The following lists events that happened during 2018 in China.

Incumbents

Paramount leader

* General Secretary of the Communist Party –

Xi Jinping Xi Jinping ( ; ; ; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus as the paramount leader of China, ...

Head of state

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: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese f ...

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Vice President A 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 vice president is o ...

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Li Yuanchao Li Yuanchao (born 20 November 1950) is a retired Chinese politician. He was the Vice President of the People's Republic of China from 2013 to 2018 and the Honorary President of the Red Cross Society of China. He was a member of the Secretari ...

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Head of government

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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Li Keqiang Li Keqiang (born 1 July 1955) is a Chinese politician who is the outgoing premier of China. An economist by profession, Li is head of China's executive branch as well as one of the leading figures behind China's Financial and Economic Affai ...

** Vice Premiers – Zhang Gaoli, Liu Yandong, Wang Yang,

Ma Kai Ma Kai (; pinyin: ''Mǎ Kǎi''; born June 1946 in Shanghai) was one of the four Vice Premiers of China (Fourth-ranked). He was formerly a State Councilor and Secretary General of the State Council of China. Biography Ma Kai was born in Jinsha ...

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National legislature

* Congress chairman –

Zhang Dejiang Zhang Dejiang (; born 4 November 1946) is a Chinese retired politician. He served as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress, roughly the equivalent of a speaker of parliament in other countries between ...

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Political advisory

* Conference chairman – Yu Zhengsheng →

Supervision commission

* Chairman:

Governors

* Governor of Anhui Province –

Li Guoying Li Guoying (; born December 1963) is a Chinese hydraulic engineer-turned-politician, currently serving as governor of Anhui province. Li worked in his early career as a technician and administrator in the national ministry of water works, the Yel ...

* Governor of Fujian Province – Tang Dengjie * Governor of Gansu Province – Tang Renjian * Governor of Guangdong Province –

Ma Xingrui Ma Xingrui (; born October 1959) is a Chinese politician and aerospace engineer who is the Communist Party Secretary of Xinjiang. Prior to that, he had served as the Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology, Head of the Political a ...

* Governor of Guizhou Province – Shen Yiqin * Governor of Hainan Province –

Shen Xiaoming Shen Xiaoming (; born May 1963) is a Chinese politician, serving from 2017 to 2020 as the Governor of Hainan. A pediatrician by training, Shen rose through the ranks in the health and education bureaucracy of Shanghai. He successively served as p ...

* Governor of Hebei Province –

Xu Qin Xu Qin (; born October 1961) is a Chinese politician, and the current Communist Party Secretary of Heilongjiang. Previously he had served as governor of Hebei, and before that, mayor, then party chief of Shenzhen, China's most prominent specia ...

* Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Lu Hao (until March), Wang Wentao (starting May) * Governor of Henan Province –

Chen Run'er Chen Run'er (; born October 1957) is a Chinese politician who served as the Communist Party Secretary of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region from October 2019 to March 2022. He formerly served as Governor of Henan Province, the Deputy Communist Part ...

* Governor of Hubei Province – Wang Xiaodong * Governor of Hunan Province – Xu Dazhe * Governor of Jiangsu Province –

Wu Zhenglong Wu Zhenglong (; born November 1964) is a Chinese politician and current Communist Party Secretary of Jiangsu. Previously, he was Governor of Jiangsu and Communist Party Secretary of Nanjing. Born in Jiangsu, Wu served in Chongqing, then Shanxi, ...

* Governor of Jiangxi Province – Liu Qi (politician, born 1957) (until August),

Yi Lianhong Yi Lianhong (; born September 1959) is a Chinese politician, and the current Communist Party Secretary of Zhejiang. Originally from Hunan province, Yi rose through the ranks as an academic at the provincial party school; he later served as party ...

(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 Liu Ning (; born January 1962) is a Chinese politician, serving since October 2021 as Communist Party Secretary of Guangxi. Previously he served as Governor of Liaoning. He spent much of his career in water resources. Career Liu was born in ...

