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1999 in China 
Summary
Events in the year 1999 in China.
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Incumbents edit
- Party General Secretary – Jiang Zemin
- President – Jiang Zemin
- Premier – Zhu Rongji
- Vice President – Hu Jintao
- Vice Premier – Li Lanqing
- Congress Chairman – Li Peng
- Conference Chairman – Li Ruihuan
Governors edit
- Governor of Anhui Province – Wang Taihua
- Governor of Fujian Province – He Guoqiang then Xi Jinping
- Governor of Gansu Province – Song Zhaosu
- Governor of Guangdong Province – Lu Ruihua
- Governor of Guizhou Province – Qian Yunlu
- Governor of Hainan Province – Wang Xiaofeng
- Governor of Hebei Province – Yue Qifeng
- Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Tian Fengshan
- Governor of Henan Province – Li Keqiang
- Governor of Hubei Province – Jiang Zhuping
- Governor of Hunan Province – Chu Bo
- Governor of Jiangsu Province – Ji Yunshi
- Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shu Shengyou
- Governor of Jilin Province – Hong Hu
- Governor of Liaoning Province – Zhang Guoguang
- Governor of Qinghai Province – Bai Enpei then Zhao Leji
- Governor of Shaanxi Province – Cheng Andong
- Governor of Shandong Province – Li Chunting
- Governor of Shanxi Province – Sun Wensheng then Liu Zhenhua
- Governor of Sichuan Province – Song Baorui then Zhang Zhongwei
- Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating
- Governor of Zhejiang Province – Chai Songyue
Events edit
January edit
- January 4 – A pedestrian bridge in Qijiang, Chongqing collapsed and caused 40 people to die and 14 to be injured.[1]
February edit
- February 24 – China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509 crashed on approach to Wenzhou Airport, killing 61 people.
April edit
- April 4 – Alibaba Group founded in Hangzhou
- Key people: Jack Ma, Joseph Tsai
- April 15 – Korean Air Cargo Flight 6316 crashed in Xinzhuang, Shanghai after takeoff from Hongqiao Airport due to pilot's confusion between two units of measurement (feet and metres).
May edit
- May 8 – U.S. bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade led to a series of anti-American protests in China.
- Hu Jintao delivered a national televised speech
July edit
- July 22 – The Ministry of Civil Affairs declared Falun Gong as an illegal organization.[2]
October edit
- October 1 – 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic Parade and Speech by paramount leader Jiang Zemin.[3]
November edit
- November 19 – Shenzhou 1 spacecraft launched.
December edit
- December 5 – Shenyang Haishi won Chongqing Longxin by 2-1 in the Chinese Jia-A League, which later led to a match-fixing controversy.
- December 19 and 20 – China assumed formal sovereignty over Macau from Portugal.
Full date unknown edit
- GRG Banking is founded in Guangzhou.[4]
Births edit
- February 10 – Tiffany Espensen, actress
- June 2 – Wei Yi, chess prodigy
- September 9 – Uudam, singer
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "January 4, 1999: 40 people died in a total collapse of the walking rainbow bridge in Qijiang, Chongqing". People's Daily. 2003-08-01. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
- ^ "Notice of the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China (July 22, 1999)". People's Daily. 2000-07-06. Archived from the original on 2002-04-16.
- ^ Miles, James (1 October 1999) "Analysis: Jiang's day of glory"BBC News
- ^ "Dernières solutions agréées - Site officiel des Cartes Bancaires CB". Cartes-bancaires.com. Archived from the original on 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2014-04-16.