2024 in China explained

Events in the year 2024 in China.

Incumbents

• General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (paramount leader) – Xi Jinping
• President – Xi Jinping
  • Premier - Li Qiang Congress chairman – Zhao Leji
• Consultative Conference chairman – Wang Huning
• Vice President - Han Zheng
• Supervision Commission director – Liu Jinguo

Events

January

• 12 January – 2024 Pingdingshan mining explosion: Ten people are killed and six others are missing after an explosion at a coal mine in Pingdingshan, Henan.^[1]
• 20 January – Yingcai Boarding School fire: Thirteen third grade children are killed and another is injured in a boarding school dormitory fire in Dushu, Henan Province. The school's director is arrested.^[2]
• 22 January – A landslide in Zhaotong, Yunnan, kills 44 people.^[3]
• 23 January – 2024 Uqturpan earthquake: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes Uqturpan County in Xinjiang Province, killing three people, all in Xinjiang, and injuring at least 50 people, the majority of whom are in nearby Kazakhstan. Forty-seven buildings in China collapse, while a further 78 are damaged.^{[4] [5]}
• 24 January – Thirty-nine people are killed and nine others injured during a fire at a commercial building in Yushui, Jiangxi.^[6]

February

• 10 February – Ju County attack: An alleged mass murder occurs in Ju County, Shandong, resulting in the deaths of at least 21 people.^[7]
• 22 February – 2024 Guangzhou bridge collapse: Five people are killed when a ship rams a bridge in Guangzhou.^[8]
• 24 February – A fire at an apartment block in Nanjing kills 15 people.^[9]
• 28 February – China urges the world's largest nuclear states to negotiate a 'no-first-use' treaty.^[10]

March

• 11 March – Seven miners are killed and 24 others are injured in an explosion inside a coal mine in Anhui.^[11]
• 13 March – Two people are killed and 26 others are injured during an explosion caused by a suspected gas leak at a restaurant in Langfang.^[12]
• 19 March – Founder of Chinese property developer Evergrande Group Hui Ka Yan is fined 47 million yuan (US$6.53 million) and barred from the securities market for life after China Securities Regulatory Commission accused the group for inflating its revenue.^[13]
• 20 March – Linfen highway accident: A bus crashes into a tunnel wall along the Hohhot–Beihai Expressway in Linfen, Shanxi province, killing 14 people and injuring 37.^[14]

April

• 13 April – Twelve people are killed after a tourist boat sinks near Qinhuangdao, Hebei.^[15]
• 22 April – Heavy rain triggers flooding in Guangdong Province, causing around 10 deaths and 110,000 evacuations.^[16]
• 27 April – Five people are killed and 140 buildings are damaged after a tornado strikes Guangzhou.^[17]

May

• 1 May – At least 48 people are killed after a mountainside section of highway in Meizhou, Guangdong Province collapses during heavy rains.^[18]
• 3 May – China launches the Chang'e 6 spacecraft on a two-month mission to collect lunar rock and soil samples from the far side of the Moon.^[19]
• 7 May – Two people are killed and 21 others are injured in a mass stabbing inside a hospital in Zhenxiong, Yunnan Province.^[20]
• 9 May – Nine people are killed and two others are injured in collision between a truck and a passenger van near Qingtongxia, Ningxia.^[21]
• 14 May – United States President Joe Biden passes tariff increases on Chinese imports, including electric vehicle batteries, computer chips, and medical products.^[22]
• 16 May – Russian President Vladimir Putin meets President Xi Jinping in Beijing as part of his two-day visit to China. A joint statement released outlines their countries’ alignment on issues including energy, trade, security, and geopolitics ^[23]
• 18 May
  • An investigation is opened into Agriculture minister Tang Renjian for suspected corruption-related violations.^[24]
  • The Great Wall Marathon returns after a four-year suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[25]
• 20 May – Two people are killed and ten others are injured in a mass stabbing at a primary school in Guixi, Jiangxi Province.^[26]
• 22 May – The United Nations Security Council votes against a resolution introduced by Russia and China banning member states from placing weapons in outer space.^[27]
• 23 May – One person is killed and three others are injured in a suspected gas explosion inside an apartment in Harbin.^[28]
• 24 May – Black Dog, a Chinese film directed by Guan Hu, wins the Un Certain Regard prize for international films at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.^[29]
• 27 May – Four people are killed after an apartment building collapses in Tongling, Anhui.^[30]

