2004 in China
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Events in the year 2004 in China.
Incumbents
[edit]- General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party – Hu Jintao
- President – Hu Jintao
- Premier – Wen Jiabao
- Vice President – Zeng Qinghong
- Vice Premier – Huang Ju
- National People's Congress Chairman – Wu Bangguo
- Conference Chairman – Jia Qinglin
Governors
[edit]- Governor of Anhui Province – Wang Jinshan
- Governor of Fujian Province – Lu Zhangong then Huang Xiaojing
- Governor of Guangdong Province – Lu Hao
- Governor of Guizhou Province – Huang Huahua
- Governor of Hainan Province – Shi Xiushi
- Governor of Hebei Province – Wei Liucheng
- Governor of Henan Province – Ji Yunshi
- Governor of Hunan Province – Zhou Bohua
- Governor of Jiangsu Province – Li Chengyu
- Governor of Jiangxi Province – Huang Zhiquan
- Governor of Jilin Province – Hong Hu then Wang Min
- Governor of Liaoning Province – Bo Xilai (until February), Zhang Wenyue (starting February)
- Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhao Leji then Yang Chuantang
- Governor of Shaanxi Province – Jia Zhibang (until October), Chen Deming (starting October)
- Governor of Shandong Province – Han Yuqun
- Governor of Shanxi Province – Liu Zhenhua (until January), Zhang Baoshun (starting January)
- Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Zhongwei
- Governor of Yunnan Province: Xu Rongkai
- Governor of Zhejiang Province – Lü Zushan
Events
[edit]February
[edit]- February 15 – Two fires sweep through China, one in a shopping center and the other in a temple, killing at least 90 and injuring 71.[1]
March
- China amends its Constitution.[2]: 48
April
[edit]- April 13 – Shanghai modifies its interpretation of the People's Republic of China's One Child Policy, allowing all divorced residents who remarry to have a second child without penalty.[3]
September
[edit]- September 19 - Hu Jintao becomes Chairman of the Central Military Commission.
October
[edit]- October 21 – In Xinmi, China, a gas explosion in a coal mine kills 62 people; 86 are still missing.[4][5]
November
[edit]- November 1 – Martial law is imposed in parts of China's Henan province after fighting between Hui Chinese and Han Chinese ethnic groups kills between 7 and 148 people.[6][7]
- November 26 – A man kills eight and injures four people with a knife at a Chinese high school in Ruzhou, Henan.[8][9]
- November 28 – A coal mine explosion in China kills over 150.
December
[edit]- December 3 – The People's Republic of China launches a new long-range nuclear submarine and an accompanying class of ballistic missiles, with a range in excess of 7,400 km (4,600 mi), developed by the People's Liberation Army.
Deaths
[edit]- February 14 – Yang Chengwu, Chinese military strategist
- March 23 – Chen Zhongwei, Chinese physician. One of the pioneers of the process of reattaching severed limbs.
