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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
.
[
citation needed
]
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.
[1]
Births
6 March
–
Long Daoyi
, Chinese diver
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
)
[2]
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
^
"Gas well blowout kills at least 191"
.
^
"外交部原副部长姚广同志逝世 享年82岁"
.
Xinhua Net
(in Chinese). November 17, 2003. Archived from
the original
on October 18, 2009
. Retrieved
October 1,
2017
.
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