June

• 2 June – China's Chang'e 6 lunar exploration mission successfully lands on the far side of the Moon.^[31]
• 3 June – The Ministry of State Security foils an espionage plot involving two government employees accused of working for British intelligence.^[32]
• 4 June – The Chang'e 6 spacecraft lifts off from the surface of the far side of the Moon carrying samples of lunar soil and rocks back to Earth.^[33]
• 10 June – Four American university teachers are injured in a stabbing at a park in Jilin Province.^[34]
• 12 June – Three people are reported missing following a helicopter crash in Shangrao, Jiangxi Province.^[35]
• 15 June – China issues new regulations allowing the China Coast Guard to detain foreigners accused of entering China's territorial waters and adjacent waters illegally.^[36]
• 16–21 June – At least 47 people die after record rains hit parts of Guangdong Province.^[37]
• 18 June:
  • At least nine people are killed and 15 are reported missing in landslides caused by floods in the provinces of Guangdong and Fujian. At least 378 houses are destroyed while 880 hectares of land is inundated.^[38]
  • Ecuador's foreign ministry announces the reinstatement of visa requirements for travelers from China, citing an increase in irregular migratory flows from the latter.^[39]
• 21 June – China officially defines Taiwanese separatist behavior as a criminal act.^[40]
• 22 June – Six people are found dead following a landslide in Shanghang County, Fujian.^[41]
• 24 June – Three people, including two Japanese nationals, are injured in a stabbing at a bus stop in Suzhou.^[42]
• 25 June – The Chang'e 6 lunar exploration mission successfully returns to Earth after taking rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon.^[43]
• 27 June – Former defence ministers Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe are expelled from the Chinese Communist Party for "serious violation of party discipline and the law".^[44]
• 30 June – The privately-owned Tianlong-3 space rocket is destroyed after it is launched by accident from its test site near Gongyi, Henan.^[45]

July

• 2 July –
  • Around 240,000 people are displaced by floods in eastern China.^[46]
  • The United States Department of Homeland Security deports 116 Chinese migrants back to China to deter illegal migration across the Mexico–United States border, representing the nation's first "large charter flight" deportation in the past five years.^[47]
• 5 July:
  • The European Union imposes tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles ranging up to 37.6%, prompting the Ministry of Commerce to investigate European pork and brandy imports as potential retaliatory tariffs.^[48]
  • Five people are killed and 83 others are injured after tornadoes strike Heze, Shandong.^[49]
• 8 July – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán makes an unannounced "peace mission" to Beijing to meet with Xi Jinping following a similarly unannounced meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.^[50]
• 10 July – All 32 NATO member states approve an official statement classifying China as a “decisive enabler” of Russia's invasion of Ukraine due to its "no-limits" economic and political partnership with Russia.^[51]
• 11 July – Taiwan reports that 66 Chinese military aircraft operated around Taiwanese airspace in a 24-hour period, marking the highest single-day number in 2024 so far.^[52]
• 14 July – The navies of Russia and China begin joint military drills in Guangdong four days after China was called a "decisive enabler" of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in a declaration signed by all 32 NATO countries.^[53]
• 15 July – Several Palestinian factions, including Fatah and Hamas, schedule reconciliatory meetings in China in an attempt to end their ongoing political disputes.^[54]
• 16 July – Chinese businessman Guo Wengui is found guilty by a U.S. jury on multiple fraud charges, accused of running a racketeering enterprise from 2018 to 2023 that defrauded thousands of investors out of over $1 billion.^[55]
• 17 July:
  • Sixteen people are killed in a fire at a shopping centre in Zigong, Sichuan.^[56]
  • China suspends negotiations between the United States regarding nuclear non-proliferation and arms control, citing American military support for Taiwan.^[57]
• 19 July – At least 38 people are killed and 24 are reported missing after a bridge collapses in Shangluo, Shaanxi following flash flooding.^[58]
• 21 July – The Philippines announces an agreement with China on resupply missions to the beached naval ship BRP Sierra Madre on Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea following an incident in June.^[59]
• 23 July – 2024 Beijing Declaration: Various factions in the Palestinian government, including rivals Fatah and Hamas, sign a declaration in Beijing to end their divisions and form a unity government.^[60]
• 26 July:
  • The Badain Jaran Desert is designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.^[61]
  • China and India agree to cooperate in withdrawing all their troops from their disputed border, with aims of peacefully achieving "complete disengagement" from the border conflict as quickly as possible.^[62]
• 27 July – Eight pedestrians are killed and five others are injured after being hit by a car in Changsha. A suspect is arrested.^[63]
• 30 July – An agreement is reached between China and Taiwan to repatriate the fatalities of the 2024 Kinmen Chinese motorboat capsizing incident to the mainland.^[64]

