2006 in China

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Events in the year 2006 in China.

Incumbents

• Party General Secretary – Hu Jintao
• President – Hu Jintao
• Premier – Wen Jiabao
• Congress Chairman – Wu Bangguo
• Conference Chairman – Jia Qinglin

Events

The construction of the Three Gorges Dam wall, the largest dam in the world, is completed

March

• March 3: The 2006 Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference opens in Beijing.^[1]

April

• April 14: A man disfigured in a bear attack becomes the first in China to have a face transplant.^[2]
• April 30: 24 miners killed in a mine explosion in the Chinese province of Shaanxi. "Blast at China coal mine kills 27". BBC News. April 30, 2006.

May

• May 11: Baidu Baike, a Chinese collaborative online encyclopedia, is launched in People's Republic of China by Baidu.com, modelled on Wikipedia but heavily self censored. Wikipedia is largely inaccessible without a proxy in China.^[3]
• May 20: The construction of the Three Gorges Dam wall, the largest dam in the world, is completed in the People's Republic of China.^[4]

July

• July 1: The Qingzang railway launches a trial operation, making Tibet the last province-level entity of China to have a conventional railway.^[5]
• July 6: The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.^[6]
• July 7: An explosion in the village of Dongzhai village in Shanxi province in north China kills 43 people.
• July 11: Liu Xiang of China sets a new World Record for the 110 metres hurdles at the Super Grand Prix in Lausanne with a time of 12.88 seconds.
• July 22: July 2006 Yunnan earthquake: An earthquake measuring 5.1-5.2 in magnitude hits a mountainous region of Yunnan Province in south China killing at least 18-19 people and injuring at least 60 more.^[7]
• July 27: More than 80 people dead and missing as a result of Typhoon Kaemi.

August

• August 10: More than 1.5 million Chinese evacuate while Super Typhoon Saomai, the strongest to land in China in 50 years, makes landfall in Wenzhou, Zhejiang.^[8]

November

• November 13: Nanshan Colliery disaster: A colliery explosion in Shanxi province in northern China kills at least 24 miners.^[9]

Deaths

• December 20: Ma Ji, Chinese actor (born 1934)

See also

• 2006 in Chinese film
• Chinese Super League 2006
• Hong Kong League Cup 2006–07

References

1. "10th CPPCC National Committee opens 4th session in Beijing".
2. "First face transplant for China". BBC News. 14 Apr 2006.
3. "Site launches 'Chinese Wikipedia'". BBC News. 11 May 2006.
4. "Three Gorges dam wall completed". BBC News. 20 May 2006. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
5. Olesen, Alexa (2 Jul 2006). "China's first train to Tibet conquers high-altitude hurdles". The Associated Press. Retrieved 31 Jul 2009.
6. Baodong, Li; Shuangqi, Fu (2006-07-07). "Silk Road rejoins at Nathu La Pass after 44 years". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 11 Aug 2009. Retrieved 5 Aug 2009.
7. "Quake Rocks China, 19 Dead". CBS News. 22 Jul 2006.
8. "China typhoon sparks mass exodus". BBC News. 10 Aug 2006.
9. "Latest Stories From News.Com.Au".