1998 in China

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See also:	Other events of 1998 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

The following lists events in the year 1998 in China.

Incumbents[]

• Party General Secretary: Jiang Zemin
• President: Jiang Zemin
• Premier: Li Peng (until 17 March), Zhu Rongji (starting 17 March)
• Vice President: Rong Yiren (until March 12), Hu Jintao (starting March 15)
• Vice Premier: Zhu Rongji (until March 17) Li Lanqing (starting March 17)

Governors[]

• Governor of Anhui Province – Hui Liangyu then Wang Taihua
• Governor of Fujian Province – He Guoqiang
• Governor of Gansu Province – Sun Ying then Song Zhaosu
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Lu Ruihua
• Governor of Guizhou Province – then Qian Yunlu
• Governor of Hainan Province – Ruan Chongwu then Wang Xiaofeng
• Governor of Hebei Province – Ye Liansong then Yue Qifeng
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Tian Fengshan
• Governor of Henan Province – Ma Zhongchen then Li Keqiang
• Governor of Hubei Province – Jiang Zhuping
• Governor of Hunan Province – Yang Zhengwu then Chu Bo
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – then Ji Yunshi
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shu Shengyou
• Governor of Jilin Province – then Hong Hu
• Governor of Liaoning Province – Wen Shizhen (until January), Zhang Guoguang (starting January)
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Bai Enpei
• Governor of Shaanxi Province –
• Governor of Shandong Province –
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Sun Wensheng
• Governor of Sichuan Province – Song Baorui
• Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Chai Songyue

Events[]

• 9th National People's Congress
• Launch of the Three Stresses campaign
• June–September – 1998 Yangtze River floods
• June 23 – Chenggu axe massacre
• November 11 – Tencent founded.^{[page needed]}
• November 19 – 1998 Ninglang earthquake

Births[]

• January 10 - Xu Shilin, tennis player
• December 16 - Zhou Jieqiong, singer and actress, member of I.O.I and Pristin

Culture[]

• List of Chinese films of 1998

Sport[]

• January 18–24 – 1998 Four Nations Tournament (women's football), in Guangzhou
• March 15–21 – 1998 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship, in Harbin
• Chinese Jia-A League season: Chinese Jia-A League 1998
• China at the 1998 Asian Games
• China at the 1998 Winter Olympics won a total of 8 medals^[1]

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