August

• 1 August –
  • At least 30 people are killed and 35 others are reported missing following days of flooding caused in part by Typhoon Gaemi in Zixing, Hunan Province.^[65]
  • China and India conduct the 30th round of talks in New Delhi, India, to resolve the ongoing border disputes, by agreeing to speed up negotiations over the border disputes and to maintain peace and tranquility in border regions.^[66]
• 9 August – Multiple funeral directors are charged with selling 4,000 corpses for decades to two major medical companies that are subsidiaries of a state-owned company. The scandal is censored domestically.^[67]
• 19 August –
  • The China Coast Guard claims that two vessels of the Philippine Coast Guard "deliberately collided" with one of its boats in Sabina Shoal in the Spratly Islands.^[68]
  • President of Vietnam and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Tô Lâm arrives in China for a three-day state visit, his first overseas visit since becoming president and general secretary.^[69]

Holidays

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• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 10–17 February – Chinese New Year
• 4–6 April – Tomb-Sweeping Day
• 1 May – Labor Day
• 10 June – Dragon Boat Festival
• 15–17 September – Mid-Autumn Festival
• 1–7 October – National Day

Art and entertainment

• List of Chinese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
• 2024 in Chinese music

Deaths

• 10 January – Tian Zengpei, 93, diplomat and politician, ambassador to Yugoslavia (1986–1988) and chairperson of the committee of Foreign Affairs (1998–2003).^[72]
• 11 January – Zhang Kehui, 95, politician, vice chairman of the CPPCC (1998–2008).^[73]
• 12 January – Francis F. Lee, 96, Chinese-American inventor, businessman and academic.^[74]
• 24 January – Dai Yi, 97, historian.^[75]
• 29 June – Shi Ping, 112, academic, political, and supercentenarian.^[76]
• 4 August – Tsung-Dao Lee, 97, Chinese-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1957).^[77]

