The following lists events that happened during 2018 in China.
Incumbents General Secretary of the Communist Party – Xi Jinping President – Xi Jinping Vice President Li Yuanchao (until 17 March 2018) Wang Qishan (from 17 March 2018) Premier – Li Keqiang Congress chairman Zhang Dejiang (until 17 March 2018) Li Zhanshu (from 17 March 2018) Consultative Conference chairman Yu Zhengsheng (until 14 March 2018) Wang Yang (from 14 March 2018)
Governors Governor of Anhui Province – Li Guoying Governor of Fujian Province – Tang Dengjie Governor of Gansu Province – Tang Renjian Governor of Guangdong Province – Ma Xingrui Governor of Guizhou Province – Shen Yiqin Governor of Hainan Province – Shen Xiaoming Governor of Hebei Province – Xu Qin Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Lu Hao (until March), Wang Wentao (starting May) Governor of Henan Province – Chen Run'er Governor of Hubei Province – Wang Xiaodong Governor of Hunan Province – Xu Dazhe Governor of Jiangsu Province – Wu Zhenglong Governor of Jiangxi Province – Liu Qi (politician, born 1957) (until August), Yi Lianhong (starting August) Governor of Jilin Province – Liu Guozhong (until 4 January), Jing Junhai (starting 4 January) Governor of Liaoning Province – Tang Yijun Governor of Qinghai Province – Wang Jianjun (until August), Liu Ning (starting August) Governor of Shaanxi Province – Hu Heping (until 4 January), Liu Guozhong (starting 4 January) Governor of Shandong Province – Gong Zheng Governor of Shanxi Province – Lou Yangsheng Governor of Sichuan Province – Yin Li Governor of Yunnan Province – vacant Governor of Zhejiang Province – Yuan Jiajun
Events January January 2 – Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu and other places have been affected by heavy snow or blizzard, which has damaged housing, agriculture and power infrastructure in some areas, and traffic has been blocked. January 5 – As of 11:00, Blizzard snow caused 10 deaths in 5 provinces in Central China and East China, more than 567,000 people were affected.
February February 15 – The CCTV Spring Festival Gala, which airs to millions around the country, sparks widespread criticism and faces accusations of racism after featuring a comedy sketch that featured an Asian actress in blackface and with exaggerated buttocks.
March March 5 – 13th National People's Congress was opened. March 11 – National People's Congress approves a constitutional change that removes term limits for its leaders, granting General Secretary Xi Jinping the status of "President for life". March 28 – North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un met with China's paramount leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Kim's first reported trip outside the country since taking power. March – scheduled date for the first plenary session to be held by the 13th National People's Congress
May May 2 – Censorship in China: Chinese authorities have blocked the popular British children's cartoon, Peppa Pig on its Douyin (TikTok) social media service for "subversive" content. The service had over 30,000 viral videos of Peppa Pig on its platform.Peppa Pig got big in China. Then she got censored , CNBC May 8 – former Chinese Communist Party official Sun Zhengcai sentenced to life imprisonment for corruption.
June June – planned launch of the lunar exploration mission Chang'e 4.
August August 18 to 19 - Tropical Storm Rumbia caused heavy rain in several province, causing 53 fatalities, including 2 policeman who were washed away by the flood.
September September 15 — the annual routine Air Defense Alert originally scheduled for Guangzhou was cancelled. September 16 — Typhoon Mangkhut gradually approached Guangdong. Urban public transportation in Guangzhou and Shenzhen is also affected, in which part of the Guangzhou Metro is out of service; in Shenzhen, buses, subways, and taxis are all out of service, and pure electric taxi charging stations are also closed.
October October 3 – The PRC authorities ordered Fan Bingbing and the companies she controls to pay around 883 million yuan (around US$129 million) in taxes, fines, and penalties. She also broke silence on her Weibo account by apologizing for what she had done.
November November 13 — "Great Change – A Large-Scale Exhibition Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Reform and Opening-up" was grandly opened at the National Museum of the People’s Republic of China. On the afternoon of the same day, Xi Jinping came here to visit the exhibition, reviewing the glorious course of the 40 years of reform and opening up, and proclaiming the firm determination to carry out reform and opening up. "Xi Jinping Attends Commemoration on the 40th Anniversary of China-US Ping-Pong Diplomacy." Cz.china-Embassy.gov.cn, cz.china-embassy.gov.cn/cze/zgxw/201112/t20111212_2621193.htm. Accessed 5 June 2023.
Popular culture Film List of Chinese films of 2018
Deaths
January 2 January – Ye Zhemin, 93, art historian. 9 January Guan De, 85, aircraft designer. Yuan Chengye, 93, chemist. 16 January – Liu Zhonghua, 101, major general. 17 January – He Yousheng, 86, hydrodynamicist. 18 January – Ding Guangquan, 73, comedian.
February 1 February – Su Bai, 95, archaeologist. 11 February – Sun Shu, 84, geologist. 12 February – Luo Haocai, 83, politician and legal scholar. 19 February – Zhang Junsheng, 81, optical engineer, politician, and academic administrator. 24 February – Yang Rudai, 91, politician. 25 February – Dai Fudong, 89, architect. 26 February – Li Boguang, 49, legal scholar and human rights activist. 28 February – Chen Xiaolu, 71, businessman and princeling.
