1991 in China explained

The following lists events in the year 1991 in China.

Incumbents

• General Secretary of the Communist Party

Jiang Zemin

• President

Yang Shangkun

• Premier

Li Peng

• Vice President

• Vice Premier

Yao Yilin

Governors

• • • Governor of Anhui Province  - Fu Xishou Governor of Fujian Province  - Jia Qinglin Governor of Gansu Province  - Jia Zhijie
  • Governor of Guangdong Province  - Ye Xuanping then Zhu Senlin Governor of Guizhou Province  - Wang Zhaowen
• Governor of Hainan Province  - Liu Jianfeng
• Governor of Hebei Province  - Cheng Weigao
  • • • Governor of Heilongjiang Province  - Shao Qihui Governor of Henan Province  - Li Changchun Governor of Hubei Province  - Guo Shuyan Governor of Hunan Province  - Chen Bangzhu
        • • • • • • • Governor of Jiangsu Province  - Chen Huanyou Governor of Jiangxi Province  - Wu Guanzheng Governor of Jilin Province  - Wang Zhongyu then Gao Yan Governor of Liaoning Province  - Yue Qifeng Governor of Qinghai Province  - Jin Jipeng then Tian Chengping Governor of Shaanxi Province  - Bai Qingcai Governor of Shandong Province  - Zhao Zhihao Governor of Shanxi Province  - Wang Senhao then Hu Fuguo Governor of Sichuan Province  - Zhang Haoruo Governor of Yunnan Province  - Li Jiating Governor of Zhejiang Province  - Ge Hongsheng (until March), Wan Xueyuan (starting March)

Events

• 1991 Sino-Soviet Border Agreement
• Eastern China flood of 1991
• September 24  - According to Shanxi Province government official confirmed reported, a human stampede occur ongoing to Lantern festival, Yingze Park, Yingze District, Taiyuan, Shanxi, as resulting to 105 persons were crushing to death, 108 persons were hurt.

Culture

• List of Chinese films of 1991

Births

• July 20 – Merxat, actor
• October 7 – Lay Zhang, entertainer (Exo)

Deaths

• January 4 — Sanmao, Taiwanese writer and translator (b. 1943)
• January 27 — Zheng Dongguo, Nationalist general (b. 1903)
• February 18 — Zhang Wenjin, diplomat (b. 1914)
• March 30 — Cheng Zihua, politician and military general (b. 1905)
• April 2 — Cheng Shewo, journalist, publisher and educator (b. 1898)
• April 10 — Wu Yin, film and drama actress (b. 1909)
• April 16 — Qin Benli, journalist, newspaper editor and commentator (b. 1918)
• May 4 — Sun Xiaocun, politician (b. 1906)
• May 14 — Jiang Qing, fourth wife of Mao Zedong and one of the members of the Gang of Four (b. 1914)
• May 18 — Hoàng Văn Hoan, Pro-Chinese Vietnamese Politician (b. 1905)
• July 27 — Xu Shijie, politician (b. 1920)
• July 28 — Wang Ming-Dao, Protestant pastor (b. 1900)
• August 7 — Bai Xiangguo, military officer and general (b. 1918)
• August 12 — Lin Fengmian, painter (b. 1900)
• September 14 — Liu Dagang, chemist (b. 1904)
• September 17 — Song Shilun, general (b. 1907)
• September 23 — Yue-Kong Pao, Hong Kong businessman (b. 1918)
• October 10 — Chen Xuezhao, writer and journalist (b. 1906)
• October 15 — Han Ying-chieh, Hong Kong actor (b. 1927)
• October 16 — Barry Wong, Hong Kong screenwriter, film producer and actor (b. 1946)
• November 19
  • Xian Henghan, lieutenant general (b. 1911)
  • Hu Zi'ang, politician (b. 1897)
• November 28 — Lu Gwei-djen, biochemist and historian (b. 1904)

Sport

• Chinese Jia-A League 1991
• November 16–30 – 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIFA Women's World Cup - China PR 1991. www.fifa.com. December 19, 2014.