2016 in China

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Incumbents

Paramount leader

• General Secretary of the Communist Party – Xi Jinping

Head of state

• President – Xi Jinping

Head of government

• Premier – Li Keqiang

National legislature

• Congress chairman – Zhang Dejiang

Political advisory

• Conference chairman – Yu Zhengsheng

Events

January

• January 1 – People's Bank of China Shandong Branch announced will using coin replacing bill in 1 yuan value as testing field in 5 cities including Qingdao, Zaozhuang, Jining, Linyi and Rizhao.^[1]
• January 2–9 - 2016 Shenzhen Open
• January - 5 members of Causeway bay books of Hong Kong, including the manager gone missing.^[2][3] China's television stated that he used to have a name Gui Minhai in committing a hit-and-run crime in 2003.^[4] He and his staffs gone missing mysteriously starts on December 30, 2015 and later it's confirmed that they are all in mainland China.^[5]

• January 16 - The Counsil of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank established. President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang master the founding ceremony.^[6]

• January 17 - The Beijing Military Region reform as Central Battle Region.^[7]

• January 20-25 - A century cold wave hits nearly all parts of China, it is first happened in Siberia, and then goes down to hit China.^[8] By January 24, it hits the Southern part of China, Guangzhou, Hong Kong has its first snow in the new century and the ninth of its recorded history.^[9] It is described as the Emperor Level Blizzard.^[10]

February

• February 1st – President Xi Jinping announced that the seven military regions transformed into five battle regions. The five battle regions are Central Battle Region, East Battle Region, West Battle Region, South Battle Region and North Battle Region.^[11]
• February 6 – A 6.4 Magnitude earthquake happens in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

• February 23 - 25 – China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi is invited to visit United States. Wang Yi and American General Secretary John Kerry claim that neither China nor US accepts North Korea's nuclear missile proposal. They do not recognize North Korea's Nuclear Status for the cause of Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty.^[12]

March

• March – National People's Representative Conference and National Political Association Conference (The two-conferences for short) open. President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang holds the two-conferences.^[13]
• March 27 – The National Party of Hong Kong announced to be established on the day. It claims the independance of Hong Kong and abolishs the Basic Law of Hong Kong. Vice Chief of Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council Wang Zhimin says it's completely illegal and impossible. The chief of The National Society of Hong Kong and Macao Chen Zuoer says the independance of Hong Kong is a cancer of Hong Kong and so does China.^[14]
• March 28 - April 3 – 2016 China Open (snooker)
• March 30 – China deploys anti-ship missiles on Paracel Islands. Spokesman of the Foreign Ministry Hong Lei responded that it's a right thing to do for deploying national defenses equipments on its own territory. ^[15]

April

• April - ABU Radio Song Festival 2016
• April 13 – A building in an industrial zone of Machong County, Dongguan collapse. 18 deaths are reported.^[16]
• April 13 – 8 Taiwanese criminals out of 10 are sent back to Mainland China by Kenya. Taiwanese government protests China's working method. ^[17]However, the media in Taiwan agree and said the criminals should be seriously punished since the legals in Taiwan are too good for these criminals. ^[18]
• April 27 - May 1 - 2016 Extreme Sailing Series in Qingdao

Predicted and Scheduled Events

May

• May 15–22 - 2016 Thomas & Uber Cup in Kunshan, Jiangsu

September

• September 4–5 - 2016 G-20 Hangzhou summit

October

• October 27–30 - 2016 WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai

References

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2. "銅鑼灣書店失蹤".
3. "Causeway Bay Books manager missing".
4. "Missing Hong Kong bookseller 'confesses' 2003 crime on Chinese TV". Juliet Perry. CNN. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
5. "Hong Kong police: Missing bookseller Lee Bo in China". Katie Hunt. CNN. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
6. "李克强出席亚投行理事会成立大会致辞". 柯立_NN5224. 中央人民政府网站. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
7. "北京军区改为中部战区 善后办副政委曝光(图)". 曹义_NN5778. 澎湃新闻网. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
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9. "广州迎新中国成立后首次飘雪(图)". 刘德宾 SN222. Chinanews.com. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
10. "超级寒潮速冻中东部 南方13省区市雨雪冰冻". Weather China. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
11. 李, 宣良. "习近平宣布成立五大战区". 汪子钰_NN4690. 新华网. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
12. "外交部长王毅：中美都不承认朝鲜“拥核地位”". 郑洪昌_NN3373. CCTV. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
13. "2016全国两会". Netease.com. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
14. "港澳办8个字回应“香港民族党”：严重违法 绝不可能". 熊如梦 PN040. 观察者网. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
15. "曝中国在西沙群岛部署反舰导弹 外交部:合情合理". 黄达_NN5311. Official Website of China's Foreign Ministry.
16. 白, 雪. "东莞麻涌龙门架倒塌18人遇难". 刘满元、董哲、汪万里、卢政、葛宇飞. 广州日报. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
17. "每年百亿诈骗赃款被卷台湾 被追回仅20万元". 谷莹_NN6577. 新快报(广州). Retrieved 14 April 2016.
18. "台媒称台湾“诈骗独步全球” 吁大陆严刑峻法处理". 宇文杰 PN051. 环球时报. Retrieved 14 April 2016.