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China-related events during the year of 2024
Events in the year
2024 in
China .
Incumbents
Events
12 January –
2024 Pingdingshan mining explosion : Ten people are killed and six others are missing after an explosion at a coal mine in
Pingdingshan ,
Henan .
[1]
20 January –
Yingcai Boarding School fire : Thirteen
third grade children are killed and another is injured in a
boarding school
dormitory fire in
Dushu ,
Henan Province . The school's director is arrested.
[2]
22 January – A
landslide in
Zhaotong ,
Yunnan , kills 44 people.
[3]
23 January –
2024 Uqturpan earthquake : A magnitude 7.1
earthquake strikes
Uqturpan County in
Xinjiang Province , killing three people, all in Xinjiang, and injuring at least 50 people, the majority of whom are in nearby
Kazakhstan . Forty-seven buildings in China collapse, while a further 78 are damaged.
[4]
[5]
24 January – Thirty-nine people are killed and nine others injured during a fire at a
commercial building in
Yushui ,
Jiangxi .
[6]
10 February –
Ju County attack : An alleged mass murder occurred in
Ju County ,
Shandong , resulting in the deaths of at least 21 people.
[7]
22 February –
2024 Guangzhou bridge collapse : Five people are killed when a ship rams a bridge in
Guangzhou .
[8]
24 February – A fire at an apartment block in
Nanjing kills 15 people.
[9]
28 February – China urges the world's largest
nuclear states to negotiate a 'no-first-use' treaty.
[10]
13 March – Two people are killed and 26 more injured during an explosion caused by a suspected
gas leak at a restaurant in
Langfang .
[11]
19 March – Founder of Chinese
property developer
Evergrande Group
Hui Ka Yan is fined 47 million yuan (US$6.53 million) and barred from the
securities market for life after
China Securities Regulatory Commission accused the group for inflating its revenue.
[12]
13 April – Twelve people are killed after a tourist boat sinks near
Qinhuangdao ,
Hebei .
[13]
22 April – Heavy rain triggers flooding in
Guangdong Province , causing around 10 deaths and 110,000 evacuations.
[14]
27 April – Five people are killed and 140 buildings are damaged after a tornado strikes Guangzhou.
[15]
Holidays
Source:
[16]
[17]
Art and entertainment
Deaths
10 January –
Tian Zengpei , 93, diplomat and politician,
ambassador to Yugoslavia (1986–1988) and chairperson of the
committee of Foreign Affairs (1998–2003).
[18]
11 January –
Zhang Kehui , 95, politician,
vice chairman of the CPPCC (1998–2008).
[19]
12 January –
Francis F. Lee , 96, Chinese-American inventor, businessman and academic.
[20]
24 January –
Dai Yi , 97, historian.
[21]
See also
References
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"At least 10 killed in China mining accident" . Al Jazeera . Retrieved 2024-01-13 .
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"13 students dead in China school fire: State media" . CNA . Retrieved 2024-01-20 .
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"Remaining landslide victims found in China, bringing death toll to 44" . Associated Press . 2024-01-25. Retrieved 12 March 2024 .
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"At least 50 injured in major earthquake on China-Kyrgyzstan border" . CNA . Retrieved 2024-01-23 .
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"7.1 magnitude quake rattles western China, killing at least 3 people and collapsing 47 homes" . Associated Press . 23 January 2024.
Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024 .
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"A fire in China's Jiangxi province kills at least 39 people, state media says" . AP News . 2024-01-24. Retrieved 2024-01-24 .
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"中國山東傳大型滅門慘案!村民:21人被殺包括1醫生2公安2嫌在逃" . Yahoo News (in Chinese). 2024-02-13. Retrieved 2024-04-05 .
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"Ship crash causes bridge collapse in China" . Al Jazeera . Retrieved 2024-02-22 .
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"Apartment block fire in China's Nanjing city kills at least 15, officials say" . The Guardian . 2024-02-24.
ISSN
0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-02-24 .
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"China urges largest nuclear states to negotiate a 'no-first-use' treaty" .
Reuters . February 28, 2024.
^ 严茂强.
"2 dead, 26 injured in Hebei eatery explosion" . www.chinadaily.com.cn . Retrieved 2024-03-13 .
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"China Evergrande's flagship unit, founder punished for securities fraud" .
Reuters . March 18, 2024.
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"China detains 2 over tourist boat capsizing that killed 12, citing lack of safety equipment" .
Associated Press . April 14, 2024.
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"Guangdong: Tens of thousands evacuated from massive China floods" . BBC . Retrieved 2024-04-22 .
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"A tornado in southern China kills 5 people and damages factories in the metropolis of Guangzhou" .
Associated Press . April 28, 2024.
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"China Public Holidays 2024" . Public Holidays Global . Retrieved 3 December 2023 .
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"国务院办公厅关于2024年, 部分节假日安排的通知" [General Office of the State Council on 2024, Notice of some holiday arrangements]. Chinese Government Website Chinese Domain (in Chinese). 25 October 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023 .
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"外交部党委原书记、副部长田曾佩逝世,享年94岁_中国政库_澎湃新闻-The Paper" . www.thepaper.cn . Retrieved 2024-01-24 .
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"张克辉同志逝世--社会·法治--人民网" . society.people.com.cn . Retrieved 2024-01-24 .
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"Francis Lee Obituary - Sneider & Sullivan & O'Connell's Funeral Home and Cremation Service - 2024" . Legacy.com . Retrieved 2024-01-24 .
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"历史学家戴逸走了!他和《清史》的缘分是一段不了情_文汇" . www.whb.cn . Retrieved 2024-01-24 .
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