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1983
Events from the year 1983 in China.
Incumbents
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party - Hu Yaobang
Chairman of the National Congress – Ye Jianying (head of state, until June 18)
President – Li Xiannian (starting June 18)
Premier – Zhao Ziyang
Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference – Deng Xiaoping (until June), Deng Yingchao (starting June)
Vice President – Ulanhu (starting 18 June)
First Vice Premier – Wan Li
Governors
Governor of Anhui Province – Zhou Zijian then Wang Yuzhao
Governor of Fujian Province – Ma Xingyuan then Hu Ping
Governor of Gansu Province – Li Dengying then Chen Guangyi
Governor of Guangdong Province – Liu Tianfu then Liang Lingguang
Governor of Guizhou Province – Su Gang then Wang Zhaowen
Governor of Hebei Province – Liu Bingyan then Zhang Shuguang
Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Chen Lei
Governor of Henan Province – Yu Mingtao (acting) then He Zhukang
Governor of Hubei Province – Han Ningfu then Huang Zhizhen
Governor of Hunan Province – Sun Guozhi then Liu Zheng
Governor of Jiangsu Province – Han Peixin then Gu Xiulian
Governor of Jiangxi Province – Zhao Zengyi
Governor of Jilin Province – Zhang Gensheng then Zhao Xiu
Governor of Liaoning Province – Quan Shuren (starting April)
Governor of Qinghai Province – Huang Jingbo
Governor of Shaanxi Province – Yu Mingtao (until April), Li Qingwei (starting April)
Governor of Shandong Province – Liang Buting
Governor of Shanxi Province – Luo Guibo then Wang Senhao
Governor of Sichuan Province – Lu Dadong (until April)/Yang Xizong
Governor of Yunnan Province – Liu Minghui (until April), Pu Chaozhu (starting April)
Governor of Zhejiang Province – Li Fengping then Xue Ju
Events
Anti-Spiritual Pollution Campaign
Hu Na Diplomatic incidentIsaacson Walter 1983-04-18 Furious Volley in No Win Match http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953788-1,00.html dead Time https://web.archive.org/web/20121022004700/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953788-1,00.html October 22, 2012 2008-08-15
1983 Guilin Airport collision1 October 1983 Safety update http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1983/1983%20-%201807.PDF Flight International 873 31 August 2014
Weightlifting at the 1983 National Games of China
1983 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
3rd Golden Rooster Awards
6th National People's Congress began
Outlaws of the Marsh (TV series) debuted
CCTV New Year's Gala debuted
July 31 – A heavy massive torrential rain and flood swept hit in Ankang, Shaanxi Province, at least 870 persons were perished, according to China Red Cross official confirmed report.November 2023
China began to develop its national laboratories in 1983, with the first being the National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory at China University of Science and Technology in Hefei.Kennedy Andrew B. Rebellious Follower: China's Search for Science, Technology, and Innovation Oxford University Press 2026 9780197824658 10.1093/9780197824689.001.0001 free81-82 National laboratories were intended to be flagship facilities with the newest technology.82
Births
April 5 – Zhong Jinyu
May 15 – Yang Jinghui
July 17 – Joker Xue, singer-songwriter
July 23 – Jiao Fengbo
September 6 – Sun Dongmei
November 6 – Bao Yingying
November 9 – Wang Qingyun (skater) Wang Qingyun ja 王青雲 (王青雲), ladies singles figure skater https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00003629.htm Qingyun WANG International Skating Union 2007-07-29 00003629
Deaths
January 6
Yang Yong, general (b. 1913)
Xu Liqing, lieutenant general (b. 1910)
January 18 — Shi Ruwei, physicist (b. 1901)
February 4 — Xiao San, poet and translator (b. 1896)
March 25 — Liu Changchun, sprinter (b. 1909)
April 2 — Zhang Daqian, artist (b. 1899)
April 3 — Sun Fucheng, football player and coach (b. 1927)
April 22 — Lin Qiaozhi, obstetrician and gynecologist (b. 1901)
April 26 — Huang Yongsheng, general (b. 1910)
June 10 — Liao Chengzhi, politician (b. 1908)
July 7 — Alexander Fu Sheng, Hong Kong martial arts actor (b. 1954)
July 20 — Yang Chongrui, obstetrician (b. 1891)
September 22 — Qiao Guanhua, 4th Minister of Foreign Affairs of China (b. 1913)
September 30 — Tan Zhenlin, 1st Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1902)
October 31 — Wu Xuezhou, chemist (b. 1902)
November 6 — Liang Zongdai, poet and translator (b. 1903)
November 28 — Peng Shuzhi, early leader of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1895)
December 3 — Wang Guosong, electrical engineer (b. 1902)
See also
1983 in Chinese film
References
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