2011 in China

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)
See also
List of political self-immolations
References
Years of the 21st century in China
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2010s in China
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