See also

• Timeline of Chinese history
• Years in China

External links

• Online calendar

Notes and References

1. Web site: At least 10 killed in China mining accident . 2024-01-13 . Al Jazeera . en.
2. Web site: 13 students dead in China school fire: State media . 2024-01-20 . CNA . en.
3. Web site: 2024-01-25 . Remaining landslide victims found in China, bringing death toll to 44 . 12 March 2024 . Associated Press . en.
4. Web site: At least 50 injured in major earthquake on China-Kyrgyzstan border . 2024-01-23 . CNA . en.
5. Web site: 23 January 2024 . 7.1 magnitude quake rattles western China, killing at least 3 people and collapsing 47 homes . 23 January 2024 . Associated Press . en . 23 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240123001457/https://apnews.com/article/china-quake-xinjiang-kyrgyzstan-kazakhstan-48338716e604279d088a807f9770878e . live .
6. Web site: 2024-01-24 . A fire in China's Jiangxi province kills at least 39 people, state media says . 2024-01-24 . AP News . en.
7. Web site: 2024-02-13 . 中國山東傳大型滅門慘案！村民：21人被殺包括1醫生2公安2嫌在逃 . 2024-04-05 . Yahoo News . zh-Hant-TW.
8. Web site: Ship crash causes bridge collapse in China . 2024-02-22 . Al Jazeera . en.
9. News: 2024-02-24 . Apartment block fire in China's Nanjing city kills at least 15, officials say . 2024-02-24 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
10. Web site: February 28, 2024 . China urges largest nuclear states to negotiate a 'no-first-use' treaty . .
11. Web site: 2024-03-12 . Seven people die, 2 missing after blast in coal mine in Eastern China . 2024-03-14 . The Sun . en-US.
12. Web site: 严茂强 . 2 dead, 26 injured in Hebei eatery explosion . 2024-03-13 . www.chinadaily.com.cn.
13. Web site: March 18, 2024 . China Evergrande's flagship unit, founder punished for securities fraud . .
14. News: March 20, 2024 . A bus crashes into a tunnel wall in northern China, killing 14 people . 2024-03-20. AP News.
15. Web site: April 14, 2024 . China detains 2 over tourist boat capsizing that killed 12, citing lack of safety equipment . .
16. Web site: Guangdong: Tens of thousands evacuated from massive China floods . 2024-04-22 . BBC.
17. Web site: April 28, 2024 . A tornado in southern China kills 5 people and damages factories in the metropolis of Guangzhou . .
18. Web site: May 2, 2024 . Death toll jumps to at least 48 as a search continues in southern China highway collapse . Associated Press.
19. Web site: May 3, 2024 . China launches historic mission to retrieve samples from far side of the moon . Reuters.
20. Web site: May 7, 2024 . China: At least two dead, 21 injured in hospital stabbing . BBC.
21. Web site: May 9, 2024 . Crash between truck and passenger van in China's Ningxia region kills 9 people . Associated Press.
22. Web site: May 14, 2024 . Biden sharply hikes US tariffs on an array of Chinese imports . .
23. Web site: McCarthy . Simone . 2024-05-15 . Putin gets red carpet welcome from Xi in China . 2024-05-16 . CNN . en.
24. Web site: China probes agriculture minister for suspected disciplinary violations . 2024-05-18 . 2024-05-18 . Reuters.
25. Web site: China's Great Wall Marathon returns after four-year suspension due to COVID-19 pandemic . 2024-05-18 . 2024-05-18 . Associated Press.
26. Web site: 2024-05-20 . China: Knife attack in Guixi city primary school leaves two dead . 2024-05-20 . BBC . en.
27. Web site: Brett Tingley . 2024-05-22 . Russian space weapon ban shot down by UN Security Council . 2024-05-22 . Space.com . en.
28. Web site: 2024-05-23 . An explosion at an apartment building in Harbin, China, kills at least 1 and injures 3 . 2024-05-23 . Associated Press . en.
29. Web site: May 24, 2024 . 'Black Dog' wins Un Certain Regard competition at Cannes . .
30. Web site: 2024-05-28 . At least 4 killed and 1 injured in building collapse in eastern China, state media says . 2024-05-28 . Associated Press . en.
31. Web site: June 2, 2024 . China lands on moon's far side in historic sample-retrieval mission . Reuters.
32. Web site: June 3, 2024 . Beijing accuses 2 Chinese citizens of being British spies in latest test of relations . Associated Press.
33. Web site: June 4, 2024 . Carrying lunar rocks, Chinese probe lifts off from far side of moon . .
34. Web site: June 11, 2024 . Four US college instructors stabbed in public park in China . .
35. Web site: June 12, 2024 . A helicopter has crashed with 3 on board in southeastern China . .
36. Web site: China seeks detention of foreigners in disputed South China Sea . 2024-06-15 . Al Jazeera . en.
37. Web site: Death toll from southern China floods reaches 47 . 2024-06-21 . Al Jazeera . en.
38. Web site: 2024-06-18 . Southern China faces heavy floods, and landslides kill at least 9 . 2024-06-18 . AP News . en.
39. Web site: June 18, 2024 . Ecuador reinstates visa requirement for Chinese travelers . .