(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 Yuan Jiajun (; born 27 September 1962) is a Chinese aerospace engineer and politician who is serving as Communist Party Secretary of Chongqing and a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. Before his political career, Yuan was bes ...

Events

January

* January 2 –

Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see § Name) is a landlocked province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichuan (SW), Gansu (W), Ning ...

Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The pr ...

Anhui Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its c ...

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 Closed-circuit television (CCTV), also known as video surveillance, is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors. It differs from broadcast television in that the signal is not openly tr ...

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 The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (NPC; ), or simply the National People's Congress, is constitutionally the supreme state authority and the national legislature of the People's Republic of China. With 2,9 ...

approves a constitutional change that removes

term limit A term limit is a legal restriction that limits the number of terms an officeholder may serve in a particular elected office. When term limits are found in presidential and semi-presidential systems they act as a method of curbing the potential ...

s for its

leader Leadership, both as a research area and as a practical skill, encompasses the ability of an individual, group or organization to "lead", influence or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations. The word "leadership" often gets view ...

s, granting

General Secretary Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority, power, or importance in the organization. Secretaries announce important events and communicate to the organization. The term is derive ...

the status of " President for life". * March 28 –

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and ...

's supreme leader Kim Jong-un met with China's paramount leader Xi Jinping in

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

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 Censorship in the People's Republic of China (PRC) is implemented or mandated by the PRC's ruling party, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It is one of strictest censorship regimes in the world. The government censors content for mainly polit ...

: Chinese authorities have blocked the popular British children's cartoon, ''

Peppa Pig ''Peppa Pig'' is a British preschool animated television series by Astley Baker Davies. The show follows Peppa, an anthropomorphic female piglet, and her family, as well as her peers portrayed as other animals. The show first aired on 31 May ...

'' on its Douyin (Tik Tok) social media service for "subversive" content. The service had over 30,000 viral videos of Peppa Pig on its platform. * May 8 – former

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Ci ...

official Sun Zhengcai sentenced to

life imprisonment Life imprisonment is any sentence (law), sentence of imprisonment for a crime under which convicted people are to remain in prison for the rest of their natural lives or indefinitely until pardoned, paroled, or otherwise commuted to a fixed te ...

for corruption.

June

*June – planned launch of the lunar exploration mission

Chang'e 4 Chang'e 4 (; ) is a robotic spacecraft mission, part of the second phase of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program. China achieved humanity's first soft landing on the far side of the Moon, on 3 January 2019. A communication relay satellit ...

August

* August 18 to 19 -

Tropical Storm Rumbia Tropical Storm Rumbia was a rather weak but very destructive tropical cyclone that caused widespread and disastrous flooding in East China in August 2018. The twenty-second officially recognized tropical cyclone of the 2018 Pacific typhoon seaso ...

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 The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, known collectively as air, retained by Earth's gravity that surrounds the planet and forms its planetary atmosphere. The atmosphere of Earth protects life on Earth by creating pressure allowing for ...

originally scheduled for Guangzhou was cancelled. * September 16 — Typhoon Mangkhut gradually approached Guangdong. Urban public transportation in

Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong ...

and

Shenzhen Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major Sub-provincial division, sub-provincial city and one of the Special economic zones of China, special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pea ...

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. * September 30 — Lanzhou (170) destroyer successfully expelled a US Navy warship "Decatur" destroyer that broke into China's sovereign waters in the South China Sea. The US Navy's "Decatur" destroyer passed through the waters adjacent to the Nanxun Reef, and the Lanzhou (170) destroyer intercepted it. US Pacific Fleet spokesman Charles Brown said in a statement that the Sino-US warships were less than 45 yards away.

October

* October 3 – The PRC authorities ordered

Fan Bingbing Fan Bingbing (, born 16 September 1981) is a Chinese actress. From 2013 to 2017, she was included as the highest-paid celebrity in the '' Forbes'' China Celebrity 100 list after ranking in the top 10 every year since 2006. She appeared on ''Time ...

