Events in the year 2001 in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

Incumbents

* Party General Secretary –

Jiang Zemin Jiang Zemin (17 August 1926 – 30 November 2022) was a Chinese politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1989 to 2002, as Chairman of the Central Mil ...

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

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Premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of govern ...

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Zhu Rongji Zhu Rongji ( zh, s=朱镕基; IPA: ; born 23 October 1928) is a retired Chinese politician who served as the 5th premier of China from 1998 to 2003. He also served as member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP ...

Vice President A vice president or vice-president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vi ...

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Hu Jintao Hu Jintao (born 21 December 1942) is a Chinese retired politician who served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2012, the president of China from 2003 to 2013, and chairman of the Central Military Comm ...

Vice Premier A vice is a practice, behaviour, habit or item generally considered morally wrong in the associated society. In more minor usage, vice can refer to a fault, a negative character trait, a defect, an infirmity, or a bad or unhealthy habit. Vices a ...

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Li Lanqing Li Lanqing (; born 22 May 1932) is a retired Chinese politician who served as first-ranked Vice Premier of China between 1998 and 2003. He was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) between 1997 and 2 ...

* Congress Chairman –

Li Peng Li Peng (; 20 October 1928 – 22 July 2019) was a Chinese politician who served as the 4th premier of China from 1987 to 1998, and as the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislative body, from ...

* Conference Chairman –

Li Ruihuan Li Ruihuan (born September 17, 1934) is a Chinese retired politician. Li was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), China's top decision-making body, between 1989 and 2002. Li served as Chairman of th ...

Governors

* Governor of Anhui Province –

Xu Zhonglin Xu Zhonglin may refer to: * Xu Zhonglin (novelist), Chinese Ming dynasty novelist, author of 16th-century novel ''Investiture of the Gods'' * Xu Zhonglin (politician) Xu Zhonglin (; born December 1943) is a Chinese politician who served as gover ...

* Governor of Fujian Province –

Xi Jinping Xi Jinping, pronounced (born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has been the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China), chairman of the Central Military Commission ...

* Governor of Gansu Province –

Song Zhaosu Song Zhaosu (; March 1941 – 25 July 2022) was a Chinese politician. Early life and education He was born in Nanyang, Henan. He graduated from Zhengzhou University in 1964 and a year later joined the Chinese Communist Party. Career Song Zhao ...

then Lu Hao * Governor of Guangdong Province –

Lu Ruihua Lu Ruihua (; November 1938 – 13 May 2025) was a Chinese politician who served as Governor of Guangdong. He joined the Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ...

* Governor of Guizhou Province –

Qian Yunlu Qian Yunlu (; born October 1944) is a retired Chinese politician. He served as the Communist Party chief of Heilongjiang province in Northeastern China and Guizhou province in southwest China. He also served as Governor of Guizhou. Qian Yunlu wa ...

then

Shi Xiushi Shi Xiushi (; born July 1942) is a Chinese politician who served as governor of Guizhou from 2001 to 2006. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 10th and 11th National People's Congress. He was a member of the 16th Central Committee ...

* Governor of Hainan Province –

Wang Xiaofeng Wang Xiaofeng (; born October 1944) is a retired Chinese politician. He was born in Cili County, Hunan. Wang graduated from the China University of Mining and Technology and joined the Chinese Communist Party in May 1965. He has served as the de ...

* Governor of Hebei Province –

Niu Maosheng Niu Maosheng (; born 1939) is an ethnic Manchu People's Republic of China politician. Biography He was born in Beijing. He was governor of Hebei. He was minister of water resources (1993–1998). He was a delegate to the 9th National People's C ...

* Governor of Heilongjiang Province –

Song Fatang Song Fatang (born December 1940) is a politician of the People's Republic of China and former governor and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Party Committee Secretary of Heilongjiang. Song is a native of Tancheng County, Shandong. He joined the CCP ...

