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 – Wu Yixia 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 – Zheng Silin then Ji Yunshi Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shu Shengyou Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Yunkun 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 – Cheng Andong Governor of Shandong Province – Li Chunting 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. November 19 — 1998 Ninglang earthquake In 1998, the Commission on Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND) began the "national defence science and technology innovation project."
Births January 10 — Xu Shilin, tennis player December 16 — Zhou Jieqiong, singer and actress, member of I.O.I and Pristin December 27 — He Jie, athlete
Deaths January 10 — Deng Guangming, historian (b. 1907) January 28 — Lee Ya-Ching, film actress, pioneering aviator and philanthropist (b. 1912) February 22 — Han Youwen, Salar Muslim general and politician (b. 1912) March 13 — Ma Yueliang, Manchu teacher of Tai chi (b. 1901) April 9 — Lü Shuxiang, linguist, lexicographer and educator (b. 1904) April 12 — Xin Fengxia, pingju opera performer (b. 1927) May 3 — Xue Yue, Nationalist general (b. 1896) May 21 — Li Bo, phytoecologist (b. 1929) May 27 — Shu Tong, politician (b. 1905) May 28 — Chung-Yao Chao, theoretical physicist (b. 1902) June 27 — Tso-hsin Cheng, ornithologist (b. 1906) August 6 — Deng Zhaoxiang, naval officer (b. 1903) August 17 — Shi Zhe, military officer, diplomat, translator and interpreter (b. 1905) August 28 — Lu Dadong, communist revolutionary and politician (b. 1915) September 14 Yang Shangkun, 4th President of China (b. 1907) Zhang Zongxun, general (b. 1908) October 7 — Ru Zhijuan, writer (b. 1925) October 8 — Zhang Chongren, sculptor (b. 1907) October 9 — Xiao Yang, politician (b. 1929) November 26 — M. T. Cheng, mathematician (b. 1917) December 5 — Cheung Tze-keung, notorious Hong Kong gangster (b. 1955) December 10 — Wang Ganchang, nuclear physicist (b. 1907) December 11 — Chen Puru, politician (b. 1918) December 13 — Liang Xiang, politician (b. 1919) December 19 — Qian Zhongshu, literary scholar and writer (b. 1910) December 28 — Wang Dezhao, physicist (b. 1905)
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
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