2011 in China explained

Events in the year 2011 in China.

Incumbents

• Party General Secretary - Hu Jintao
• President – Hu Jintao
• Premier – Wen Jiabao
• Vice President – Xi Jinping
• Vice Premier – Li Keqiang
• Congress Chairman - Wu Bangguo
• Conference Chairman - Jia Qinglin

Governors

• Governor of Anhui Province  - Wang Sanyun (until December), Li Bin (starting December)
• Governor of Fujian Province  - Huang Xiaojing (until April), Su Shulin (starting April)
  • Governor of Gansu Province  - Liu Weiping Governor of Guangdong Province  - Zhu Xiaodan (until 5 November), Huang Huahua (starting 5 November)
• Governor of Guizhou Province  - Zhao Kezhi (until December), Chen Min'er (starting December)
• Governor of Hainan Province  - Luo Baoming (until August), Jiang Dingzhi (starting August)
• Governor of Hebei Province  - Chen Quanguo (until 27 August)
  • • • • • Governor of Heilongjiang Province  - Wang Xiankui Governor of Henan Province  - Guo Gengmao Governor of Hubei Province  - Wang Guosheng Governor of Hunan Province  - Xu Shousheng Governor of Jiangsu Province  - Li Xueyong Governor of Jiangxi Province  - Wu Xinxiong (until June), Lu Xinshe (starting June)
• Governor of Jilin Province  - Wang Rulin (until December), Bayanqolu (starting December)
  • • • Governor of Liaoning Province  - Chen Zhenggao Governor of Qinghai Province  - Luo Huining Governor of Shaanxi Province  - Zhao Zhengyong Governor of Shandong Province  - Jiang Daming
• Governor of Shanxi Province  - Wang Jun (until December), Li Xiaopeng (starting December)
  • Governor of Sichuan Province  - Jiang Jufeng Governor of Yunnan Province  - Qin Guangrong (until August), Li Jiheng (starting August)
• Governor of Zhejiang Province  - Lü Zushan (until August), Xia Baolong (starting August)

Events

January

• January 6 – Jiaxing Xiuzhou District case of fish kill.
• January 11 – China successfully tests the Chengdu J-20 Black Eagle, one of its fifth generation stealth, twin-engine fighter aircraft programs.^{[1] [2]}
• January 23 – CCTV Chengdu J-10 footage controversy

February

• February 1 – The Chinese government begins efforts to combat an ongoing drought.^[3]
• February 20 – 2011 Chinese pro-democracy protests
• February 28 – 2011 crackdown on dissidents in the People's Republic of China (est.)

March

• March 2 – 2011 Gyeongryeolbi island fishing incident
• March 10 – 2011 Yunnan earthquake: At least 24 people are killed and 207 injured following a 5.4 magnitude earthquake in Yingjiang County of the Yunnan province near the Burma border.^{[4] [5] [6]}
• March 16 – Phuntsog self-immolation incident
• March 29 – 2011 Yunnan protest

April

• April 5 – The Ministry of Health dismissed media coverages about Yinzibing (HIV-negative AIDS).^[7]
• April 13 – 2011 Shanghai riot
• April 14 – 2011 BRICS summit
• April 20 – 2011 Shanghai Truckers Strike
• April 22 – Wang Jia-zheng (汪家正) self-immolation incident^[8]
• April 28 – Xi'an China International Horticultural Exposition 2011

May

• May 10 – 2011 Xilinhot incident
• May 13 – Yang Xianwen (杨显文) Tianzhu bank bombing case^[9]
• May 20 – 2011 Chengdu Foxconn explosion incident
• May 26 – 2011 Fuzhou, Jiangxi bombings
• May – My Heart Sings Loud television variety show is launched by Dragon TV.^[10]

