2003 in China

2003 in China
Events in the year 2003 in China.
Incumbents
Party General Secretary - Hu Jintao
President – Jiang Zemin to March 15, Hu Jintao
Premier – Zhu Rongji to March 16, Wen Jiabao
Vice President – Hu Jintao to March 15, Zeng Qinghong
Vice Premier – Li Lanqing to March 6, Huang Ju
Congress Chairman - Li Peng to March 15, Wu Bangguo
Conference Chairman - Li Ruihuan to March 14, Jia Qinglin
Governors
Governor of Anhui Province – Wang Jinshan
Governor of Fujian Province – Lu Zhangong
Governor of Gansu Province – Lu Hao
Governor of Guangdong Province – Lu Ruihua then Huang Huahua
Governor of Guizhou Province – Shi Xiushi
Governor of Hainan Province – Wang Xiaofeng then Wei Liucheng
Governor of Hebei Province – Ji Yunshi
Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Song Fatang then Zhang Zuoji
Governor of Henan Province – Li Keqiang then Li Chengyu
Governor of Hubei Province – Luo Qingquan
Governor of Hunan Province – Zhang Yunchuan then Zhou Bohua
Governor of Jiangsu Province – Liang Baohua
Governor of Jiangxi Province – Huang Zhiquan
Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Min (until December), Han Changfu (starting December)
Governor of Liaoning Province – Bo Xilai
Governor of Qinghai Province – Song Xiuyan
Governor of Shaanxi Province – Jia Zhibang
Governor of Shandong Province – Zhang Gaoli then Han Yuqun
Governor of Shanxi Province – Liu Zhenhua
Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Zhongwei
Governor of Yunnan Province – Xu Rongkai
Governor of Zhejiang Province – Xi Jinping (until January), Lü Zushan (starting January)
Events
January
January 7 to January 8 – Hefei student protests occur, marking the largest student protests since the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
February
February 24 – 2003 Bachu earthquake: An earthquake measuring 6.3 in magnitude occurred in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in northwest China, killing 191 people and 291 hospitalised. Almost 10,000 homes were leveled by the earthquake.
March
March 14 – A smartphone and portable audio player brand, Meizu was founded by Jack Wong in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province.
March 15 – Hu Jintao becomes President of the People's Republic of China, replacing Jiang Zemin.
June
June 1 – The People's Republic of China begins filling the lake behind the massive Three Gorges Dam, raising the water level near the dam over 100 meters.
October
October 15 – China successfully launches Shenzhou 5, their first manned space mission, becoming the third country in the world to have independent human spaceflight capability after the Soviet Union and the United States.
December
December 23 - A PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion in Chongqing, 234 people lives.
Deaths
February 11 – Ma Sanli, Chinese comedian (born 1914)
March 17 – Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and educator (born 1902)
April 1 – Zhang Guorong, Cantonese singer and actor (born 1956)
June 17 – Zheng Wenguang, science fiction author (born 1929)
July 5 – Zhang Aiping, Chinese communist military leader (born 1908)
October 25 – Yao Guang, diplomat, foreign ambassador (born 1921)
November 15 – T. Y. Lin, Chinese-born civil engineer (born 1912)
November 19 – Shi Zhecun, Chinese author (born 1905)
December 27 – Ying Ruocheng, Chinese actor, director, playwright and Vice Minister of Culture from 1986 to 1990 (born 1929)
See also
List of Chinese films of 2003
Hong Kong League Cup 2003–04
References
Years of the 21st century in China
2000s in China
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