2002 in China
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Events in the year 2002 in China.
Incumbents
- General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party - Jiang Zemin until November 15, Hu Jintao[1]
- 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 – Xu Zhonglin then Wang Jinshan
- Governor of Fujian Province – Xi Jinping then Lu Zhangong
- Governor of Gansu Province – Lu Hao
- Governor of Guangdong Province – Lu Ruihua
- Governor of Guizhou Province – Shi Xiushi
- Governor of Hainan Province – Wang Xiaofeng
- Governor of Hebei Province – Niu Maosheng then Ji Yunshi
- Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Song Fatang
- Governor of Henan Province – Li Keqiang
- Governor of Hubei Province – Luo Qingquan
- Governor of Hunan Province – Zhang Yunchuan
- Governor of Jiangsu Province – Ji Yunshi then Liang Baohua
- Governor of Jiangxi Province – Huang Zhiquan
- Governor of Jilin Province – Hong Hu
- Governor of Liaoning Province – Bo Xilai
- Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhao Leji
- Governor of Shaanxi Province – Jia Zhibang
- Governor of Shandong Province – Han Yuqun
- Governor of Shanxi Province – Yu Youjun
- Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Zhongwei
- Governor of Yunnan Province – Xu Rongkai
- Governor of Zhejiang Province – Chai Songyue (until October), Xi Jinping (starting October)
Events
March
- March 25 – Shenzhou 3, an unmanned Chinese spacecraft, was launched.
April
- April 15 – An Air China Boeing 767-200 crashes into a hillside during heavy rain and fog near Pusan, South Korea, killing 128.
June
- June - Discovery of the Hidden character stone (est.)
July
August
- August 22 – In China, the Dongting Lake floods Yueyang, forcing the evacuation of 600,000 people; the crest of the flooding from the Yangtze River is expected Sunday. Floods and landslides have killed nearly 1000 people in China, 200 in the Hunan province.
November
- November 8 – President of the People's Republic of China Jiang Zemin announced several key policies at the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing. Although Marxism-Leninism would remain the official ideology of China, entrepreneurs and people in unconventional occupations, who are building "socialism with Chinese characteristics", would have a voice in establishing Communist Party ideology.
- November 15 – Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party.
December
- December 29
- China successfully launches Shenzhou 4, the fourth unmanned launch of the Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft.
- China State Grid, a largest utility brand of world, was established.[citation needed]
Date unknown
Births
- November 6 - Giulio Taccon, musician and actor
See also
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