1986 in China

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See also:	Other events of 1986; History of China • Timeline • Years

The following lists events in the year 1986 in China.

Incumbents

Governors

Governor of Anhui Province – Wang Yuzhao
Governor of Fujian Province – Hu Ping then Wang Zhaoguo
Governor of Gansu Province – Chen Guangyi then Jia Zhijie
Governor of Guangdong Province – Ye Xuanping
Governor of Guizhou Province – Wang Zhaowen
Governor of Hebei Province – Zhang Shuguang then Xie Feng
Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Hou Jie
Governor of Henan Province – He Zhukang
Governor of Hubei Province – Huang Zhizhen then Guo Zhenqian
Governor of Hunan Province – Xiong Qingquan
Governor of Jiangsu Province – Gu Xiulian
Governor of Jiangxi Province – Ni Xiance then Wu Guanzheng
Governor of Jilin Province – Gao Dezhan
Governor of Liaoning Province – Quan Shuren then Li Changchun
Governor of Qinghai Province – Song Ruixiang then Jin Jipeng
Governor of Shaanxi Province – Li Qingwei then Zhang Boxing
Governor of Shandong Province – Li Chang'an then Jiang Chunyun
Governor of Shanxi Province – Wang Senhao
Governor of Sichuan Province – Jiang Minkuan (until January), Zhang Haoruo (starting February)
Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating
Governor of Zhejiang Province – Xue Ju (until January), Shen Zulun (starting February)

Events

Unknown date – Lianyuan Welding Material, as predecessor of Sany (Sanyi Heavy Industry), one of the leading heavy equipment brands in the world, was founded in Hunan Province.^{[citation needed]}

Births

12 October – Li Wenliang
22 January — Alvin Jiang

Deaths

January 16 — Hu Yuzhi, former Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (b. 1896)
March 4 — Ding Ling, writer (b. 1904)^[2]
March 6 — Zhu Guangqian, scholar and theoretician of aesthetics (b. 1897)
March 26 — Chen Yonggui, Vice Premier of China (b. 1915)
March 28 — Gan Zuchang, general (b. 1905)
May 3 — Wang Li, linguist, educator, translator and poet (b. 1900)
June 26 — Gong Zhutong, optical physicist (b. 1904)
June 30 — Guan Zilan, avant-garde painter (b. 1903)
July 19 — Wang Shaofang, Huangmei Opera actor (b. 1920)
July 21 — Zhang Yuzhe, astronomer and director of the Purple Mountain Observatory (b. 1902)
July 22 — Ren-Chang Ching, botanist (b. 1898)
July 29 — Deng Jiaxian, nuclear physicist and academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences (b. 1924)
August 23 — Ren Baige, politician (b. 1906)
August 29 — Lu Shijia, physicist and aerospace engineer (b. 1911)
October 3 — Han Xianchu, general (b. 1913)
October 7 — Liu Bocheng, military commander and Marshal of the People's Liberation Army (b. 1892)
October 22 — Ye Jianying, 3rd Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China (b. 1897)
November 7 — Yang Shangkui, 2nd Secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1905)
November 20 — Tang Liang, general (b. 1910)
November 22 — Chen Manyuan, 2nd Secretary of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1911)
December 6 — Qian Ning, water conservancy expert (b. 1922)
December 28 — Huang Kecheng, senior general of the People's Liberation Army (b. 1902)

References

↑ "Hu Yaobang". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 5 Mar 2026.
↑ "Ding Ling | Chinese Feminist Author & Novelist | Britannica". Encyclopedia Britannica. 2026-02-28. Archived from the original on 2025-11-22. Retrieved 2026-03-03.

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[1] "Hu Yaobang". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 5 Mar 2026.

[2] "Ding Ling | Chinese Feminist Author & Novelist | Britannica". Encyclopedia Britannica. 2026-02-28. Archived from the original on 2025-11-22. Retrieved 2026-03-03.

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