# 2011 in China

Events in the year 2011 in China.

## Incumbents

* Party General Secretary - Hu Jintao
* President – Hu Jintao
* Premier – Wen Jiabao
* Vice President – Xi Jinping
* Vice Premier – Li Keqiang
* Congress Chairman - Wu Bangguo
* Conference Chairman - Jia Qinglin

### Governors

* Governor of Anhui Province – Wang Sanyun (until December), Li Bin (starting December)
* Governor of Fujian Province – Huang Xiaojing (until April), Su Shulin (starting April)
* Governor of Gansu Province – Liu Weiping
* Governor of Guangdong Province – Zhu Xiaodan (until 5 November), Huang Huahua (starting 5 November)
* Governor of Guizhou Province – Zhao Kezhi (until December), Chen Min'er (starting December)
* Governor of Hainan Province – Luo Baoming (until August), Jiang Dingzhi (starting August)
* Governor of Hebei Province – Chen Quanguo (until 27 August)
* Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Wang Xiankui
* Governor of Henan Province – Guo Gengmao
* Governor of Hubei Province – Wang Guosheng
* Governor of Hunan Province – Xu Shousheng
* Governor of Jiangsu Province – Li Xueyong
* Governor of Jiangxi Province – Wu Xinxiong (until June), Lu Xinshe (starting June)
* Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Rulin (until December), Bayanqolu (starting December)
* Governor of Liaoning Province – Chen Zhenggao
* Governor of Qinghai Province – Luo Huining
* Governor of Shaanxi Province – Zhao Zhengyong
* Governor of Shandong Province – Jiang Daming
* Governor of Shanxi Province – Wang Jun (until December), Li Xiaopeng (starting December)
* Governor of Sichuan Province – Jiang Jufeng
* Governor of Yunnan Province – Qin Guangrong (until August), Li Jiheng (starting August)
* Governor of Zhejiang Province – Lü Zushan (until August), Xia Baolong (starting August)

## Events
### January

* January 6 – Jiaxing Xiuzhou District case of fish kill.
* January 11 – China successfully tests the Chengdu J-20 Black Eagle, one of its fifth generation stealth, twin-engine fighter aircraft programs.
* January 23 – CCTV Chengdu J-10 footage controversy

### February

* February 1 – The Chinese government begins efforts to combat an ongoing drought.
* February 20 – 2011 Chinese pro-democracy protests
* February 28 – 2011 crackdown on dissidents in the People's Republic of China (est.)

### March

* March 2 – 2011 Gyeongryeolbi island fishing incident
* March 10 – 2011 Yunnan earthquake: At least 24 people are killed and 207 injured following a 5.4 magnitude earthquake in Yingjiang County of the Yunnan province near the Burma border.
* March 16 – Phuntsog self-immolation incident
* March 29 – 2011 Yunnan protest

### April

* April 5 – The Ministry of Health dismissed media coverages about Yinzibing (HIV-negative AIDS).
* April 13 – 2011 Shanghai riot
* April 14 – 2011 BRICS summit
* April 20 – 2011 Shanghai Truckers Strike
* April 22 – Wang Jia-zheng (汪家正) self-immolation incident
* April 28 – Xi'an China International Horticultural Exposition 2011

### May

* May 10 – 2011 Xilinhot incident
* May 13 – Yang Xianwen (杨显文) Tianzhu bank bombing case
* May 20 – 2011 Chengdu Foxconn explosion incident
* May 26 – 2011 Fuzhou, Jiangxi bombings
* May – My Heart Sings Loud television variety show is launched by Dragon TV.

### June

* June 1 – Painting Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains reunify the two halves of the painting held by Republic of China and the People's Republic of China
* June 6 – 2011 Chaozhou riot
* June 7 – Wang Meng assault incident
* June 10 –
** Tianjin bombing
** 2011 Zengcheng riot
* June 11 – 2011 China floods (est.)
* June 11 – 17 – 3rd Straits Forum
* June 16 – Mutiny on Lurongyu 2682, a fishing trawler in the South Pacific. After a month-long killings from this day, 11 of the 33 crew returned to China.
* June 26 – National Red Games, celebration of 90th anniversary of founding of Communist party

### July

* July 1 – Jiang Zemin disappearance and death rumor
* July 5 – Disclosure of China National Offshore Oil Corporation 2011 Bohai bay oil spill
* July 11 – 2011 Huizhou refinery explosion incident
* July 18 – 2011 Hotan attack
* July 23 – 2011 Wenzhou train collision
* July 24 – Canada extradites Lai Changxing to China
* July 30–31 – 2011 Kashgar attacks

### August

* August 1 – Nepal rejects China-UN backed Lumbini project
* August 4 – 2011 Nanchang mass suicide protest
* August 11 – 2011 Qianxi riot
* August 14 – Dalian PX protest
* August 12 – 2011 Summer Universiade
* August 26 – 2011 Jiangmen dog ban
* August 30 - Yunnan Nanpan River chromium toxic spill (est.)

### September

* September 1 – First China-Eurasia Expo
* September 16 – Line 2, The first line of the Xian Subway was completed.
* September 23 – 2011 Lufeng city riot
* September 26 – Lobsang Kalsang and Lobsang Konchok self-immolation incident
* September 27 – Shandong Foxconn fire incident
* September 29 – Launch of Tiangong 1

### October

* October 5 – 13 Chinese crew members of two ships are murdered in the Mekong River massacre
* October 10 – 100th Anniversary of Xinhai Revolution
* October 13 – Death of Wang Yue and public outcry in the aftermath
* October 19 – Seventh Chen-Chiang summit
* October 21 – 2011 Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident
* October 26 – 2011 Zhili riot
* October 31 – Announcement of Sunway BlueLight, first supercomputer to use domestic processors

### November

* November 1 – Launch of Shenzhou 8
* November 12 – 2011 Zhongshan riot
* November 14 – Xi'an gas explosion
* November 16 – 2011 Gansu school bus crash
* November 20 – North Korean guards cross to Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County after death of Kim Jong-il
* November 27 – Billionaire real estate tycoon Huang Nubo is rejected to purchase parts of Iceland

### December

* December 12 – 2011 Incheon fishing incident
* December 21 - Protests of Wukan end
* December 28 - 2011 Pishan hostage crisis

## Deaths

* January 14 – Liu Huaqing, 94, Chinese naval commander (1982–1988).
* February 13 – Shi Yafeng, 91, Chinese geologist.
* February 17 – Augustine Hu Daguo, 88, Chinese Roman Catholic underground bishop of Guiyang.
* February 19 – Yuan Xuefen, 88, Chinese Yue opera actress.
* August 7 – Li Xing (黎星), 54, Chinese-English journalist

### Full date unknown

* Liang Tianzhu, Chinese painter (born 1916)