2024 in China
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Events in the year 2024 in China.
Incumbents[edit]
- paramount leader of China - Xi Jinping
- General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party – Xi Jinping
- President – Xi Jinping
- Vice President - Han Zheng
- Premier - Li Qiang
- Congress chairman – Zhao Leji
- Consultative Conference chairman – Wang Huning
Events[edit]
- 12 January - 2024 China mining accident- Ten people are killed and six others are missing after an accident 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 massive boarding school dormitory fire in Dushu, Henan Province. The school's director has been arrested.[2]
- 22 January
- A landslide in Zhaotong, Yunnan, kills at least eight people and buries 47 others. Over 200 people are evacuated.[3]
- An earthquake shakes shared borders between China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, leaving 15 dead.[4][5]
- 23 January - 2024 Uqturpan earthquake: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes the Uqturpan County, injuring at least 50 people, the majority of whom are in the nearby Kazakhstan. Forty-seven buildings in China collapsed, while a further 78 are damaged.[6]
- 24 January - Thirty-nine people are killed and nine others injured during a fire at a commercial building in Yushui, Jiangxi.[7]
- 22 February - 2024 Guangzhou bridge collapse: Five people are killed when a ship rams a bridge in Guangzhou, Guangdong in southern China.[8]
- 24 February - A fire at an apartment block in Nanjing, killed 15 people.[9]
Holidays[edit]
- 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[edit]
- List of Chinese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
- 2024 in Chinese music
Deaths[edit]
- 10 January – Tian Zengpei, 93, diplomat and politician, ambassador to Yugoslavia (1986–1988) and chairperson of the committee of Foreign Affairs (1998–2003).[12]
- 11 January – Zhang Kehui, 95, politician, vice chairman of the CPPCC (1998–2008).[13]
- 12 January – Francis F. Lee, 96, Chinese-American inventor, businessman and academic.[14]
- 24 January – Dai Yi, 97, historian.[15]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Acht doden en tientallen mensen onder het puin door aardverschuiving China". nos.nl (in Dutch). 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
- ^ "Earthquake of magnitude 7.01 strikes Kyrgyzstan-China border region; tremors felt in Delhi-NCR". Hindustan Times. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: National Earthquake Information Center (22 January 2024). "M 7.0 - 129 km WNW of Aykol, China". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "At least 50 injured in major earthquake on China-Kyrgyzstan border". CNA. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ^ "A fire in China's Jiangxi province kills at least 39 people, state media says". AP News. 2024-01-24. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ "Ship crash causes bridge collapse in China". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
- ^ France-Presse, Agence (2024-02-24). "Apartment block fire in China's Nanjing city kills at least 15, officials say". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ^ "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.
External links[edit]
- Online calendar
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