* Governor of Henan Province –

Li Keqiang Li Keqiang ( zh, s=李克强, p=Lǐ Kèqiáng; 3 July 1955 – 27 October 2023) was a Chinese economist and politician who served as the seventh premier of China from 2013 to 2023. He was also the second-ranked member of the Politburo Standing ...

* Governor of Hubei Province –

Jiang Zhuping Jiang Zhuping (; born November 1937) is a Chinese retired aerospace engineer and politician. He served as Director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China and Governor and Party Secretary of Hubei. Biography Jiang Zhuping was born in Nov ...

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Zhang Guoguang Zhang Guoguang (born April 1945) was the former governor of Liaoning Province, serving in 1998–2001, as well as the former governor of Hubei Province, serving in 2001–2002. He was born in Suizhong in 1945. External links Zhang Guoguang Ca ...

* Governor of Hunan Province –

Chu Bo Chu Bo (; born October 1944) is a retired Chinese politician. He served as the Party Secretary of Inner Mongolia Region, the top leader of the region, holding position from 2001 to 2009. He also served as Governor of Hunan between 1998 and 2001. ...

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Zhang Yunchuan Zhang Yunchuan (; born 1946) is a politician of the People's Republic of China, and the former secretary of CPC Hebei committee. Born in Dongyang, Zhejiang Province, Zhang graduated from Institute of Military Engineering in Harbin in 1970, major ...

* Governor of Jiangsu Province –

Ji Yunshi Ji Yunshi (, born September 1945) is a Chinese politician. He served in a variety of offices, including Governor of Jiangsu (1998–2002), Governor of Hebei (2002–2006), Vice-Minister for Human Resources and Social Security (2006–2011 ...

* Governor of Jiangxi Province –

Shu Shengyou Shu Shengyou (; December 1936 – 17 March 2025) was a Chinese politician. He was born in Yushan, Jiangxi, and was twice governor of his home province. Shu was a member of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party with CCP commi ...

then Huang Zhiquan * Governor of Jilin Province – Hong Hu * Governor of Liaoning Province –

then

Bo Xilai Bo Xilai ( zh, s=薄熙来, p=Bó Xīlái; born 3 July 1949) is a Chinese former politician who was convicted on bribery and embezzlement charges. He came to prominence through his tenures as Mayor of Dalian and then the governor of Liaoning. ...

* Governor of Qinghai Province –

Zhao Leji Zhao Leji (born 8 March 1958) is a Chinese politician who is the current chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and the third-ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. In his ...

* Governor of Shaanxi Province –

Cheng Andong Cheng Andong (; born October 1936) is a Chinese politician who served as governor of Shaanxi from 1994 to 2002. He spent 10 years working at Gaokeng Coal Mine in Pingxiang before serving in various administrative and political roles in Pingxiang ...

* Governor of Shandong Province –

Zhang Gaoli Zhang Gaoli ( zh, 张高丽; ; born November 1946) is a Chinese retired politician who served as the first-ranking vice premier of China between 2013 and 2018, and as the seventh-ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chi ...

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Han Yuqun Han Yuqun (born 1943 in Suining, Jiangsu province) is a Chinese politician. He is vice-chairman of the Financial and Economic Committee of the National People's Congress. He was also governor of Shandong Province. Career Han Yuqun joined the Ch ...

* Governor of Shanxi Province –

Liu Zhenhua Liu Zhenhua (; 8 July 1921 – 11 July 2018) was a general ('' shangjiang'') of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and a diplomat of the People's Republic of China. He served as ambassador to Albania and Deputy Foreign Minister. Biography H ...

* Governor of Sichuan Province –

Zhang Zhongwei Zhang Zhongwei (; born February 1942) is a retired politician of the People's Republic of China. He served as Governor of Sichuan province from 1999 to 2007. Biography Zhang Zhongwei was born in February 1942 in Guan County (now Dujiangyan City) ...

