1999 in China explained

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

Deaths

• January 18 — Yuyan, calligrapher (b. 1918)
• February 3 — Yu Qiuli, army officer and politician (b. 1914)
• February 11 — Xiao Qian, essayist, editor, journalist and translator (b. 1910)
• February 28 — Bing Xin, writer (b. 1900)
• March 2 — Wang Heshou, Second Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (b. 1909)
• March 3 — Ling Zifeng, film director (b. 1917)
• March 21 — Willy Kan, Hong Kong apprentice jockey (b. 1978)
• April 15 — Roy Chiao, Hong Kong actor (b. 1927)
• April 18 — Ye Fei, Philippine-born Chinese military general and politician (b. 1914)
• April 21 — Su Xuelin, writer and scholar (b. 1897)
• April 27 — He Luting, composer (b. 1903)
• April 29 — Yao Xueyin, novelist (b. 1910)
• May 7 — Chen Yanyan, actress and film producer (b. 1916)
• May 8 — The three reporters who died during the United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade
  • Shao Yunhuan (b. 1951)
  • Xu Xinghu (b. 1968)
  • Zhu Ying (b. 1971)
• June 10 — Chen Xilian, military officer and politician (b. 1915)
• August 15 — Liu Liankun, major general (b. 1933)
• August 16 — Regina Kent, Hong Kong actress (b. 1967)
• August 27 — Bai Guang, actress and singer (b. 1921)
• September 25 — Ding Sheng, general and politician (b. 1913)
• October 1 — Kuei Chih-Hung, filmmaker (b. 1937)
• October 19 — Zeng Liansong, designer of the national flag of the People's Republic of China (b. 1917)
• October 27 — Xie Fei, 12th Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1932)
• November 9 — Huang Huoqing, politician (b. 1901)
• December 24 — Jiang Hua, 5th President of the Supreme People's Court of China (b. 1907)

See also

• List of Chinese films of 1999

Notes and References

1. News: January 4, 1999: 40 people died in a total collapse of the walking rainbow bridge in Qijiang, Chongqing.. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213527/http://www.people.com.cn/GB/historic/0104/5563.html. dead. 2003-08-01. 2016-03-03. People's Daily.
2. News: Notice of the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China (July 22, 1999). https://web.archive.org/web/20020416184308/http://www.people.com.cn/GB/channel1/10/20000706/132280.html. dead. 2000-07-06. 2002-04-16. People's Daily.
3. Miles, James (1 October 1999) "Analysis: Jiang's day of glory"BBC News
4. Web site: Dernières solutions agréées - Site officiel des Cartes Bancaires CB . Cartes-bancaires.com . 2014-04-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140514003027/http://www.cartes-bancaires.com/spip.php?rubrique77 . 2014-05-14 . dead .