June

• June 1 – Painting Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains reunify the two halves of the painting held by Republic of China and the People's Republic of China^[11]
• June 6 – 2011 Chaozhou riot
• June 7 – Wang Meng assault incident
• June 10 –
  • Tianjin bombing^[12]
  • 2011 Zengcheng riot
• June 11 – 2011 China floods (est.)
• June 11 – 17 – 3rd Straits Forum
• June 16 – Mutiny on Lurongyu 2682, a fishing trawler in the South Pacific. After a month-long killings from this day, 11 of the 33 crew returned to China.
• June 26 – National Red Games, celebration of 90th anniversary of founding of Communist party

July

• July 1 – Jiang Zemin disappearance and death rumor
• July 5 – Disclosure of China National Offshore Oil Corporation 2011 Bohai bay oil spill
• July 11 – 2011 Huizhou refinery explosion incident
• July 18 – 2011 Hotan attack
• July 23 – 2011 Wenzhou train collision
• July 24 – Canada extradites Lai Changxing to China
• July 30–31 – 2011 Kashgar attacks

August

• August 1 – Nepal rejects China-UN backed Lumbini project
• August 4 – 2011 Nanchang mass suicide protest
• August 11 – 2011 Qianxi riot
• August 14 – Dalian PX protest
• August 12 – 2011 Summer Universiade
• August 26 – 2011 Jiangmen dog ban
• August 30 - Yunnan Nanpan River chromium toxic spill (est.)^[13]

September

• September 1 – First China-Eurasia Expo
• September 16 – Line 2, The first line of the Xian Subway was completed.
• September 23 – 2011 Lufeng city riot
• September 26 – Lobsang Kalsang and Lobsang Konchok self-immolation incident^[14]
• September 27 – Shandong Foxconn fire incident
• September 29 – Launch of Tiangong 1

October

• October 5 – 13 Chinese crew members of two ships are murdered in the Mekong River massacre
• October 10 – 100th Anniversary of Xinhai Revolution
• October 13 – Death of Wang Yue and public outcry in the aftermath
• October 19 – Seventh Chen-Chiang summit
• October 21 – 2011 Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident^{[15] [16] [17]}
• October 26 – 2011 Zhili riot
• October 31 – Announcement of Sunway BlueLight, first supercomputer to use domestic processors^{[18] [19]}

November

• November 1 – Launch of Shenzhou 8
• November 12 – 2011 Zhongshan riot
• November 14 – Xi'an gas explosion^[20]
• November 16 – 2011 Gansu school bus crash
• November 20 – North Korean guards cross to Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County after death of Kim Jong-il^[21]
• November 27 – Billionaire real estate tycoon Huang Nubo is rejected to purchase parts of Iceland

December

• December 12 – 2011 Incheon fishing incident
• December 21 - Protests of Wukan end
• December 28 - 2011 Pishan hostage crisis

Deaths

• January 14 – Liu Huaqing, 94, Chinese naval commander (1982–1988).^[22]
• February 13 – Shi Yafeng, 91, Chinese geologist.^[23]
• February 17 – Augustine Hu Daguo, 88, Chinese Roman Catholic underground bishop of Guiyang.^[24]
• February 19 – Yuan Xuefen, 88, Chinese Yue opera actress.^[25]
• August 7 – Li Xing (黎星), 54, Chinese-English journalist^{[26] [27]}

Full date unknown

• Liang Tianzhu, Chinese painter (born 1916)^[28]

