The 1999 China International was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 8–14 March 1999 at the JC Mandarin Hotel in Shanghai, China. The tournament was the inaugural staging of the event as a ranking tournament, after the 1997 edition had previously been held as an invitational tournament. This edition was the seventh ranking event out of the 1998/1999 season.
John Higgins won the tournament by defeating Billy Snaddon 9–3 in the final. Mehmet Husnu recorded a maximum break against Eddie Barker during qualifying for the tournament.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £42,000 Runner-up: £21,000 Semi-final: £11,000 Quarter-final: £6,200 Last 16: £3,100 Last 32: £2,555
Highest break (televised): £2,500 Highest break (qualifying): £1,000
Wildcard round
Match Score WC1 5–3 WC2 1–5 WC3 5–2 WC4 5–4
Main draw
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