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 China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. On the afternoon of the same day,

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.

Popular culture

Film

* List of Chinese films of 2018

Deaths

January

*2 January – Ye Zhemin, 93, art historian. *9 January **

Guan De Guan De (; 12 July 1932 – 9 January 2018) was a Chinese aeroelasticity engineer and aircraft designer. He participated in the design and development of the Shenyang JJ-1 jet trainer and the Shenyang J-8 and J8-II interceptors. He served as Chi ...

, 85, aircraft designer. **

Yuan Chengye Yuan Chengye (; 1924–2018) was a Chinese organic chemist. Yuan was born in Shangyu, Zhejiang province in 1924. He graduated from National College of Pharmacy (now China Pharmaceutical University) in 1948 and received Degree for Candidate for D ...

, 93, chemist. *16 January –

Liu Zhonghua Liu Zhonghua (; 3 January 1917 – 16 January 2018) was a Chinese military officer. He was commander and political commissar of the PLA Navy 6th Fleet in 1953, and president of Naval Senior Institute (now Naval Aeronautical Engineering Institu ...

, 101, major general. *17 January –

He Yousheng He Yousheng (; 28 July 1931 – 17 January 2018) was a Chinese hydrodynamicist and mechanical engineer. He was a professor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University and served as its party secretary from 1986 to 1992. A pioneer of shipbuilding theory in ...

, 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 Lin Hu may refer to: * Lin Hu (warlord) (1887–1960), warlord of the Old Guangxi clique * Lin Hu (general) Lin Hu (; 26 December 1927 – 3 March 2018) was a Chinese aviator, fighter pilot and lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Arm ...

, 90, air force general. ** Yao Xian, 90, air force general. *7 March – Hao Bailin, 83, physicist. *15 March **

Huang Wenpan Huang Wenpan (22 August 1995 – 15 March 2018) was a Chinese Paralympic swimmer. He won five gold medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics: at the Men's 50 metre freestyle S3 event with a world record A world record is usually the best glo ...

, 22, swimmer. **

Ling Yun Ling Yun (; 29 June 1917 – 15 March 2018), born as Wu Peilin (), was a politician of the People's Republic of China, who served as the first Minister of State Security, from June 1983 (officially from July 1) to September 1985.Li Ao, 82, Chinese-Taiwanese writer and politician

April

*4 April –

Li Zhengyou Li Zhengyou (; July 1935 – 4 April 2018) was a Chinese agronomist and politician. A professor of Yunnan Agricultural University, he created the Dian-type hybrid rice and was called the "father of high-altitude hybrid rice". He served as Vice- ...

, 82, agronomist and politician, Vice-Governor of

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the ...

Province. *7 April ** Ai Xing, 93, mechanical engineer. **

Li Zhen Li Zhen () may refer to: * Li Zhen (Tang dynasty) (627–688), son of Emperor Taizong of Tang * Li Yu, Prince of De (died 905), son of Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, briefly known as Li Zhen at one point * Li Zhen (Later Liang) (died 923), key politicia ...

, 93, politician, Chairman of the Shandong People's Congress. ** Wang Wusheng, 73, photographer. *10 April ** Li Dawei, 47, director. **

Li Yaowen Li Yaowen (; 1 May 1918 – 10 April 2018), born Zhang Xishen (), was an admiral in the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Born in Rongcheng, Shandong, Li participated in the revolution at the age of 16 and joined the Chinese Communist Party at t ...

, 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 Lü Chuanzan (; September 1932 – 16 April 2018) was a People's Republic of China politician who served as Chairman of Hebei Provincial People's Congress, and Chairman of Hebei CPPCC. He was a delegate to the 6th National People's Congress (19 ...

