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China-related events during the year of 2024
Events in the year
2024 in
China .
Incumbents
Events
January
12 January –
2024 Pingdingshan mining explosion : Ten people are killed and six others are missing after an explosion at a coal mine in
Pingdingshan ,
Henan .
[1]
20 January –
Yingcai Boarding School fire : Thirteen
third grade children are killed and another is injured in a
boarding school
dormitory fire in
Dushu ,
Henan Province . The school's director is arrested.
[2]
22 January – A
landslide in
Zhaotong ,
Yunnan , kills 44 people.
[3]
23 January –
2024 Uqturpan earthquake : A magnitude 7.1
earthquake strikes
Uqturpan County in
Xinjiang Province , killing three people, all in Xinjiang, and injuring at least 50 people, the majority of whom are in nearby
Kazakhstan . Forty-seven buildings in China collapse, while a further 78 are damaged.
[4]
[5]
24 January – Thirty-nine people are killed and nine others injured during a fire at a
commercial building in
Yushui ,
Jiangxi .
[6]
February
March
April
13 April – Twelve people are killed after a tourist boat sinks near
Qinhuangdao ,
Hebei .
[15]
22 April – Heavy rain triggers flooding in
Guangdong Province , causing around 10 deaths and 110,000 evacuations.
[16]
27 April – Five people are killed and 140 buildings are damaged after a tornado strikes
Guangzhou .
[17]
May
1 May – At least 48 people are killed after a mountainside section of highway in
Meizhou ,
Guangdong Province collapses during heavy rains.
[18]
3 May – China launches the
Chang'e 6 spacecraft on a two-month mission to collect lunar rock and soil samples from the
far side of the Moon .
[19]
7 May – Two people are killed and 21 others are injured in a mass stabbing inside a hospital in
Zhenxiong ,
Yunnan Province .
[20]
9 May – Nine people are killed and two others are injured in collision between a truck and a passenger van near
Qingtongxia ,
Ningxia .
[21]
14 May – United States
President
Joe Biden passes tariff increases on Chinese imports, including
electric vehicle batteries ,
computer chips , and medical products.
[22]
16 May – Russian President
Vladimir Putin meets President
Xi Jinping in
Beijing as part of his two-day visit to China.
[23]
18 May
20 May – Two people are killed and ten others are injured in a mass stabbing at a primary school in
Guixi ,
Jiangxi Province .
[26]
22 May – The
United Nations Security Council votes against a resolution introduced by Russia and China banning member states from
placing weapons in
outer space .
[27]
23 May – One person is killed and three others are injured in a suspected gas explosion inside an apartment in
Harbin .
[28]
24 May –
Black Dog , a Chinese film directed by
Guan Hu , wins the
Un Certain Regard prize for international films at the
2024 Cannes Film Festival .
[29]
27 May – Four people are killed after an apartment building collapses in
Tongling ,
Anhui .
[30]
June
Holidays
Source:
[35]
[36]
Art and entertainment
Deaths
10 January –
Tian Zengpei , 93, diplomat and politician,
ambassador to Yugoslavia (1986–1988) and chairperson of the
committee of Foreign Affairs (1998–2003).
[37]
11 January –
Zhang Kehui , 95, politician,
vice chairman of the CPPCC (1998–2008).
[38]
12 January –
Francis F. Lee , 96, Chinese-American inventor, businessman and academic.
[39]
24 January –
Dai Yi , 97, historian.
[40]
See also
References
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"At least 50 injured in major earthquake on China-Kyrgyzstan border" . CNA . Retrieved 2024-01-23 .
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"A tornado in southern China kills 5 people and damages factories in the metropolis of Guangzhou" .
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"Death toll jumps to at least 48 as a search continues in southern China highway collapse" . Associated Press . May 2, 2024.
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"China launches historic mission to retrieve samples from far side of the moon" . Reuters . May 3, 2024.
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"Crash between truck and passenger van in China's Ningxia region kills 9 people" . Associated Press . May 9, 2024.
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"China probes agriculture minister for suspected disciplinary violations" .
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"China's Great Wall Marathon returns after four-year suspension due to COVID-19 pandemic" .
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"An explosion at an apartment building in Harbin, China, kills at least 1 and injures 3" . Associated Press . 2024-05-23. Retrieved 2024-05-23 .
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" 'Black Dog' wins Un Certain Regard competition at Cannes" .
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"China lands on moon's far side in historic sample-retrieval mission" . Reuters . June 2, 2024.
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"Beijing accuses 2 Chinese citizens of being British spies in latest test of relations" . Associated Press . June 3, 2024.
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"Carrying lunar rocks, Chinese probe lifts off from far side of moon" .
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"历史学家戴逸走了!他和《清史》的缘分是一段不了情_文汇" . www.whb.cn . Retrieved 2024-01-24 .
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