1999 in China

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Events in the year 1999 in China.

Incumbents

• Party General Secretary – Jiang Zemin
• President – Jiang Zemin
• Premier – Zhu Rongji
• Vice President – Hu Jintao
• Vice Premier – Li Lanqing
• Congress Chairman – Li Peng
• Conference Chairman – Li Ruihuan

Events

January

• January 4 – A pedestrian bridge in Qijiang, Chongqing collapsed and caused 40 people dead and 14 injured.[1]

February

• February 24 – China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509 crashed on approach to Wenzhou Airport, killing 61 people.

April

• April 4 – Alibaba Group founded in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.
• April 15 – Korean Air Cargo Flight 6316 crashed in Xinzhuang, Shanghai after takeoff from Hongqiao Airport due to pilot's confusion between two units of measurement (feet and metres).

May

• May 8 – U.S. bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade led to a series of anti-American protests in China.

July

• July 22 – The Ministry of Civil Affairs declared Falun Gong as an illegal organization.[2]

October

• October 1 – 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic Parade and Speech by paramount leader Jiang Zemin.[3]

November

• November 19 – Shenzhou 1 spacecraft launched.

December

• December 5 – Shenyang Haishi won Chongqing Longxin by 2-1 in Chinese Jia-A League 1999, later turned out to be a match-fixing controversy.
• December 19 and 20 – China assumed formal sovereignty over Macau from Portugal.

Births

• February 10 – Tiffany Espensen, actress
• June 2 – Wei Yi, chess prodigy
• September 9 – Uudam, singer

See also

• List of Chinese films of 1999

References

1. "January 4, 1999: 40 people died in a total collapse of the walking rainbow bridge in Qijiang, Chongqing". People's Daily. 2003-08-01. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
2. "Notice of the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China (July 22, 1999)". People's Daily. 2000-07-06. Archived from the original on 2002-04-16.
3. Miles, James (1 October 1999) "Analysis: Jiang's day of glory"BBC News