# 1993 in China

The following lists events from 1993 in China.

## Incumbents

* General Secretary of the Communist Party: Jiang Zemin
* President: Yang Shangkun (until 27 March), Jiang Zemin (starting 27 March)
* Premier: Li Peng
* Vice President: Wang Zhen (until 5 March), Rong Yiren (starting 12 March)
* Vice Premier: Yao Yilin (until 5 March), Zhu Rongji (starting 25 March)

### Governors

* Governor of Anhui Province – Fu Xishou
* Governor of Fujian Province – Jia Qinglin
* Governor of Gansu Province –
** until January: Jia Zhijie
** January–September: Yan Haiwang
** starting September: Zhang Wule
* Governor of Guangdong Province – Zhu Senlin
* Governor of Guizhou Province – Wang Zhaowen then Chen Shineng
* Governor of Hainan Province – Liu Jianfeng then Ruan Chongwu
* Governor of Hebei Province – Cheng Weigao then Ye Liansong
* Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Shao Qihui
* Governor of Henan Province – Li Changchun then Ma Zhongchen
* Governor of Hubei Province – Guo Shuyan then Jia Zhijie
* Governor of Hunan Province – Chen Bangzhu
* Governor of Jiangsu Province – Chen Huanyou
* Governor of Jiangxi Province – Wu Guanzheng
* Governor of Jilin Province – Gao Yan
* Governor of Liaoning Province – Yue Qifeng
* Governor of Qinghai Province – Tian Chengping
* Governor of Shaanxi Province – Bai Qingcai
* Governor of Shandong Province – Zhao Zhihao
* Governor of Shanxi Province – Hu Fuguo then Sun Wensheng
* Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Haoruo then Xiao Yang
* Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating
* Governor of Zhejiang Province – Wan Xueyuan

## Events
### January

* January 10 — Miss Chinese International Pageant 1993 took place.
* January 9 — Shanghai Pudong Development Bank was founded.
* January 31 — According to Chinese government official confirmed report, a passenger train smash into a passenger bus in level crossing in Liaoning Province, kills 66 person, 29 person were hurt.

### February

* February 14 — Linxi department store catches fire in Guye District, Tangshan, Hebei, killing 79 people.

### April

* April 6 — China Eastern Airlines Flight 583.
* April 22 — The China National Space Administration is established.

### May

* China competed at the East Asian Games from May 9 to May 18.

### June

* Typhoon Koryn (1993) was formed on June 13 and hit China.

### August

* August 27 — Gouhou Dam in Qinghai Province collapses killing at least 257.

### October

* 1993 Shanghai International Film Festival took place from October 7 to 14.

### Undated

* Antelope Enterprise Holdings business is founded in Jinjiang city, Fujian province.

## Deaths

* January 23
** Kong Fei, politician (b. 1911)
** Li Ziming, martial arts expert (b. 1902)
* February 3 — Tan Shaowen, politician (b. 1929)
* February 4 — Hou Baolin, Xiangsheng performer (b. 1917)
* February 5 — Huang Zhizhen, politician (b. 1920)
* February 13 — Song Xilian, Nationalist general (b. 1907)
* February 22 — Feng Zhi, writer and translator (b. 1905)
* February 27 — Zhao Zengyi, politician (b. 1920)
* March 3 — Xie Xuegong, politician (b. 1916)
* March 12 — Wang Zhen, 4th Vice President of China (b. 1908)
* March 22 — Sun Meiying, international table tennis player (b. 1931)
* April 6 — Chen Zaidao, general (b. 1909)
* May 4 — Wang Xianghao, mathematician (b. 1915)
* May 7 — Zhao Boping, politician (b. 1902)
* May 10 — Peng Mingzhi, general and diplomat (b. 1905)
* May 11 — Zhao Cangbi, official (b. 1916)
* June 2 — Mo Wuping, contemporary classical composer (b. 1958)
* June 30 — Wong Ka Kui, Hong Kong musician, singer and songwriter (b. 1962)
* July 12 — Li Da, general (b. 1905)
* July 25 — Gan Ku, politician (b. 1924)
* July 31 — Fang Zhichun, politician (b. 1905)
* August 17 — Feng Kang, mathematician (b. 1920)
* October 8 — Gu Cheng, poet, essayist and novelist (b. 1956)
* October 25 — Danny Chan, singer, songwriter and actor (b. 1958)
* November 24 — Zhou Peiyuan, theoretical physicist and politician (b. 1902)
* November 28 — Huang Oudong, politician (b. 1905)
* December 24 — Yen Chia-kan, chemist and nationalist politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1905)