1983 in China

Events from the year 1983 in China.

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See also:	Other events of 1983 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

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
• 1983 Guilin Airport collision
• 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.

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

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