, 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 Zhengzhang Shangfang (; ; 9 August 1933 – 19 May 2018) was a Chinese linguist, known for his reconstruction of Old Chinese. Zhengzhang was born as Zheng Xiangfang ( ; ) in Yongjia County, on the outskirts of Wenzhou. As and have the same ...

, 84, linguist *22 May – Lu Chunling, 96, flautist *28 May –

Lin Zunqi Lin Zunqi (; 3 June 1942 – 28 May 2018) was a Chinese physicist who was an expert in high-power solid-state lasers. He was a professor of the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, chief engineer of the National Laboratory on High P ...

, 75, physicist and specialist in solid-state laser *30 May –

Li Zaiping Li Zaiping (; 17 August 1925 – 30 May 2018) was a Chinese molecular biologist considered a pioneer in genetic science and engineering in China. His research team was the first in China to sequence a virus genome. He also utilized ''E. coli'' t ...

, 92, molecular biologist

June

*8 June –

Liu Jianfu Liu Jianfu (; c. 1918 – 8 June 2018) was a Chinese police official and politician who served as police chief and deputy mayor of Beijing. Biography Liu was born in Lingqiu County, Shanxi Province. He enlisted in the Eighth Route Army in 1937 a ...

, 100, politician *9 June – Zhang Junzhao, 65, film director and screenwriter ('' One and Eight'', '' The Shining Arc''). *17 June –

Zhao Nanqi :''This is a Chinese and Korean name; the family name is Zhao (Cho).'' Zhao Nanqi (; 20 April 1927 – 17 June 2018), or Cho Nam-gi in Korean, was a three star General of the People's Republic of China and Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's P ...

, 91, general and politician *20 June – Hu Wei, 97, general *21 June –

Yan Jizhou Yan Jizhou (; August 1917 – 21 June 2018) was a Chinese film director. Having fought on the frontline during the Chinese Civil War, he made popular war films in the 1950s and 1960s including ''Struggles in an Ancient City'', ''Tiger Heroes'', ...

, 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 Song Yuquan (; 12 June 1933 – 27 July 2018) was a Chinese materials scientist with a specialization in superplasticity of metals. He was a professor at Jilin University of Technology (later merged into Jilin University), and an academician of ...

, 85, materials scientist. *29 July –

Lin Xiangdi Lin Xiangdi (; 8 February 1934 – 29 July 2018) was a Chinese optoelectronic engineer. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and served as president of the Southwest University of Science and Technology in Sichuan. Biogra ...

, 84,

optoelectronic Optoelectronics (or optronics) is the study and application of electronic devices and systems that find, detect and control light, usually considered a sub-field of photonics. In this context, ''light'' often includes invisible forms of radiatio ...

engineer, President of the

Southwest University of Science and Technology The Southwest University of Science and Technology (SWUST; ) is a provincial public university in Mianyang, Sichuan. There are 17 schools in the university. The campus has over 29,000 students: graduate and undergraduate. As of 2015, Xiao Zhengxue ...

. *30 July –

Zhou Yaohe Zhou Yaohe ( May 1927 – 30 July 2018) was a Chinese materials scientist. He was elected as academician of the Chinese Academy of Science in 1991. Born in May 1927, Zhou attended Tsinghua University. He went to the Soviet Union in 1953, and retu ...

, 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 Li Chaoyi (; 1934 – 11 August 2018) was a Chinese neurobiologist. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and was a member of the Chinese Communist Party. Biography Li was born in Chongqing in 1934. He graduated from China M ...

, 84, neurobiologist. *12 August –

Ma Jin Ma Jin (; born 7 May 1988) is a badminton player from China who specialises in women's and mixed doubles. She partnered Wang Xiaoli in women's doubles and excelled in the category until 2010 when both players are split after China failed to def ...

, 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 Yang Side (; 11 December 1921 – 7 September 2018) was a Chinese major general of the People's Liberation Army, and served as Minister of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee. Republican era Yang Side was born on 11 Dece ...

