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The following lists events that happened during 2000 in China.
Incumbents[]
- 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[]
- Governor of Anhui Province – Wang Taihua then Xu Zhonglin
- Governor of Fujian Province – 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 then Song Fatang
- 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 – Zhao Leji
- Governor of Shaanxi Province –
- Governor of Shandong Province –
- Governor of Shanxi Province – Liu Zhenhua
- Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Zhongwei
- Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating (until June), (starting June)
- Governor of Zhejiang Province – Chai Songyue
Events[]
January[]
- January 14 – 2000 Yunnan earthquake: An earthquake measuring 5.9 in magnitude occurred in the Yunnan province in southwest China, killing 7 people and injuring at least 2,528 more. Almost 41,000 homes were levelled by the earthquake.
- January – Baidu, an internet search engine, was founded.[1]
October[]
- October 28 - Jiang Zemin berated Hong Kong journalist Sharon Cheung.
December[]
- December 25 – 2000 Luoyang Christmas fire: A shopping center fire at Luoyang, Henan, China kills 309.
Births[]
- March 12 - Sabrina Man, born in Hong Kong, is a Chinese-Filipina-Canadian actress, television host and commercial model.
- November 4 - Sun Yingsha, table tennis player.[2]
Deaths[]
- January 8 – Ray Huang, a Chinese historian and philosopher (born 1918)
- May 22 – Zhao Puchu, Chinese Buddhist leader and social activists (born 1907)
- June 23 – Geng Biao, Chinese revolutionary, military strategist and diplomat (born 1909)
See also[]
- 2000 in Chinese film
- Hong Kong League Cup 2000–01
References[]
- ^ Viebig, Jan; Poddig, Thorsten; Varmaz, Armin (30 April 2008). Equity Valuation: Models from Leading Investment Banks. John Wiley & Sons. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-470-75880-9.
- ^ Table Tennis SUN Yingsha – Tokyo 2020 Olympics Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
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