1908 in China

← 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1908 in China → 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	Other events of 1908 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

Events from the year 1908 in China.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Guangxu Emperor

Viceroys

• Viceroy of Zhili — Yang Shixiang
• Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Songshou
• Viceroy of Huguang — Chen Kuilong then Ruicheng
• Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Shengyun then Changgeng
• Viceroy of Liangguang — Zhang Renjun then Yang Shuxun then Zengqi
• Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Xiliang then Li Jingxi
• Viceroy of Sichuan — Zhao Erxun then Duanfang
• Viceroy of Liangjiang — Duanfang then Fan Zengxiang then Zhang Renjun

Events

• March 4 – One of earlier financial service founded in this nation, China Bank of Communications was founded.^{[citation needed]}
• July 22 — The Qing government issues the Outline of Imperial Constitution, based on the Meiji Constitution of Japan, which establishes a framework for local and national legislative elections to be held.
• December 2 — Aisin Gioro Puyi ascended the throne at the age of three as the Xuantong Emperor, the twelfth and final ruler of the Qing dynasty.

Births

• Yin Linping
• Zhao Shangzhi
• Zhou Yang

Deaths

• November 14 - Guangxu Emperor (b. 1871)^[1]
• November 15 - Empress Dowager Cixi (b. 1835)^[2]

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