2000 in China explained

The following lists events that happened during 2000 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 then Xu Zhonglin
  • • • • • Governor of Fujian Province — 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 then Song Fatang 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 — Zhao Leji Governor of Shaanxi Province — Cheng Andong Governor of Shandong Province — Li Chunting
    • Governor of Shanxi Province — Liu Zhenhua Governor of Sichuan Province — Zhang Zhongwei Governor of Yunnan Province — Li Jiating (until June), Xu Rongkai (starting June)
• Governor of Zhejiang Province — Chai Songyue

Events

January

• January 14 — 2000 Yunnan earthquake: An earthquake measuring 5.9 in magnitude occurred in the Yunnan province in southwest China, killing 7 people and injuring at least 2,528 more. Almost 41,000 homes were levelled by the earthquake.
• January — Baidu, an internet search engine, was founded.^[1]

October

• October 28 — Jiang Zemin berated Hong Kong journalist Sharon Cheung.

December

• December 25 — 2000 Luoyang Christmas fire: A shopping center fire at Luoyang, Henan, China kills 309.

Births

• March 12 — Sabrina Man, born in Hong Kong, is a Chinese-Filipina-Canadian actress, television host and commercial model.
• July 25 — Zhang Hao, singer.
• November 4 - Sun Yingsha, table tennis player.^[2]

Deaths

• January 5 — Xie Bingying, soldier and writer (b. 1906)
• January 8 — Ray Huang, historian and philosopher (b. 1918)
• January 21 — Ho Ying-chie, Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist (b. 1911)
• January 22 — Dai Suli, politician (b. 1919)
• February 2 — Li Zhun, novelist (b. 1928)
• February 10 — Ji Pengfei, 3rd Minister of Foreign Affairs of China (b. 1910)
• February 16
  • Wang Zigan, Shanghai-style paper-cutter (b. 1920)
  • Fung Fung, Hong Kong actor (b. 1916)
• March 4
  • Wu Ta-You, physicist (b. 1907)
  • Xie Xide, physicist (b. 1921)
• March 18 — Pei Lisheng, 2nd and 4th Governor of Shanxi (b. 1906)
• March 19 — Li Huanzhi, classical composer (b. 1919)
• March 21 — Bai Shouyi, ethnologist, historian, social activist and writer (b. 1909)
• April 10 — Angela Yu Chien, Hong Kong actress (b. 1942)
• April 16 — Ann Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress (b. 1959)
• April 29 — Chen Fangyun, electrical engineer (b. 1916)
• May 9 — Zheng Weishan, lieutenant general and politician (b. 1915)
• May 21 — Zhao Puchu, religious and public leader (b. 1907)
• June 3 — Ann Tse-kai, Hong Kong industrialist, legislator and sinologist (b. 1912)
• June 12 — Yun Bulong, 7th Chairman of the Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (b. 1937)
• June 16 — Jiang Weiqing, 4th Secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1910)
• June 23 — Geng Biao, 5th Minister of National Defense of China (b. 1909)
• July 17 — Zhao Lirong, singer and film actress (b. 1928)
• July 23 — Kao Pao-shu, actress, producer, writer and film director (b. 1932)
• August 28 — Liao Zhigao, politician (b. 1913)
• September 14 — Cheng Kejie, 8th Chairman of the Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (b. 1933)
• September 18 — Chen Yuefang, basketball player (b. 1963)
• October 16 — Lu Xiaopeng, aircraft designer (b. 1920)
• November 5 — Hu Sheng, Marxist theorist and historian (b. 1918)
• November 11 — Wei Qiming, Chinese actor (b. 1926)
• November 27 — Lin Yaohua, sociologist and anthropologist (b. 1910)

See also

• 2000 in Chinese film
• Hong Kong League Cup 2000–01

Notes and References

1. Book: Viebig . Jan . Poddig . Thorsten . Varmaz . Armin . Equity Valuation: Models from Leading Investment Banks . 30 April 2008 . John Wiley & Sons . 978-0-470-75880-9 . 57 . en.
2. Web site: Table Tennis: SUN Yingsha . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . July 30, 2021 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210730140045/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/table-tennis/athlete-profile-n1322049-sun-yingsha.htm . July 30, 2021.