40. News: Hille . Kathrin . 2024-06-21 . China threatens death penalty for Taiwan 'separatists' . 2024-06-22 . Financial Times.
41. News: 2024-06-22 . Rescuers find family of 6 dead in landslide in eastern China, as severe weather warning extended . 2024-06-24 . Associated Press.
42. News: 2024-06-25 . Knife attack at a school bus stop in China wounds three, including a Japanese mother and child . 2024-06-25 . Associated Press.
43. Web site: 2024-06-25 . A Chinese lunar probe returns to Earth with the world's first samples from the far side of the moon . 2024-06-25 . AP News . en.
44. Web site: 2024-06-27 . China's Communist Party expels ex-defence ministers over corruption charges . 2024-06-27 . Al Jazeera . en.
45. Web site: 1 July 2024 . Chinese space rocket crashes in flames after accidental launch . 1 July 2024 . The Guardian . en.
46. Web site: July 2, 2024 . 240,000 people evacuated in China rainstorms . France 24.
47. Web site: 2024-07-02 . US deports 116 Chinese migrants in first 'large' flight in 5 years . 2024-07-03 . AP News . en.
48. Web site: July 5, 2024 . China reveals next steps in EU brandy probe as EV tariffs take effect . .
49. Web site: July 6, 2024 . Tornadoes kill 5, injure 83 in China's eastern Shandong province . Associated Press.
50. Web site: July 8, 2024 . China's Xi calls on world powers to help Russia and Ukraine resume direct dialogue .
51. Web site: 2024-07-10 . NATO allies call China a 'decisive enabler' of Russia's war in Ukraine . 2024-07-11 . AP News . en.
52. Web site: Taiwan sees single-day record of Chinese planes in airspace . 2024-07-11 . dw.com . en.
53. Web site: 2024-07-14 . China, Russia start joint naval drills, days after NATO allies called Beijing a Ukraine war enabler . 2024-07-14 . AP News . en.
54. Web site: July 15, 2024 . Palestinian factions, including Hamas and Fatah, to meet in China in July . .
55. News: Larry Neumeister . 2024-07-16 . Chinese business tycoon convicted of defrauding followers in $1bn scheme . 2024-07-17 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
56. News: 2024-07-17 . A fire kills 16 people at a shopping mall in southwestern China . 2024-07-18 . Associated Press . en-US.
57. News: 2024-07-18 . China halts nuclear arms talks with US over Taiwan support . 2024-07-18 . Al Jazeera . en-US.
58. Web site: 3 August 2024 . Death toll from bridge collapse in China's Shaanxi province raised to 38. Two dozen still missing . 3 August 2024 . Associated Press . en.
59. News: 2024-07-22 . China and Philippines reach tentative deal to defuse tensions at South China Sea flashpoint . 2024-07-22 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
60. Web site: July 23, 2024 . Palestinian factions agree to form unity government . Reuters.
61. Web site: July 26, 2024 . India's moidam royal burial mounds are its latest World Heritage Site . Associated Press.
62. Web site: 2024-07-26 . India and China agree to work urgently to achieve the withdrawal of troops on their disputed border . 2024-07-27 . AP News . en.
63. Web site: July 27, 2024 . Chinese police say 8 people died after a vehicle hit pedestrians in the city of Changsha . 2024-07-27 . AP News . en.
64. News: Ng . Kelly . Taiwan and China reach deal over fishermen's deaths . 28 July 2024 . BBC . 28 July 2024.
65. Web site: August 1, 2024 . Death toll jumps to 30, with 35 others missing, in an area hit by heavy rains in southeastern China . Associated Press.
66. Web site: 2024-08-01 . China, India agree to speed up border negotiations at 30th round of talks . 2024-08-01 . South China Morning Post . en.
67. Web site: 2024-08-09 . Lijkenschandaal in China, duizenden lichamen verkocht aan medische sector . 2024-08-09 . nos.nl . nl.
68. Web site: August 19, 2024 . China accuses the Philippines of deliberately crashing one of its ships into a Chinese vessel . Associated Press.
69. Web site: Courting spurned neighbour tops Beijing's agenda from visit of Vietnam's Communist Party chief, say analysts . 2024-08-19 . CNA . en.
70. Web site: China Public Holidays 2024. 3 December 2023 . Public Holidays Global.
71. Web site: 国务院办公厅关于2024年, 部分节假日安排的通知. General Office of the State Council on 2024, Notice of some holiday arrangements . Chinese Government Website Chinese Domain . 25 October 2023. 3 December 2023. zh.
72. Web site: 外交部党委原书记、副部长田曾佩逝世，享年94岁_中国政库_澎湃新闻-The Paper . 2024-01-24 . www.thepaper.cn.
73. Web site: 张克辉同志逝世--社会·法治--人民网 . 2024-01-24 . society.people.com.cn.
74. Web site: Francis Lee Obituary - Sneider & Sullivan & O'Connell's Funeral Home and Cremation Service - 2024 . 2024-01-24 . Legacy.com.
75. Web site: 历史学家戴逸走了！他和《清史》的缘分是一段不了情_文汇 . 2024-01-24 . www.whb.cn.
76. Web site: 113岁新四军老战士施平逝世，系施一公院士祖父_中国政库_澎湃新闻-The Paper . 2024-07-01 . www.thepaper.cn.
77. Web site: Chinese-American Nobel Prize-winning physicist Tsung-Dao Lee dies at 97. South China Morning Post. en. 5 August 2024.