Events in the year 1999 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 Governor of Fujian Province – He Guoqiang then 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 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 – Bai Enpei then Zhao Leji Governor of Shaanxi Province – Cheng Andong Governor of Shandong Province – Li Chunting Governor of Shanxi Province – Sun Wensheng then Liu Zhenhua Governor of Sichuan Province – Song Baorui then Zhang Zhongwei Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating Governor of Zhejiang Province – Chai Songyue
Events
January January 4 – A pedestrian bridge in Qijiang, Chongqing collapsed and caused 40 people to die and 14 to be injured.
February February 24 – China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509 crashed on approach to Wenzhou Airport, killing 61 people.
April April 4 – Alibaba Group founded in Hangzhou Key people: Jack Ma, Joseph Tsai April 15 – Korean Air Cargo Flight 6316 crashed in Xinzhuang, Shanghai after takeoff from Hongqiao Airport due to pilot's confusion between two units of measurement (feet and metres).
May May 8 – U.S. bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade led to a series of anti-American protests in China. Hu Jintao delivered a national televised speech
July July 22 – The Ministry of Civil Affairs declared Falun Gong as an illegal organization.
October October 1 – 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic Parade and Speech by paramount leader Jiang Zemin.Miles, James (1 October 1999) "Analysis: Jiang's day of glory"BBC News
November November 19 – Shenzhou 1 spacecraft launched.
December December 5 – Shenyang Haishi won Chongqing Longxin by 2-1 in the Chinese Jia-A League, which later led to a match-fixing controversy. December 19 and 20 – China assumed formal sovereignty over Macau from Portugal.
Full date unknown GRG Banking is founded in Guangzhou.
Births February 10 – Tiffany Espensen, actress June 2 – Wei Yi, chess prodigy September 9 – Uudam, singer September 29 – Gu Haiyan, wheelchair fencer (alternate link, alternate link 2)
Deaths January 18 — Yuyan, calligrapher (b. 1918) February 3 — Yu Qiuli, army officer and politician (b. 1914) February 11 — Xiao Qian, essayist, editor, journalist and translator (b. 1910) February 28 — Bing Xin, writer (b. 1900) March 2 — Wang Heshou, Second Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (b. 1909) March 3 — Ling Zifeng, film director (b. 1917) March 21 — Willy Kan, Hong Kong apprentice jockey (b. 1978) April 15 — Roy Chiao, Hong Kong actor (b. 1927) April 18 — Ye Fei, Philippine-born Chinese military general and politician (b. 1914) April 21 — Su Xuelin, writer and scholar (b. 1897) April 27 — He Luting, composer (b. 1903) April 29 — Yao Xueyin, novelist (b. 1910) May 7 — Chen Yanyan, actress and film producer (b. 1916) May 8 The three reporters who died during the United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade Zhu Ying (b. 1971) June 10 — Chen Xilian, military officer and politician (b. 1915) August 15 — Liu Liankun, major general (b. 1933) August 16 — Regina Kent, Hong Kong actress (b. 1967) August 27 — Bai Guang, actress and singer (b. 1921) September 25 — Ding Sheng, general and politician (b. 1913) October 1 — Kuei Chih-Hung, filmmaker (b. 1937) October 19 — Zeng Liansong, designer of the national flag of the People's Republic of China (b. 1917) October 27 — Xie Fei, 12th Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1932) November 9 — Huang Huoqing, politician (b. 1901) December 24 — Jiang Hua, 5th President of the Supreme People's Court of China (b. 1907)
See also List of Chinese films of 1999
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