# 1994 in China

The following lists events from 1994 in China.

## Incumbents

* General Secretary of the Communist Party: Jiang Zemin
* President: Jiang Zemin
* Premier: Li Peng
* Vice President: Rong Yiren
* Vice Premier: Zhu Rongji

### Governors

* Governor of Anhui Province – Fu Xishou then Hui Liangyu
* Governor of Fujian Province – Jia Qinglin then Chen Mingyi
* Governor of Gansu Province – Zhang Wule then Sun Ying
* Governor of Guangdong Province – Zhu Senlin then Lu Ruihua
* Governor of Guizhou Province – Chen Shineng then Wu Yixia
* Governor of Hainan Province – Ruan Chongwu
* Governor of Hebei Province – Ye Liansong
* Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Shao Qihui then Tian Fengshan
* Governor of Henan Province – Ma Zhongchen
* Governor of Hubei Province – Jia Zhijie then Jiang Zhuping
* Governor of Hunan Province – Chen Bangzhu then Yang Zhengwu
* Governor of Jiangsu Province – Chen Huanyou then Zheng Silin
* Governor of Jiangxi Province – Wu Guanzheng
* Governor of Jilin Province – Gao Yan
* Governor of Liaoning Province – Yue Qifeng then Wen Shizhen
* Governor of Qinghai Province – Tian Chengping
* Governor of Shaanxi Province – Bai Qingcai (until December), Cheng Andong (starting December)
* Governor of Shandong Province – Zhao Zhihao
* Governor of Shanxi Province – Sun Wensheng
* Governor of Sichuan Province – Xiao Yang then Song Baorui
* Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating
* Governor of Zhejiang Province – Wan Xueyuan

## Events
### January

* January 23 — Miss Chinese International Pageant 1994 Finals took place.

### April

* April 17 — Chinese Jia-A League 1994 was begun.

### May

* May 3 — Some scientists at Anhui use the technology of Genetic engineering to successful improve Oryza sativa.

### June

China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 - crashed

### July

* China Unicom, one of the world's leading mobile provider,

### August

1994 Kenpeng mine disaster

### September

* 1994 Hong Kong local elections took place on September 18. Martin Lee was elected Chairman of the Democratic Party.
* Tian Mingjian incident was a mass murder incident that took place on September 20, 1994, in Beijing.

### November

* November 13 — Chinese Jia-A League 1994 was ended.
* November 27 – According to Chinese government and Liaoning province official confirmed report, a Fuxin Yiyuan Dance hall caught fire in Liaoning Province, 71 persons were safed, 233 persons were human fatalities.

### December

* December 8 — The 1994 Karamay fire. It took 325 people dead and 130+ people injured. It took place in the town of Karamay.

### Undated

* Sino-Pack, first packaging products exhibition is held.

## Births

* March 6 — Ayen Ho, singer, guitarist and songwriter
* April 2 — Yang Xuwen, actor
* April 11 — Zha Jie, actor and model
* May 18 — Wang Bowen, singer, actor and professional table tennis player
* June 16 — Liang Jie, actress
* June 19 — Xu Mengjie, singer and actress
* September 23 — Bai Lu, actress, model and Singer
* October 1 — Mao Buyi, singer and songwriter
* October 16 — Chen Ruoxuan, actor
* October 20
** Xu Weizhou, actor, singer and songwriter
** Wang Xiaoxue, professional association football player
* October 25 — Peng Yuchang, actor and singer
* October 31 — Chen Yao, actress
* December 28 — Xu Lu, actress and singer

## Deaths

* January 1 — Chi Jishang, geologist and petrologist (b. 1917)
* February 15 — Liu Ningyi, politician (b. 1907)
* February 28 — Pujie, Qing Dynasty imperial prince (b. 1907)
* March 2 — Yuan Hanqing, chemist (b. 1905)
* March 23 — Zhang Zhenhuan, general and political leader (b. 1915)
* March 24 — Jiang Yizhen, politician (b. 1915)
* March 29 — Jiang Zehan, mathematician and founder of China's topology (b. 1902)
* April 11 — Chu Tunan, politician (b. 1899)
* April 23 — Zhu Futang, pediatrician (b. 1899)
* June 1 — Huang Zuolin, film director (b. 1906)
* June 23 — Chang Shuhong, painter (b. 1904)
* June 29 — Liu Fangwu, nationalist general (b. 1898)
* July 19 — Han Xu, diplomat (b. 1924)
* August 7 — Liu Haisu, painter and noted art educator (b. 1896)
* October 18 — Li Qingwei, politician (b. 1920)
* October 25
** Yang Dezhi, general and politician (b. 1911)
** Hou Jingru, army officer and politician (b. 1902)
* December 11 — Yao Yilin, former Vice Premier of China (b. 1917)
* December 30 — Xu Yixin, associate of the 28 Bolsheviks (b. 1911)