1992 in China

The following lists events from 1992 in China.

Incumbents

• General Secretary of the Chinese 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 – Jia Qinglin
• Governor of Gansu Province – Jia Zhijie
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Zhu Senlin
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Wang Zhaowen
• Governor of Hainan Province – Liu Jianfeng
• Governor of Hebei Province – Cheng Weigao
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Shao Qihui
• Governor of Henan Province – Li Changchun
• Governor of Hubei Province – 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 then Gao Yan
• Governor of Liaoning Province – Yue Qifeng
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Jin Jipeng then Tian Chengping
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Bai Qingcai
• Governor of Shandong Province – Zhao Zhihao
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Wang Senhao then Hu Fuguo
• Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Haoruo
• Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Wan Xueyuan

Events

January

• The Miss Chinese International Pageant 1992 was held on January 26 in Hong Kong.
• Deng Xiaoping's southern tour

February

• The Ürümqi bombings took place on February 5.
• China participated in the 1992 Winter Olympics. China had three teams win Olympics medals, all of them silver, in various speed skating events.

March

• March 9 – The People's Republic of China ratifies the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

July

• A major plane crash took place in China.

August

• At the 1992 Summer Olympics, China won 54 Olympic medals (16 Gold, 22 Silver, and 16 Bronze).
• see also:China at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Typhoon Omar begins

September

• China competed at the 1992 Summer Paralympics.

October

• Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 was in effect starting October 9. This strengthened the role of Executive Order 12711, which was signed by George H. W. Bush in 1990.

November

• China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 crash

Births

• June 3 – Dilraba Dilmurat, actress, singer and model
• June 17 – Sun Yiwen, fencer
• June 25 —- Chu Chen

Deaths

• January 15 — Zhang Dazhi, military officer and politician (b. 1911)
• February 18 — Wang Huayun, politician (b. 1908)
• March 11 — Liu Geping, Hui politician and communist revolutionary (b. 1904)
• March 16 — Wang Renzhong, politician (b. 1917)
• April 3 — Nie Fengzhi, general (b. 1913)
• April 16 — Gao Bo, actor (b. 1918)
• April 22 — Kang Keqing, politician and 4th wife of Zhu De (b. 1911)
• May 14 — Nie Rongzhen, military leader (b. 1899)
• May 28 — Bai Hong, actress and singer (b. 1920)
• June 13 — Qu Wu, military officer and politician (b. 1898)
• June 21 — Li Xiannian, 3rd President of China (b. 1909)
• June 28 — Qian Sanqiang, nuclear physicist (b. 1913)
• July 11 — Deng Yingchao, 4th Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and wife of Zhou En Lai (b. 1904)
• August 3 — Wang Hongwen, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1935)
• August 20 — Liu Zhen, general (b. 1915)
• August 28 — Tan Qixiang, geographer and historian (b. 1911)
• September 5 — Zhou Wennan, communist revolutionary and judge (b. 1910)
• September 27 — Zhang Leping, comic artist (b. 1910)
• September 28 — Hu Qiaomu, sociologist, marxist philosopher and politician (b. 1912)
• October 10 — Sha Menghai, great master of calligraphy (b. 1900)
• October 14 — Qin Mu, educator and writer (b. 1919)
• November 8 — He Cheng, lieutenant general (b. 1901)
• November 17 — Lu Yao, novelist (b. 1949)
• Dates unknown
• Zhao Xiu, politician (b. 1921)

See also

• List of Chinese films of 1992
• China at the 1992 Winter Olympics
• Chinese Taipei at the 1992 Summer Olympics

References