1990 in China

The following lists events in the year 1990 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 — Wang Zhaoguo then Jia Qinglin
• Governor of Gansu Province — Jia Zhijie
• Governor of Guangdong Province — Ye Xuanping
• Governor of Guizhou Province — Wang Zhaowen
• Governor of Hainan Province — Liu Jianfeng
• Governor of Hebei Province — Yue Qifeng then Cheng Weigao
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province — Shao Qihui
• Governor of Henan Province — Cheng Weigao then Li Changchun
• Governor of Hubei Province — Guo Zhenqian then 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
• Governor of Liaoning Province — Li Changchun (until July), Yue Qifeng (starting July)
• Governor of Qinghai Province — Jin Jipeng
• Governor of Shaanxi Province — Hou Zongbin (until March), Bai Qingcai (starting March)
• Governor of Shandong Province — Zhao Zhihao
• Governor of Shanxi Province — Wang Senhao
• Governor of Sichuan Province — Zhang Haoruo
• Governor of Yunnan Province — Li Jiating
• Governor of Zhejiang Province — Shen Zulun (until November), Ge Hongsheng (starting November)

Events

• September 22 — October 7: 1990 Asian Games in Beijing.
• October 2: 1990 Guangzhou Baiyun airport collisions, two commercial planes crashed, a total of 128 people died, 53 persons were hurt, 97 persons survived in Guangdong, according to the China Civil Aviation official confirmed report.
• Unknown date: Li-Ning sports goods company was founded.

Births

• February 7 — Hua Chenyu, rock singer and songwriter
• February 9 — Ma Ke, actor
• February 13 — Gyaincain Norbu, 11th Panchen Lama
• March 2 — Adderly Fong, Hong Kong Chinese racing driver
• April 20 — Lu Han, singer, actor and dancer
• June 28 — Chen Xuedong, actor and singer
• October 1 – Chen Minyi, Paralympic archer

Deaths

• January 11 — Cai Xiao, Taiwan-born military officer and politician (b. 1919)
• February 4 — Gao Yinxian, linguist and writer (b. 1902)
• February 8 — Xu Deheng, politician, scholar and educator (b. 1890)
• May 2 — Shi Guangnan, composer (b. 1940)
• May 9 — Lü Wei, diver (b. 1966)
• May 22 — Ling Shuhua, modernist writer and painter (b. 1900)
• July 11 — Sun Yu, film director (b. 1900)
• July 18 — Lap-Ban Chan, Hong Kong actress (b. 1911)
• July 29 — Cai Qiao, physiologist and physician (b. 1897)
• August 5 — Zhou Keqin, writer (b. 1937)
• August 14
• Sun Lianzhong, nationalist general (b. 1893)
• Liu Xingyuan, lieutenant general (b. 1908)
• August 30 — Ch'ien Mu, historian and philosopher (b. 1895)
• September 11 — Cai Chang, 1st leader of the All-China Women's Federation (b. 1900)
• September 21 — Xu Xiangqian, 4th Minister of National Defense (b. 1901)
• October 15 — Yu Pingbo, essayist, poet, historian, redologist and literary critic (b. 1900)
• October 30 — Kwok Tak-seng, Hong Kong businessman and founder of Sun Hung Kai Properties (b. 1911)
• November 15 — Cheng Shicai, lieutenant general (b. 1912)
• November 18 — Dai Chuanzeng, nuclear physicist (b. 1921)
• November 19 — Sun Li-jen, nationalist general (b. 1900)
• November 26 — Feng Youlan, philosopher, historian and writer (b. 1895)
• December 14 — Zhang Qun, Nationalist politician (b. 1889)
• December 15 — Chen Zhifang, diplomat (b. 1906)

See also

• 1990 in Chinese film

References