2021 in China

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Events in the year 2021 in China.

Incumbents[]

Paramount leader[]

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Xi Jinping in 2016.jpg General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping

Head of state[]

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Xi Jinping in 2016.jpg President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping
Wang Qishan (cropped).jpg Vice President of the People's Republic of China Wang Qishan

Head of government[]

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Li Keqiang (31807287838).jpg Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Li Keqiang

National legislature[]

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Li Zhanshu in 2016.jpg Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Li Zhanshu

Political advisory[]

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2019 Wang Yang.jpg Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Wang Yang

Supervision commission[]

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Yang Xiaodu no Brasil.jpg Director of the Supervision Commission of the People's Republic of China Yang Xiaodu

Communist Party secretaries[]

Main article: Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary
See also: List of current Chinese provincial leaders
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N/A Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Communist Party Committee Cai Qi
N/A Secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Communist Party Committee Li Hongzhong
N/A Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Communist Party Committee Li Qiang
N/A Secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Communist Party Committee Chen Min'er
N/A Secretary of the Anhui Province Communist Party Committee Li Jinbin
Zheng Shanjie
N/A Secretary of the Fujian Province Communist Party Committee Yin Li
N/A Secretary of the Gansu Province Communist Party Committee Lin Duo
Yin Hong
N/A Secretary of the Guangdong Province Communist Party Committee Li Xi
N/A Secretary of the Guizhou Province Communist Party Committee Shen Yiqin
N/A Secretary of the Hainan Province Communist Party Committee Shen Xiaoming
N/A Secretary of the Hebei Province Communist Party Committee Wang Dongfeng
N/A Secretary of the Heilongjiang Province Communist Party Committee Zhang Qingwei
Xu Qin
N/A Secretary of the Henan Province Communist Party Committee Wang Guosheng
Lou Yangsheng
N/A Secretary of the Hubei Province Communist Party Committee Ying Yong
N/A Secretary of the Hunan Province Communist Party Committee Xu Dazhe
Zhang Qingwei
N/A Secretary of the Jiangsu Province Communist Party Committee Lou Qinjian
Wu Zhenglong
N/A Secretary of the Jiangxi Province Communist Party Committee Liu Qi
Yi Lianhong
N/A Secretary of the Jilin Province Communist Party Committee Jing Junhai
N/A Secretary of the Liaoning Province Communist Party Committee Zhang Guoqing
N/A Secretary of the Qinghai Province Communist Party Committee Wang Jianjun
N/A Secretary of the Shaanxi Province Communist Party Committee Liu Guozhong
N/A Secretary of the Shandong Province Communist Party Committee Liu Jiayi
Li Ganjie
N/A Secretary of the Shanxi Province Communist Party Committee Lou Yangsheng
Lin Wu
N/A Secretary of the Sichuan Province Communist Party Committee Peng Qinghua
N/A Secretary of the Yunnan Province Communist Party Committee Ruan Chengfa
Wang Ning
N/A Secretary of the Zhejiang Province Communist Party Committee Yuan Jiajun
N/A Secretary of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Communist Party Committee Shi Taifeng
N/A Secretary of the Guangxi Autonomous Region Communist Party Committee Lu Xinshe
Liu Ning
N/A Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region Communist Party Committee Wu Yingjie
Wang Junzheng
N/A Secretary of the Ningxia Autonomous Region Communist Party Committee Chen Run'er
N/A Secretary of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region Communist Party Committee Chen Quanguo

Governors[]

Photo Post Name
N/A Governor of Anhui Province Li Guoying (until 1 February)
Wang Qingxian (from 1 February)
N/A Governor of Fujian Province Wang Ning
N/A Governor of Gansu Province TBA
N/A Governor of Guangdong Province Ma Xingrui
N/A Governor of Guizhou Province Li Bingjun
N/A Governor of Hainan Province Feng Fei
N/A Governor of Hebei Province Xu Qin
N/A Governor of Heilongjiang Province Hu Changsheng
Yin Hong.jpg
N/A 		Governor of Henan Province Yin Hong (until 31 March)
Wang Kai (from 31 March)
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N/A 		Governor of Hubei Province Wang Xiaodong (until 7 May)
Wang Zhonglin (from 7 May)
N/A Governor of Hunan Province Mao Weiming
N/A Governor of Jiangsu Province Wu Zhenglong
N/A Governor of Jiangxi Province Wu Zhenglong
N/A Governor of Jilin Province Han Jun
N/A Governor of Liaoning Province Liu Ning
N/A Governor of Qinghai Province Xin Changxing
N/A Governor of Shaanxi Province Zhao Yide
N/A Governor of Shandong Province N/A
N/A Governor of Shanxi Province Lin Wu (until June)
Lan Foan (starting June)
N/A Governor of Sichuan Province Huang Qiang
N/A Governor of Yunnan Province Chen Hao
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N/A 		Governor of Zhejiang Province Zheng Shanjie (until 30 September)
Wang Hao (starting 30 September)

Events[]

January[]

  • 5 January – The team sent by the World Health Organization to study the origins of the coronavirus pandemic virus is blocked from entering China. The team claims their visas had not been approved yet. Tedros Adhanom expressed his dismay, saying he had been in contact with senior Chinese officials, and how important the expedition was.[1]
  • 11 January – 13 members of the 15 member World Health Organization team sent to study the origins of COVID-19 arrive in Wuhan, China. The last two members are awaiting in Singapore for their COVID-19 test results.[2]

March[]

  • 22 March – 2021 Guangzhou bombing.

April[]

  • 13 April – Regarding to the Japanese cabinet's decision to dump radioactive water of the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, China's foreign ministry expressed strong opposition.[3][4]

May[]

June[]

July[]

  • 1 July – 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party
  • 17 July – 2021 Henan floods begin.

August[]

  • 4 August – A syphilis man buying a paralytic bride to have nine children (zh:梅毒男与智障女子9孩案) was exposed by local media in Shandong, which raised legal controversy over whether this constitutes legal rape in China.
  • 8 August – The tech company Alibaba Group fired senior executives who silenced an internal complaint of rape and who ordered a media blackout of the complaint (zh:阿里巴巴员工被领导强奸案). This rape case in China exposed the Chinese business culture of forcing female employees to act as KTV hostesses to entertain business clients. This case is also a boost to the #MeToo movement in China.

November[]

  • 2 November – professional tennis player Peng Shuai shared allegations of sexual assault against Zhang Gaoli, former Vice Premier of China and a high-ranked official of the Chinese Communist Party cadre.[5]

Deaths[]

  • 22 May – Yuan Longping
  • 16 December – , Chinese longevity claimant (b. 1886)

See also[]

Country overviews[]

  • China
  • History of China
  • History of modern China
  • Outline of China
  • Government of China
  • Politics of China
  • Timeline of Chinese history
  • Years in China

Related timelines for current period[]

  • 2021
  • 2021 in politics and government
  • 2020s

References[]

  1. ^ Boseley, Sarah (2021-01-05). "China blocks entry to WHO team studying Covid's origins". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  2. ^ "Health experts arrive in Wuhan to investigate COVID-19 origins". UN News. 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  3. ^ "Fukushima: Japan approves releasing wastewater into ocean". BBC. 2021-04-13.
  4. ^ Clark, Aaron (2021-04-12). "U.S. Friends Join China in Ripping Japan Plan on Fukushima Water". Bloomberg News.
  5. ^ Myers, Steven Lee (Nov 3, 2021). "A Chinese Tennis Star Accuses a Former Top Leader of Sexual Assault" – via NYTimes.com.

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