* Governor of Yunnan Province –

Li Jiating Li Jiating (; born 1944) is an ethnic Yi People's Republic of China politician. He was an alternate member of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (1992–1997) and 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (199 ...

(until June),

Xu Rongkai Xu Rongkai (; born 1 February 1942) is a Chinese politician who served as governor of Yunnan from 2001 to 2006. He was a member of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a delegate to the 11th National People's Congress ...

(starting June) * Governor of Zhejiang Province –

Chai Songyue Chai Songyue ( Chinese: 柴松岳; November 1941) is a politician of the People's Republic of China. Born in Putuo, Zhejiang Province, Chai joined the Chinese Communist Party in September 1961. He was appointed acting governor of Zhejiang ) ...

Events

January

* January 9 –

Shenzhou 2 Shenzhou 2 () launched on January 9, 2001, was the second unmanned launch of the Shenzhou spacecraft. Inside the reentry capsule were a monkey, a dog and a rabbit in a test of the spaceship's life support systems. The reentry module separated fr ...

, an unmanned Chinese spacecraft, was launched.

March

* March 16 – Shijiazhuang bombings

April

* April 1 –

Hainan Island incident The Hainan Island incident was a ten-day international incident between the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC) that resulted from a mid-air collision between a United States Navy EP-3E ARIES II SIGINT, signals intelligence a ...

: a

mid-air collision In aviation, a mid-air collision is an aviation accident, accident in which two or more aircraft come into unplanned contact during flight. The potential for a mid-air collision is increased by Aviation communication, miscommunication, mistrus ...

between an EP-3E

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...

spyplane and a

People's Liberation Army Navy The People's Liberation Army Navy, also known as the People's Navy, PLA Navy or simply Chinese Navy, is the naval warfare military branch, branch of the People's Liberation Army, the national military of the People's Republic of China. It i ...

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It consists of four Military branch, services—People's Liberation Army Ground Force, Ground Force, People's ...

J-8II

interceptor Interceptor may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''The Interceptor'', a British drama series on BBC One * Interceptor (game show), ''Interceptor'' (game show), a British television game show that ran during 1989 * Interc ...

fighter jet 70 miles (110 km) away from the PRC-controlled island of

Hainan Hainan is an island provinces of China, province and the southernmost province of China. It consists of the eponymous Hainan Island and various smaller islands in the South China Sea under the province's administration. The name literally mean ...

. The collision caused the death of a PRC pilot, while the EP-3 was forced to make an unauthorized

emergency landing An emergency landing is a premature landing made by an aircraft in response to an emergency involving an imminent or ongoing threat to the safety and operation of the aircraft, or involving a sudden need for a passenger or crew on board to term ...

at Lingshui airfield. The incident results in an international dispute between the United States and the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. * April 11 –

: The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in

, People's Republic of China, after a collision with an F-8 fighter, is released.

July

* July 13 – The

International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; , CIO) is the international, non-governmental, sports governing body of the modern Olympic Games. Founded in 1894 by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas, it is based i ...

awards the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

* July 16 – The

and the

Russian Federation Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

sign the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation.

December

* December 13 - SM City Xiamen, the first SM Mall in the Chinese mainland was opened. * December 27 – The People's Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade status with the United States.

Full date unknown

* Xiao-i (Shanghai Xiaoi Robot Technology Co. Ltd), an artificial intelligence company is founded.

Births

* February 21 -

Yang Peiyi Yang Peiyi (born 21 February 2001) is a Chinese former child singer. She graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Biography Yang attended primary school attached to Peking University Peking University (PKU) is a Public ...

, singer * March 12 – Shi Cong, gymnast * November 22 –

Zhong Chenle Zhong Chenle (; born 22 November 2001), known mononymously as Chenle (Hangul: 천러), is a Chinese singer and former child actor based in South Korea. Chenle began his career as a child singer, having performed in various concerts and televisio ...

, singer

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