Notes and References

1. Web site: China-built stealth fighter takes maiden flight – Shanghai Daily | 上海日报 – English Window to China New . Shanghai Daily . 2011-06-09.
2. News: correspondents in Beijing . China tests new stealth fighter . News.com.au . 2011-01-12 . 2011-06-09.
3. News: China bids to ease drought with $1bn emergency water aid . 14 February 2011 . 11 February 2011 . The Guardian . https://web.archive.org/web/20110214185708/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/feb/11/china-drought-emergency-water-aid . 14 February 2011 . London . Jonathan . Watts . live .
4. Web site: Rescuers search for survivors in quake-hit Yingjiang . https://web.archive.org/web/20110313075320/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/photo/2011-03/10/c_13771460.htm . dead . March 13, 2011 . News.xinhuanet.com . 2011-03-10 . 2011-06-09.
5. Web site: 24 dead, 207 injured in China quake . Straitstimes.com . 2011-03-10 . 2011-06-09.
6. Web site: Agence France-Presse . 25 dead, 250 injured in China quake . Globalnews.ca . 2011-03-10 . 2011-06-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706181959/http://www.globalnews.ca/world/dead%2Binjured%2BChina%2Bquake/4415200/story.html . 6 July 2011 . dead .
7. Web site: China's Health Ministry dismisses "HIV-Negative AIDS" concerns . https://web.archive.org/web/20110410182908/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-04/07/c_13816078.htm . dead . April 10, 2011 . News.xinhuanet.com . 2011-04-07 . 2011-11-20.
8. Web site: 株洲自焚者汪家正死亡 官方证实消息-搜狐新闻 . News.sohu.com . 2010-09-08 . 2011-06-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20110722233829/http://news.sohu.com/20110501/n306715664.shtml. 22 July 2011 . live.
9. Web site: Revenge petrol bombing injures dozens at China bank . Monsters and Critics . 2011-05-13 . 2011-06-09.
10. Web site: Singit . 2022-09-08 . 2011-05-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110508231320/http://singit.smgbb.cn/singit/ . dead .
11. Web site: 中國評論新聞："富春山居圖"台北故宮合璧 馬英九賀電 . Chinareviewnews.com . 2011-06-09.
12. Web site: Revenge blast injures 2 in Tianjin . Chinadaily.com.cn . 2011-06-11 . 2011-11-20.
13. Web site: MACAU DAILY TIMES - Cadmium spill no threat to Macau water safety . www.macaudailytimes.com.mo . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120131215005/http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo/macau/33290-Cadmium-spill-threat-Macau-water-safety.html . 2012-01-31.
14. News: Two Tibetan Monks Set Themselves on Fire in Protest . New York Times . 2011-09-26 . 2011-11-20 . Edward . Wong.
15. News: BBC News – Chinese man in Tiananmen Square self-immolation protest . Bbc.co.uk . November 17, 2011. 2011-11-20.
16. News: China confirms man set himself on fire in Tiananmen Square – World – NZ Herald News . Nzherald.co.nz . 2011-03-17 . 2011-11-20.
17. Web site: Chinese man self-immolates in Tiananmen Square . www.phayul.com . 2011-10-21 . 2011-11-20.
18. Web site: Smith . Rich . China's New Supercomputer Means Business . DailyFinance . 2011-01-12 . 2011-11-20.
19. Web site: China to Build More Supercomputers With Homegrown Chips | PCWorld Business Center . Pcworld.com . 2011-11-09 . 2011-11-20.
20. Web site: Xi'an restaurant blast kills 9|Nation . chinadaily.com.cn . 2011-11-15 . 2011-11-20.
21. News: North Korean border guards flee to China . London . The Daily Telegraph . December 15, 2011.
22. Web site: China's former military leader passes away – People's Daily Online . English.peopledaily.com.cn . 2011-01-14 . 2011-03-07.
23. Web site: 我国著名地理学家施雅风院士逝世 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121107130925/http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2011-02/14/c_121076100.htm . dead . November 7, 2012 . News.xinhuanet.com . 2011-03-07.
24. Web site: Underground bishop of Shiqian dies . ucanews.com . 2011-02-17 . 2011-03-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110223160640/http://www.ucanews.com/2011/02/17/underground-bishop-of-shiqian-dies/ . 2011-02-23 .
25. Web site: Maestro of China's Yueju opera Yuan Xuefen dies at 89 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121107130940/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-02/20/c_13740643.htm . dead . November 7, 2012 . News.xinhuanet.com . 2011-02-20 . 2011-03-07.
26. Web site: Friends, family remember veteran reporter . Usa.chinadaily.com.cn . 2011-11-20.
27. Web site: 黎星同志生平 – 斯人已去 精神永存 中国日报杰出新闻工作者黎星去世- 中国日报 . Chinadaily.com.cn . 2011-08-11 . 2011-11-20.
28. Liang Tianzhu Album of Painting, Tianjin Yangliuqing Fine Arts Press, 1989