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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 incident[1]
- 1983 Guilin Airport collision[2]
- 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.
- 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.[3]: 81–82 National laboratories were intended to be flagship facilities with the newest technology.[3]: 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 (王青雲), ladies singles figure skater [4]
Deaths
- January 6
- 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
References
- ↑ Isaacson, Walter (1983-04-18). "Furious Volley in No Win Match". Time. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
- ↑ "Safety update" (PDF). Flight International: 873. 1 October 1983. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- 1 2 Kennedy, Andrew B. (2026). Rebellious Follower: China's Search for Science, Technology, and Innovation. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/9780197824689.001.0001. ISBN 9780197824658.
- ↑ "Qingyun WANG". International Skating Union. 2007-07-29. 00003629.
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