, general (b. 1921) ** Sheng Zhongguo, 77, violinist *8 September –

Yang Zhenya Yang Zhenya (; 1928 – 8 September 2018) was a Chinese diplomat. He was born in Dalian, Liaoning. He was Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country ...

, 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 Min Naiben (; 9 August 1935 – 16 September 2018), also known as Nai-Ben Ming, was a Chinese materials scientist, physicist, and politician. He was a Standing Committee member of the 9th Central Committee of the Jiusan Society and vice-presiden ...

, 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 Zang Tianshuo (; 6 March 1964 – 28 September 2018) was a Chinese rock musician. Biography Zang Tianshuo began his musical career with the band 1989, formed with his childhood friends Qin Yong, Qin Qi and Li Li, and they incorpored American Ch ...

, 54, musician **

Shi Shengjie Shi Shengjie (3 April 1953 – 28 September 2018) was a Chinese '' xiangsheng'' comedian. Biography Shi was born in Heping District of Tianjin, China, on 3 April 1953, to Shi Shiyuan () and Gao Xiuqin (), both were well-known '' xiangsheng'' ...

, 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 Yang Ziyuan (; April 1928 – 27 October 2018) was a Chinese politician who served as Mayor of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, from 1988 to 1990. Biography Yang was born in British Hong Kong in April 1928, with his ancestral ho ...

, 90, politician *29 October **

Wang Guangying Wang Guangying (; August 1919 – 29 October 2018) was a Chinese entrepreneur and politician. He was one of the most prominent "red capitalists", a title bestowed on him by Premier Zhou Enlai. He founded Modern Chemical Works in the 1940s and se ...

, 99, entrepreneur and politician **

Li Xifan Li Xifan (; 11 December 1927 – 29 October 2018) was a Chinese Marxist literary scholar and redologist. He became nationally famous in 1954, when his critique of the revered redologist Yu Pingbo was praised by Mao Zedong, who seized the opportun ...

, 90, literary scholar and redologist. *30 October –

Jin Yong Louis Cha Leung-yung (; 10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong (), pronounced "Gum Yoong" in Cantonese, was a Chinese wuxia ("martial arts and chivalry") novelist and essayist who co-founded the Hong Kong dai ...

, 94, a Chinese

wuxia ( ), which literally means "martial heroes", is a genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although is traditionally a form of historical fiction, its popularity has caused it to be adapted f ...

novelist and newspaper founder. *31 October ** Chen Chuangtian, 81, materials scientist **

Hou Fusheng Hou Fusheng (; 28 November 1923 – 31 October 2018) was a Chinese petroleum and chemical engineer. He served as deputy chief engineer of Sinopec and was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Biography Hou was born 28 Novem ...

, 94, petroleum engineer

November

*4 November – Wang Huanyu, 63, astrophysicist. *6 November – Deng Qidong, 80, geologist. *7 November –

Xie Shileng Xie Shileng (; 20 May 1935 – 7 November 2018) was a Chinese port and coastal engineer who served as an assistant chief engineer of the First Navigational Engineering Survey and Design Institute of the Ministry of Transport. Biography Xie was ...

, 83, port and coastal engineer. *10 November –

Liu Xuyi Liu Xuyi (; 13 May 1913 – 10 November 2018) was a Chinese historian, scholar, writer and expert on US studies. Biography Liu was born into a poor intellectual family in Huangpi District of Wuhan, Hubei, on 13 May 1913, a year after the fall o ...

, 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 Zhang Ouying (; November 2, 1975 – December 1, 2018) was a Chinese football (soccer) player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics as well as the 1999, 2003, and 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. She was a member o ...

, 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 Yuan Mu (; January 1928 – December 13, 2018) was a Chinese politician and journalist. During his tenure at the State Council, he acted as its spokesperson and headed the State Council Research Office. Early life Yuan was born in January 192 ...

, 90, politician *15 December – Eryue He, 73, writer *19 December – Tömür Dawamat, 91, politician

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