# 1983 in China

Events from the year 1983 in China.

## Incumbents

* General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party - Hu Yaobang
* Chairman of the National Congress – Ye Jianying (head of state, until June 18)
* President – Li Xiannian (starting June 18)
* Premier – Zhao Ziyang
* Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference – Deng Xiaoping (until June), Deng Yingchao (starting June)
* Vice President – Ulanhu (starting 18 June)
* First Vice Premier – Wan Li

### Governors

* Governor of Anhui Province – Zhou Zijian then Wang Yuzhao
* Governor of Fujian Province – Ma Xingyuan then Hu Ping
* Governor of Gansu Province – Li Dengying then Chen Guangyi
* Governor of Guangdong Province – Liu Tianfu then Liang Lingguang
* Governor of Guizhou Province – Su Gang then Wang Zhaowen
* Governor of Hebei Province – Liu Bingyan then Zhang Shuguang
* Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Chen Lei
* Governor of Henan Province – Yu Mingtao (acting) then He Zhukang
* Governor of Hubei Province – Han Ningfu then Huang Zhizhen
* Governor of Hunan Province – Sun Guozhi then Liu Zheng
* Governor of Jiangsu Province – Han Peixin then Gu Xiulian
* Governor of Jiangxi Province – Zhao Zengyi
* Governor of Jilin Province – Zhang Gensheng then Zhao Xiu
* Governor of Liaoning Province – Quan Shuren (starting April)
* Governor of Qinghai Province – Huang Jingbo
* Governor of Shaanxi Province – Yu Mingtao (until April), Li Qingwei (starting April)
* Governor of Shandong Province – Liang Buting
* Governor of Shanxi Province – Luo Guibo then Wang Senhao
* Governor of Sichuan Province – Lu Dadong (until April)/Yang Xizong
* Governor of Yunnan Province – Liu Minghui (until April), Pu Chaozhu (starting April)
* Governor of Zhejiang Province – Li Fengping then Xue Ju

## Events

* Anti-Spiritual Pollution Campaign
* Hu Na Diplomatic incident
* 1983 Guilin Airport collision
* Weightlifting at the 1983 National Games of China
* 1983 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
* 3rd Golden Rooster Awards
* 6th National People's Congress began
* Outlaws of the Marsh (TV series) debuted
* CCTV New Year's Gala debuted
* July 31 – A heavy massive torrential rain and flood swept hit in Ankang, Shaanxi Province, at least 870 persons were perished, according to China Red Cross official confirmed report.

## Births

* April 5 – Zhong Jinyu
* May 15 – Yang Jinghui
* July 17 – Joker Xue, singer-songwriter
* July 23 – Jiao Fengbo
* November 6 – Bao Yingying
* November 9 – Wang Qingyun [ja] (王青雲), ladies singles figure skater

## Deaths

* January 6
** Yang Yong, general (b. 1913)
** Xu Liqing, lieutenant general (b. 1910)
* January 18 — Shi Ruwei, physicist (b. 1901)
* February 4 — Xiao San, poet and translator (b. 1896)
* March 25 — Liu Changchun, sprinter (b. 1909)
* April 2 — Zhang Daqian, artist (b. 1899)
* April 3 — Sun Fucheng, football player and coach (b. 1927)
* April 22 — Lin Qiaozhi, obstetrician and gynecologist (b. 1901)
* April 26 — Huang Yongsheng, general (b. 1910)
* June 10 — Liao Chengzhi, politician (b. 1908)
* July 7 — Alexander Fu Sheng, Hong Kong martial arts actor (b. 1954)
* July 20 — Yang Chongrui, obstetrician (b. 1891)
* September 22 — Qiao Guanhua, 4th Minister of Foreign Affairs of China (b. 1913)
* September 30 — Tan Zhenlin, 1st Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1902)
* October 31 — Wu Xuezhou, chemist (b. 1902)
* November 6 — Liang Zongdai, poet and translator (b. 1903)
* November 28 — Peng Shuzhi, early leader of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1895)
* December 3 — Wang Guosong, electrical engineer (b. 1902)