2013 in China explained

Events in the year 2013 in China.

Incumbents

• General Secretary of the Communist Party – Xi Jinping
• President
  • Hu Jintao (until March 14)
  • Xi Jinping (from March 14)
• Vice President
  • Xi Jinping (until March 14)
  • Li Yuanchao (from March 14)
• Premier
  • Wen Jiabao (until March 15)
  • Li Keqiang (from March 15)
• Congress chairman
  • Wu Bangguo (until March 14)
  • Zhang Dejiang (from March 14)
• Consultative Conference chairman
  • Jia Qinglin (until March 11)
  • Yu Zhengsheng (from March 11)

Governors

• Governor of Anhui Province  - Li Bin (until March), Wang Xuejun (starting March)
  • • • • • Governor of Fujian Province  - Su Shulin Governor of Gansu Province  - Liu Weiping Governor of Guangdong Province  - Zhu Xiaodan Governor of Guizhou Province  - Chen Min'er Governor of Hainan Province  - Jiang Dingzhi Governor of Hebei Province  - Zhang Qingwei
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province:  - Wang Xiankui (until March), Lu Hao (starting March)
• Governor of Henan Province  - Guo Gengmao (until March), Xie Fuzhan (starting March)
  • Governor of Hubei Province  - Wang Guosheng Governor of Hunan Province  - Xu Shousheng (until 5 April), Du Jiahao (starting 5 April)
    • • • Governor of Jiangsu Province  - Li Xueyong Governor of Jiangxi Province  - Lu Xinshe Governor of Jilin Province  - Bayanqolu Governor of Liaoning Province  - Chen Zhenggao Governor of Qinghai Province  - Luo Huining (until March), Hao Peng (starting March)
  • Governor of Shaanxi Province  - Lou Qinjian Governor of Shandong Province  - Jiang Daming (until March), Guo Shuqing (starting March)
  • Governor of Shanxi Province  - Li Xiaopeng Governor of Sichuan Province  - Jiang Jufeng (until January), Wei Hong (starting January)
  • Governor of Yunnan Province  - Li Jiheng Governor of Zhejiang Province  - Li Qiang

Events

January

• January 3 - 2013 Southern Weekly incident

April

• April 15 - 2013 Daulat Beg Oldi Incident
• April 20 - 2013 Lushan earthquake
• April 24 - April 2013 Bachu unrest

May

• May 24 - Ding Jinhao engraving scandal

June

• June 7 - Xiamen bus fire
• June 16–21 - 5th Straits Forum
• June 22 - 2013 Shanghai shooting
• June 26 - June 2013 Shanshan riots

July

• Early July - 2013 Southwest China floods
• July 19 – The court case for the Mutiny on Lurongyu 2682 was decided. The 11 sailors returned were convicted with murder, leading to the deaths of 22 in the South Pacific.
• July 20 - 2013 Beijing Capital International Airport bombing

October

• October 21 - 2013 Harbin smog starts to spread.

Deaths

• January 28 - Xu Liangying, physicist, translator, historian and philosopher (b. 1920)
• June 2 - Chen Xitong, politician, former member of the Political Bureau (b. 1930)
• June 4 - Luo Meizhen, supercentenarian (b. 1885)

See also

• List of Chinese films of 2013