1984 in China

The following lists events that happened during 1984 in the People's Republic of China.

Incumbents

• General Secretary of the Communist Party: Hu Yaobang
• President: Li Xiannian
• Premier: Zhao Ziyang
• Chairman: Deng Yingchao
• Vice President: Ulanhu
• Vice Premier: Wan Li

Governors

• Governor of Anhui Province – Wang Yuzhao
• Governor of Fujian Province – Hu Ping
• Governor of Gansu Province – Chen Guangyi
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Liang Lingguang
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Wang Zhaowen
• Governor of Hebei Province – Zhang Shuguang
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Chen Lei
• Governor of Henan Province – He Zhukang
• Governor of Hubei Province – Huang Zhizhen
• Governor of Hunan Province – Liu Zheng
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Gu Xiulian
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Zhao Zengyi
• Governor of Jilin Province – Zhao Xiu
• Governor of Liaoning Province – Quan Shuren
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Huang Jingbo
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Li Qingwei
• Governor of Shandong Province – Liang Buting
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Wang Senhao
• Governor of Sichuan Province – Yang Xizong
• Governor of Yunnan Province – Pu Chaozhu
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Xue Ju

Events

• January 1 – Industrial and Commercial Bank of China was established.
• November 1 – Lenovo was founded, as predecessor name was China Academy of Science Computational Development Company.
• December 19 – Signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration

Culture

• List of Chinese films in 1984

Sport

• October 13 to 24 – 1984 ABC Championship for Women, in Shanghai
• China at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
• China at the 1984 Summer Olympics won a total of 32 medals
• China at the 1984 Winter Olympics won no medals

Births

• January 26 — Luo Xuejuan, swimmer
• January 30 — Wang Luodan, actress and singer
• February 9 — Han Geng, Mandopop singer and actor
• March 10 — Li Yuchun, singer, songwriter, DJ and actress
• April 15 — Chen Qi, table tennis player
• June 20 — An Yiru, freelance writer Zhang Li
• October 6 — Hans Zhang, actor, singer and host
• October 11 — Jane Zhang, singer-songwriter
• October 12 — Yang Lei, pop singer and actress
• October 26 — Stephy Qi, singer and actress
• November 12 — Yan Zi, tennis player
• December 27 — Dai Xiangyu, actor

Deaths

• January 21 — Fang Ganmin, painter, sculptor and educator (b. 1906)
• February 5 — Su Yu, military commander (b. 1907)
• March 24 — Xu Huang, diplomat (b. 1915)
• April 14 — He Zizhen, third wife of Mao Zedong (b. 1910)
• May 17 — Cheng Fangwu, politician (b. 1897)
• June 6 — K.C. Wu, former Nationalist Mayor of Shanghai (b. 1903)
• July 29 — Zhou Jianren, politician and biologist (b. 1888)
• August 11 — Li Weihan, politician (b. 1896)
• October 19 — Jin Yuelin, philosopher (b. 1895)
• December 11 — Wang Xinting, general (b. 1908)

References