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Events in the year 2001 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 – Xu Zhonglin
- Governor of Fujian Province – Xi Jinping
- Governor of Gansu Province – Song Zhaosu then Lu Hao
- Governor of Guangdong Province – Lu Ruihua
- Governor of Guizhou Province – Qian Yunlu then
- Governor of Hainan Province – Wang Xiaofeng
- Governor of Hebei Province – Niu Maosheng
- Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Song Fatang
- Governor of Henan Province – Li Keqiang
- Governor of Hubei Province – Jiang Zhuping then Zhang Guoguang
- Governor of Hunan Province – Chu Bo then Zhang Yunchuan
- Governor of Jiangsu Province – Ji Yunshi
- Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shu Shengyou then Huang Zhiquan
- Governor of Jilin Province – Hong Hu
- Governor of Liaoning Province – Zhang Guoguang then Bo Xilai
- Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhao Leji
- Governor of Shaanxi Province –
- Governor of Shandong Province – Zhang Gaoli then Han Yuqun
- 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[]
Jiang Zemin and Vladimir Putin after signing the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation
January[]
- January 9 – Shenzhou 2, an unmanned Chinese spacecraft, was launched.
April[]
- April 1 – Hainan Island incident: a mid-air collision between an EP-3E United States Navy spyplane and a People's Liberation Army Navy People's Liberation Army J-8II interceptor fighter jet 70 miles (110 km) away from the PRC-controlled island of Hainan. The collision caused the death of a PRC pilot, while the EP-3 was forced to make an unauthorized emergency landing at Lingshui airfield. The incident results in an international dispute between the United States and the People's Republic of China.
- April 11 – Hainan Island incident: The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, People's Republic of China, after a collision with an F-8 fighter, is released.
July[]
- July 13 – The International Olympic Committee awards the 2008 Summer Olympics to Beijing (People's Republic of China).
- July 16 – The People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation sign the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation.
December[]
- December 13 - SM City Xiamen, the first SM Mall in the Chinese mainland was opened.
- December 27 – The People's Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade status with the United States.
Births[]
- July 8 - Yang Peiyi, singer
- November 22 – Zhong Chenle, singer[1]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Artist Profile". NCTDREAM Official WebSite. SM Entertainment. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
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