# 1990 in China

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The following lists events in the year 1990 in China.

## Incumbents

* General Secretary of the Communist Party: Jiang Zemin
* President: Yang Shangkun
* Premier: Li Peng
* Vice President: Wang Zhen
* Vice Premier: Yao Yilin

### Governors

* Governor of Anhui Province — Fu Xishou
* Governor of Fujian Province — Wang Zhaoguo then Jia Qinglin
* Governor of Gansu Province — Jia Zhijie
* Governor of Guangdong Province — Ye Xuanping
* Governor of Guizhou Province — Wang Zhaowen
* Governor of Hainan Province — Liu Jianfeng
* Governor of Hebei Province — Yue Qifeng then Cheng Weigao
* Governor of Heilongjiang Province — Shao Qihui
* Governor of Henan Province — Cheng Weigao then Li Changchun
* Governor of Hubei Province — Guo Zhenqian then Guo Shuyan
* Governor of Hunan Province — Chen Bangzhu
* Governor of Jiangsu Province — Chen Huanyou
* Governor of Jiangxi Province — Wu Guanzheng
* Governor of Jilin Province — Wang Zhongyu
* Governor of Liaoning Province — Li Changchun (until July), Yue Qifeng (starting July)
* Governor of Qinghai Province — Jin Jipeng
* Governor of Shaanxi Province — Hou Zongbin (until March), Bai Qingcai (starting March)
* Governor of Shandong Province — Zhao Zhihao
* Governor of Shanxi Province — Wang Senhao
* Governor of Sichuan Province — Zhang Haoruo
* Governor of Yunnan Province — Li Jiating
* Governor of Zhejiang Province — Shen Zulun (until November), Ge Hongsheng (starting November)

## Events

* September 22 — October 7: 1990 Asian Games in Beijing.
* October 2: 1990 Guangzhou Baiyun airport collisions, two commercial planes crashed, a total of 128 people died, 53 persons were hurt, 97 persons survived in Guangdong, according to the China Civil Aviation official confirmed report.
* Unknown date: Li-Ning sports goods company was founded.

## Births

* February 7 — Hua Chenyu, rock singer and songwriter
* February 9 — Ma Ke, actor
* February 13 — Gyaincain Norbu, 11th Panchen Lama
* March 2 — Adderly Fong, Hong Kong Chinese racing driver
* April 20 — Lu Han, singer, actor and dancer
* June 28 — Chen Xuedong, actor and singer
* October 1 – Chen Minyi, Paralympic archer

## Deaths

* January 11 — Cai Xiao, Taiwan-born military officer and politician (b. 1919)
* February 4 — Gao Yinxian, linguist and writer (b. 1902)
* February 8 — Xu Deheng, politician, scholar and educator (b. 1890)
* May 2 — Shi Guangnan, composer (b. 1940)
* May 9 — Lü Wei, diver (b. 1966)
* May 22 — Ling Shuhua, modernist writer and painter (b. 1900)
* July 11 — Sun Yu, film director (b. 1900)
* July 18 — Lap-Ban Chan, Hong Kong actress (b. 1911)
* July 29 — Cai Qiao, physiologist and physician (b. 1897)
* August 5 — Zhou Keqin, writer (b. 1937)
* August 14
** Sun Lianzhong, nationalist general (b. 1893)
** Liu Xingyuan, lieutenant general (b. 1908)
* August 30 — Ch'ien Mu, historian and philosopher (b. 1895)
* September 11 — Cai Chang, 1st leader of the All-China Women's Federation (b. 1900)
* September 21 — Xu Xiangqian, 4th Minister of National Defense (b. 1901)
* October 15 — Yu Pingbo, essayist, poet, historian, redologist and literary critic (b. 1900)
* October 30 — Kwok Tak-seng, Hong Kong businessman and founder of Sun Hung Kai Properties (b. 1911)
* November 15 — Cheng Shicai, lieutenant general (b. 1912)
* November 18 — Dai Chuanzeng, nuclear physicist (b. 1921)
* November 19 — Sun Li-jen, nationalist general (b. 1900)
* November 26 — Feng Youlan, philosopher, historian and writer (b. 1895)
* December 14 — Zhang Qun, Nationalist politician (b. 1889)
* December 15 — Chen Zhifang, diplomat (b. 1906)