Events in the year 2024 in China.
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Incumbents
- General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (paramount leader) – Xi Jinping
- President – Xi Jinping
- Premier - Li Qiang
- Congress chairman – Zhao Leji
- Consultative Conference chairman – Wang Huning
- Vice President - Han Zheng
- Supervision Commission director – Liu Jinguo
Events
January
- 12 January – 2024 Pingdingshan mining explosion: Ten people are killed and six others are missing after an explosion at a coal mine in Pingdingshan, Henan.[1]
- 20 January – Yingcai Boarding School fire: Thirteen third grade children are killed and another is injured in a boarding school dormitory fire in Dushu, Henan Province. The school's director is arrested.[2]
- 22 January – A landslide in Zhaotong, Yunnan, kills 44 people.[3]
- 23 January – 2024 Uqturpan earthquake: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes Uqturpan County in Xinjiang Province, killing three people, all in Xinjiang, and injuring at least 50 people, the majority of whom are in nearby Kazakhstan. Forty-seven buildings in China collapse, while a further 78 are damaged.[4][5]
- 24 January – Thirty-nine people are killed and nine others injured during a fire at a commercial building in Yushui, Jiangxi.[6]
February
- 10 February – Ju County attack: An alleged mass murder occurs in Ju County, Shandong, resulting in the deaths of at least 21 people.[7]
- 22 February – 2024 Guangzhou bridge collapse: Five people are killed when a ship rams a bridge in Guangzhou.[8]
- 24 February – A fire at an apartment block in Nanjing kills 15 people.[9]
- 28 February – China urges the world's largest nuclear states to negotiate a 'no-first-use' treaty.[10]
March
- 13 March – Two people are killed and 26 others are injured during an explosion caused by a suspected gas leak at a restaurant in Langfang.[11]
- 19 March – Founder of Chinese property developer Evergrande Group Hui Ka Yan is fined 47 million yuan (US$6.53 million) and barred from the securities market for life after China Securities Regulatory Commission accused the group for inflating its revenue.[12]
- 20 March – Linfen highway accident: A bus crashes into a tunnel wall along the Hohhot–Beihai Expressway in Linfen, Shanxi province, killing 14 people and injuring 37.[13]
April
- 13 April – Twelve people are killed after a tourist boat sinks near Qinhuangdao, Hebei.[14]
- 22 April – Heavy rain triggers flooding in Guangdong Province, causing around 10 deaths and 110,000 evacuations.[15]
- 27 April – Five people are killed and 140 buildings are damaged after a tornado strikes Guangzhou.[16]
May
- 1 May – At least 48 people are killed after a mountainside section of highway in Meizhou, Guangdong Province collapses during heavy rains.[17]
- 3 May – China launches the Chang'e 6 spacecraft on a two-month mission to collect lunar rock and soil samples from the far side of the Moon.[18]
- 7 May – Two people are killed and 21 others are injured in a mass stabbing inside a hospital in Zhenxiong, Yunnan Province.[19]
- 9 May – Nine people are killed and two others are injured in collision between a truck and a passenger van near Qingtongxia, Ningxia.[20]
- 14 May – United States President Joe Biden passes tariff increases on Chinese imports, including electric vehicle batteries, computer chips, and medical products.[21]
- 16 May – Russian President Vladimir Putin meets President Xi Jinping in Beijing as part of his two-day visit to China.[22]
- 18 May
- An investigation is opened into Agriculture minister Tang Renjian for suspected corruption-related violations.[23]
- The Great Wall Marathon returns after a four-year suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[24]
- 20 May – Two people are killed and ten others are injured in a mass stabbing at a primary school in Guixi, Jiangxi Province.[25]
- 22 May – The United Nations Security Council votes against a resolution introduced by Russia and China banning member states from placing weapons in outer space.[26]
- 23 May – One person is killed and three others are injured in a suspected gas explosion inside an apartment in Harbin.[27]
- 24 May – Black Dog, a Chinese film directed by Guan Hu, wins the Un Certain Regard prize for international films at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.[28]
- 27 May – Four people are killed after an apartment building collapses in Tongling, Anhui.[29]
Holidays
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 10–17 February – Chinese New Year
- 4–6 April – Tomb-Sweeping Day
- 1 May – Labor Day
- 10 June – Dragon Boat Festival
- 15–17 September – Mid-Autumn Festival
- 1–7 October – National Day
Art and entertainment
- List of Chinese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
- 2024 in Chinese music
Deaths
- 10 January – Tian Zengpei, 93, diplomat and politician, ambassador to Yugoslavia (1986–1988) and chairperson of the committee of Foreign Affairs (1998–2003).[32]
