijie
  • Governor of Guangdong Province  - Ye Xuanping Governor of Guizhou Province  - Wang Zhaowen
• Governor of Hainan Province  - Liang Xiang then Liu Jianfeng
  • • • • • • • • • • Governor of Hebei Province  - Xie Feng then Yue Qifeng Governor of Heilongjiang Province  - Hou Jie Governor of Henan Province  - Cheng Weigao Governor of Hubei Province  - Guo Zhenqian Governor of Hunan Province  - Xiong Qingquan Governor of Jiangsu Province  - Gu Xiulian Governor of Jiangxi Province  - Wu Guanzheng Governor of Jilin Province  - He Zhukang Governor of Liaoning Province  - Li Changchun Governor of Qinghai Province  - Song Ruixiang Governor of Shaanxi Province  - Hou Zongbin
    • Governor of Shandong Province  - Jiang Chunyun Governor of Shanxi Province  - Wang Senhao Governor of Sichuan Province  - Jiang Minkuan (until January), Zhang Haoruo (starting February)
  • Governor of Yunnan Province  - Li Jiating Governor of Zhejiang Province  - Xue Ju (until January), Shen Zulun (starting February)

Events

• 7th National People's Congress
• 18 January – China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146
• 24 January  - According to Chinese government official confirmed report, a Kunming to Shanghai passenger train crush, and 13 cars derailment in Qujing, Yunnan Province, total kills 80 person and injures 65 person.
• 14 March – Johnson South Reef Skirmish
• 17 September  - China National Petroleum Corporation was established, as changing from Petroleum and chemical industrial section of PRC. (People's Republic of China)
• December–January 1989 – Nanjing anti-African protests
• unknown date
  • Ping An Insurance founded.
  • Xigang Real Estate Development, as predecessor of Wanda Group founded in Dalian, Liaoning Province.
  • Skyworth was founded in Shenzhen.

Culture

• List of Chinese films of 1988

Sport

• China at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
• China at the 1988 Summer Olympics won a total of 28 medals^[1]
• China at the 1988 Winter Olympics won no medals^[1]

Births

• January 21 – Xiao Yiming
• February 3 – Qian Jialing
• February 21 – Fan Jiachen
• March 14 – Ma Sichun, Chinese actress^[2]
• June 23 – Fu Yanlong
• November 25 – Rong Jing

Deaths

• January 7 — Liao Mengxing, political activist (b. 1904)
• January 13 — Chiang Ching-kuo, Nationalist politician and President of the Republic of China (b. 1910)
• January 25 — Chen Shixiang, entomologist (b. 1905)
• February 16 — Ye Shengtao, writer, journalist, educator, publisher and politician (b. 1894)
• February 22 — Pao Ming Pu, mathematician (b. 1910)
• February 25 — Louis Zhang Jiashu, Jesuit priest (b. 1893)
• May 1 — Yan Wenliang, painter and educator (b. 1893)
• May 10 — Shen Congwen, writer (b. 1902)
• May 14 — Zhuang Xiquan, politician (b. 1888)
• June 22 — Xiao Jun, author and intellectual (b. 1907)
• June 23 — Liang Shuming, philosopher (b. 1893)
• July 13 — Ji Dengkui, Former Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1923)
• July 26 — Lai Shiu Wing, footballer (b. 1917)
• July 31 — Li Fenglou, footballer and coach (b. 1912)
• August 8 — Liu Liangmo, musician and Chinese Christian leader (b. 1909)
• August 15 — Han Deqin, Nationalist general (b. 1892)
• August 30 — Yan Kelun, politician (b. 1913)
• September 3 — Miao Yuntai, politician (b. 1894)
• October 3 — Ma Haide, American doctor who practiced medicine in China (b. 1910)
• October 14 — Qian Changzhao, politician (b. 1899)
• November 6 — Tan Zheng, general (b. 1906)
• December 8 — Ulanhu, 3rd Vice President of China (b. 1906)
• December 22 — Wang Bingnan, diplomat (b. 1908)
• December 26 — Tao Zhiyue, military officer and politician (b. 1892)

Notes and References

1. Web site: China. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043601/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CHN/. dead. April 17, 2020. www.sports-reference.com. December 19, 2014.
2. News: http://ent.163.com/16/1127/17/C6T7PRGI000380BQ.html . zh:马思纯妈妈是谁？蒋雯丽亲姐兼经纪人 . Netease . November 27, 2016 . zh.