1908 in China

Events from the year 1908 in China.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Guangxu Emperor

Viceroys

• Viceroy of Zhili — Yang Shixiang
• Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Songshou
• Viceroy of Huguang — Chen Kuilong then Ruicheng
• Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Shengyun then Changgeng
• Viceroy of Liangguang — Zhang Renjun then Yang Shuxun then Zengqi
• Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Xiliang then Li Jingxi
• Viceroy of Sichuan — Zhao Erxun then Duanfang
• Viceroy of Liangjiang — Duanfang then Fan Zengxiang then Zhang Renjun

Events

• March 4 – One of earlier financial service founded in this nation, China Bank of Communications was founded.
• July 22 — The Qing government issues the Outline of Imperial Constitution, based on the Meiji Constitution of Japan, which establishes a framework for local and national legislative elections to be held.
• December 2 — Puyi ascended the throne at the age of three as the Xuantong Emperor, the twelfth and final ruler of the Qing dynasty.

Births

• February 19 – Qin Hanzhang, engineer (died 2019)
• July – Yin Linping, politician (died 1984)
• October 26 – Zhao Shangzhi, military commander (died 1942)
• November 7 – Zhou Yang, literary and political theorist (died 1989)
• December 31 – Zhu Zhixian, psychologist (died 1981)

Deaths

• November 14 - Guangxu Emperor (b. 1871)
• November 15 - Empress Dowager Cixi (b. 1835)

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