- 11 January – Zhang Kehui, 95, politician, vice chairman of the CPPCC (1998–2008).[33]
- 12 January – Francis F. Lee, 96, Chinese-American inventor, businessman and academic.[34]
- 24 January – Dai Yi, 97, historian.[35]
See also
References
- ^ "At least 10 killed in China mining accident". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
- ^ "13 students dead in China school fire: State media". CNA. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ "Remaining landslide victims found in China, bringing death toll to 44". Associated Press. 2024-01-25. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "At least 50 injured in major earthquake on China-Kyrgyzstan border". CNA. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ^ "7.1 magnitude quake rattles western China, killing at least 3 people and collapsing 47 homes". Associated Press. 23 January 2024. Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "A fire in China's Jiangxi province kills at least 39 people, state media says". AP News. 2024-01-24. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ "中國山東傳大型滅門慘案！村民：21人被殺包括1醫生2公安2嫌在逃". Yahoo News (in Chinese). 2024-02-13. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "Ship crash causes bridge collapse in China". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
- ^ "Apartment block fire in China's Nanjing city kills at least 15, officials say". The Guardian. 2024-02-24. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ^ "China urges largest nuclear states to negotiate a 'no-first-use' treaty". Reuters. February 28, 2024.
- ^ 严茂强. "2 dead, 26 injured in Hebei eatery explosion". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
- ^ "China Evergrande's flagship unit, founder punished for securities fraud". Reuters. March 18, 2024.
- ^ "A bus crashes into a tunnel wall in northern China, killing 14 people". AP News. March 20, 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ^ "China detains 2 over tourist boat capsizing that killed 12, citing lack of safety equipment". Associated Press. April 14, 2024.
- ^ "Guangdong: Tens of thousands evacuated from massive China floods". BBC. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ "A tornado in southern China kills 5 people and damages factories in the metropolis of Guangzhou". Associated Press. April 28, 2024.
- ^ "Death toll jumps to at least 48 as a search continues in southern China highway collapse". Associated Press. May 2, 2024.
- ^ "China launches historic mission to retrieve samples from far side of the moon". Reuters. May 3, 2024.
- ^ "China: At least two dead, 21 injured in hospital stabbing". BBC. May 7, 2024.
- ^ "Crash between truck and passenger van in China's Ningxia region kills 9 people". Associated Press. May 9, 2024.
- ^ "Biden sharply hikes US tariffs on an array of Chinese imports". Reuters. May 14, 2024.
- ^ McCarthy, Simone (2024-05-15). "Putin gets red carpet welcome from Xi in China". CNN. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- ^ "China probes agriculture minister for suspected disciplinary violations". Reuters. 2024-05-18. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ^ "China's Great Wall Marathon returns after four-year suspension due to COVID-19 pandemic". Associated Press. 2024-05-18. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ^ "China: Knife attack in Guixi city primary school leaves two dead". BBC. 2024-05-20. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ Brett Tingley (2024-05-22). "Russian space weapon ban shot down by UN Security Council". Space.com. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ "An explosion at an apartment building in Harbin, China, kills at least 1 and injures 3". Associated Press. 2024-05-23. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
- ^ "'Black Dog' wins Un Certain Regard competition at Cannes". May 24, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "At least 4 killed and 1 injured in building collapse in eastern China, state media says". Associated Press. 2024-05-28. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- ^ "China Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ "国务院办公厅关于2024年, 部分节假日安排的通知" [General Office of the State Council on 2024, Notice of some holiday arrangements]. Chinese Government Website Chinese Domain (in Chinese). 25 October 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ "外交部党委原书记、副部长田曾佩逝世，享年94岁_中国政库_澎湃新闻-The Paper". www.thepaper.cn. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ "张克辉同志逝世--社会·法治--人民网". society.people.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ "Francis Lee Obituary - Sneider & Sullivan & O'Connell's Funeral Home and Cremation Service - 2024". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ "历史学家戴逸走了！他和《清史》的缘分是一段不了情_文汇". www.whb.cn. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
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