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
• 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 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 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

References

1. http://www.people.com.cn/GB/historic/0104/5563.html
2. http://www.people.com.cn/GB/channel1/10/20000706/132280.html
3. Miles, James (1 October 1999) "Analysis: Jiang's day of glory"BBC News