# 1991 in China

The following lists events in the year 1991 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 – Jia Qinglin
* Governor of Gansu Province – Jia Zhijie
* Governor of Guangdong Province – Ye Xuanping then Zhu Senlin
* Governor of Guizhou Province – Wang Zhaowen
* Governor of Hainan Province – Liu Jianfeng
* Governor of Hebei Province – Cheng Weigao
* Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Shao Qihui
* Governor of Henan Province – Li Changchun
* Governor of Hubei Province – 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 then Gao Yan
* Governor of Liaoning Province – Yue Qifeng
* Governor of Qinghai Province – Jin Jipeng then Tian Chengping
* Governor of Shaanxi Province – Bai Qingcai
* Governor of Shandong Province – Zhao Zhihao
* Governor of Shanxi Province – Wang Senhao then Hu Fuguo
* Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Haoruo
* Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating
* Governor of Zhejiang Province – Ge Hongsheng (until March), Wan Xueyuan (starting March)

## Events

* 1991 Sino-Soviet Border Agreement
* Eastern China flood of 1991
* September 24 – According to Shanxi Province government official confirmed reported, a human stampede occur ongoing to Lantern festival, Yingze Park, Yingze District, Taiyuan, Shanxi, as resulting to 105 persons were crushing to death, 108 persons were hurt.

## Culture

* List of Chinese films of 1991

## Births

* July 20 – Merxat, actor
* August 16 – G.E.M., singer
* October 7 – Lay Zhang, entertainer (Exo)

## Deaths

* January 4 — Sanmao, Taiwanese writer and translator (b. 1943)
* January 27 — Zheng Dongguo, Nationalist general (b. 1903)
* February 18 — Zhang Wenjin, diplomat (b. 1914)
* March 30 — Cheng Zihua, politician and military general (b. 1905)
* April 2 — Cheng Shewo, journalist, publisher and educator (b. 1898)
* April 10 — Wu Yin, film and drama actress (b. 1909)
* April 16 — Qin Benli, journalist, newspaper editor and commentator (b. 1918)
* May 4 — Sun Xiaocun, politician (b. 1906)
* May 14 — Jiang Qing, fourth wife of Mao Zedong and one of the members of the Gang of Four (b. 1914)
* May 18 — Hoàng Văn Hoan, Pro-Chinese Vietnamese Politician (b. 1905)
* July 27 — Xu Shijie, politician (b. 1920)
* July 28 — Wang Ming-Dao, Protestant pastor (b. 1900)
* August 7 — Bai Xiangguo, military officer and general (b. 1918)
* August 12 — Lin Fengmian, painter (b. 1900)
* September 14 — Liu Dagang, chemist (b. 1904)
* September 17 — Song Shilun, general (b. 1907)
* September 23 — Yue-Kong Pao, Hong Kong businessman (b. 1918)
* October 10 — Chen Xuezhao, writer and journalist (b. 1906)
* October 15 — Han Ying-chieh, Hong Kong actor (b. 1927)
* October 16 — Barry Wong, Hong Kong screenwriter, film producer and actor (b. 1946)
* November 19
** Xian Henghan, lieutenant general (b. 1911)
** Hu Zi'ang, politician (b. 1897)
* November 28 — Lu Gwei-djen, biochemist and historian (b. 1904)

## Sport

* Chinese Jia-A League 1991
* November 16–30 – 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup