2001 in China

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Events in the year 2001 in China.

Incumbents

• Party General Secretary – Jiang Zemin
• 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
• Governor of Fujian Province – Xi Jinping
• Governor of Gansu Province – Song Zhaosu then Lu Hao
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Lu Ruihua
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Qian Yunlu then Shi Xiushi
• Governor of Hainan Province – Wang Xiaofeng
• Governor of Hebei Province – Niu Maosheng
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Song Fatang
• Governor of Henan Province – Li Keqiang
• Governor of Hubei Province – Jiang Zhuping then Zhang Guoguang
• Governor of Hunan Province – Chu Bo then Zhang Yunchuan
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Ji Yunshi
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shu Shengyou then Huang Zhiquan
• Governor of Jilin Province – Hong Hu
• Governor of Liaoning Province – Zhang Guoguang then Bo Xilai
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhao Leji
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Cheng Andong
• Governor of Shandong Province – Zhang Gaoli then Han Yuqun
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Liu Zhenhua
• Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Zhongwei
• Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating (until June), Xu Rongkai (starting June)
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Chai Songyue

Events

Tiananmen Square

Jiang Zemin and Vladimir Putin after signing the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation

January

• January 9 – Shenzhou 2, an unmanned Chinese spacecraft, was launched.

March

• March 16 – Shijiazhuang bombings

April

• April 1 – Hainan Island incident: a mid-air collision between an EP-3E United States Navy spyplane and a People's Liberation Army Navy People's Liberation Army J-8II interceptor fighter jet 70 miles (110 km) away from the PRC-controlled island of Hainan. The collision caused the death of a PRC pilot, while the EP-3 was forced to make an unauthorized emergency landing at Lingshui airfield. The incident results in an international dispute between the United States and the People's Republic of China.
• April 11 – Hainan Island incident: The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, People's Republic of China, after a collision with an F-8 fighter, is released.

July

• July 13 – The International Olympic Committee awards the 2008 Summer Olympics to Beijing, People's Republic of China[1][2]
• July 16 – The People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation 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.[3]

Births

• February 21 - Yang Peiyi, singer
• March 12 – Shi Cong, gymnast^[citation needed]
• November 22 – Zhong Chenle, singer[4]

See also

• List of Chinese films of 2001
• Hong Kong League Cup 2001–02

References

1. "Beijing celebrates Olympic vote". CNN. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
2. "Beijing is awarded Summer Olympics". Washington Post. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
3. "GBA Gives HK an AI Uplift". CDOTrends.
4. "Artist Profile". NCTDREAM Official WebSite. SM Entertainment. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2019.