March 3 March Lin Hu, 90, air force general. Yao Xian, 90, air force general. 7 March – Hao Bailin, 83, physicist. 15 March Huang Wenpan, 22, swimmer. Ling Yun, 100, politician. 18 March – Li Ao, 82, Chinese-Taiwanese writer and politician
April 4 April – Li Zhengyou, 82, agronomist and politician, Vice-Governor of Yunnan Province. 7 April Ai Xing, 93, mechanical engineer. Li Zhen, 93, politician, Chairman of the Shandong People's Congress. Wang Wusheng, 73, photographer. 10 April Li Dawei, 47, director. Li Yaowen, 99, politician, general and diplomat. Wu Nansheng, 95, politician. Yang Gui, 89, politician, chief designer of the Red Flag Canal. 11 April – Li Tian, 79, aerodynamicist and aircraft designer. 12 April – Hu Chengzhi, 100, palaeontologist and palaeoanthropologist. 16 April – Lü Chuanzan, 85, politician, Chairman of Hebei Provincial People's Congress (1993–1998). 20 April – Nie Bichu, 90, politician.
May 2 May – Wang Danfeng, 93, actress 10 May – Wu Dechang, 90, toxicologist. 18 May – Sun Fuling, 96, business executive and politician 19 May – Zhengzhang Shangfang, 84, linguist 22 May – Lu Chunling, 96, flautist 28 May – Lin Zunqi, 75, physicist and specialist in solid-state laser 30 May – Li Zaiping, 92, molecular biologist
June 8 June – Liu Jianfu, 100, politician 9 June – Zhang Junzhao, 65, film director and screenwriter (One and Eight, The Shining Arc). 17 June – Zhao Nanqi, 91, general and politician 20 June – Hu Wei, 97, general 21 June – Yan Jizhou, 100, film director 22 June – Ai Weiren, 86, Chinese soldier
July 2 July – Liu Boli, 87, nuclear chemist. 3 July – Wang Jian, 56, businessman 8 July – Liu Tonghua, 88, pathologist. 11 July Wu Bing'an, 89, ethnologist Ji Chunhua, actor (b. 1961) Liu Zhenhua, general (b. 1921) 18 July – Ling Li, writer and historian (b. 1942). 26 July – Sha Yexin, 79, playwright 27 July – Song Yuquan, 85, materials scientist. 29 July – Lin Xiangdi, 84, optoelectronic engineer, President of the Southwest University of Science and Technology. 30 July – Zhou Yaohe, 91, materials scientist. 31 July – Su Hongxi, 103, surgeon.
August 1 August – Cui Xiuwen, artist. 3 August – Zhang Baosheng, 57–58, qigong master. 7 August – Liu Guangding, 88, geologist. 11 August – Li Chaoyi, 84, neurobiologist. 12 August – Ma Jin, 83, geologist. 19 August – Hong Chaosheng, 97, physicist.
September 1 September – Chen Xian, 98, politician. 7 September Chang Baohua, xiangsheng actor (b. 1930). Yang Side, general (b. 1921) Sheng Zhongguo, 77, violinist 8 September – Yang Zhenya, 90, diplomat 11 September – Shan Tianfang, pingshu actor (b. 1934). 13 September – Lin Hujia, politician (b. 1916). 15 September – Zhu Xu, 88, actor 16 September Min Naiben, 83, physicist and materials scientist. Wang Guofa, 72, politician 19 September – Buren Bayaer, 58, singer and journalist. 20 September – Wang Mengshu, 79, tunnel and railway engineer 21 September – Xu Delong, 66, materials scientist, President of Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology. 23 September – Liu Jie, 103, politician 28 September Zang Tianshuo, 54, musician Shi Shengjie, 65, xiangsheng comedian
October 3 October – Fang Nanjiang, 75, novelist and general 5 October – Lin Xiao, politician (b. 1920). 9 October – Lü Junchang, 53, palaeontologist 16 October – Ismail Amat, 83, politician 18 October – Li Lianda, 84, pharmacologist 20 October – Zheng Xiaosong, 59, politician and diplomat 25 October Chen Tiemei, 83, archaeologist Li Yong, 50, television host 27 October – Yang Ziyuan, 90, politician 29 October Wang Guangying, 99, entrepreneur and politician Li Xifan, 90, literary scholar and redologist. 30 October – Jin Yong, 94, a Chinese wuxia novelist and newspaper founder. 31 October Chen Chuangtian, 81, materials scientist Hou Fusheng, 94, petroleum engineer
November 4 November – Wang Huanyu, 63, astrophysicist. 6 November – Deng Qidong, 80, geologist. 7 November – Xie Shileng, 83, port and coastal engineer. 10 November – Liu Xuyi, 105, historian. 12 November – Wang Junmin, 63, politician 15 November Ba Zhongtan, 88, lieutenant general Zhang Ting, 96, politician 17 November – Cheng Kaijia, 100, nuclear physicist and engineer. 19 November – Wu Jianchang, 79, engineer and politician 24 November – Shi Jiaonai, 97, plant physiologist 30 November – Chang Guitian, 76, xiangsheng actor
December 1 December – Zhang Ouying, 43, football player and coach 8 December – Wang Ruilin, 88, general and politician 9 December – Peng Sixun, 99, medicinal chemist 13 December Gao Jindian, 79, army officer Yuan Mu, 90, politician 15 December – Eryue He, 73, writer 19 December – Tömür Dawamat, 91, politician
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