The following lists events that happened during 2019 in China.
Incumbents
General Secretary of the Communist Party – Xi Jinping
President – Xi Jinping
Vice President – Wang Qishan
Premier – Li Keqiang
Congress chairman – Li Zhanshu
Consultative Conference chairman – Wang Yang
Supervision Commission director – Yang Xiaodu
Governors
Governor of Anhui Province – Li Guoying
Governor of Fujian Province – Tang Dengjie
Governor of Gansu Province – Tang Renjian
Governor of Guangdong Province – Ma Xingrui
Governor of Guizhou Province – Shen Yiqin
Governor of Hainan Province – Shen Xiaoming
Governor of Hebei Province – Xu Qin
Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Wang Wentao
Governor of Henan Province – Chen Run'er (until 25 October), Yin Hong (starting 25 October) Governor of Hubei Province – Wang Xiaodong Governor of Hunan Province – Xu Dazhe Governor of Jiangsu Province – Wu Zhenglong Governor of Jiangxi Province – Yi Lianhong Governor of Jilin Province – Jing Junhai Governor of Liaoning Province – Tang Yijun Governor of Qinghai Province – Liu Ning Governor of Shaanxi Province – Liu Guozhong Governor of Shandong Province – Gong Zheng Governor of Shanxi Province – Lou Yangsheng (until December), Lin Wu (starting December) Governor of Sichuan Province – Yin Li Governor of Yunnan Province – vacant Governor of Zhejiang Province – Yuan Jiajun
Events
January
January 3: At 15:07 – The Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center issued a command for the separation of the lander and the patrol device from the Chang'e 4 relay satellite. At 22:22 – The patrol began to separate, and it(玉兔二號月球車) stepped on the far side of moon.
February
February 23 – In Ningbo, Xiangshan, a fishing boat sank with 7 people. Two were rescued while five were missing.
March
March 21 – 2019 Yancheng chemical plant explosion
March 22 – Zaoyang car explosion
March 30 – Muli County Forest Fire, causing 31 deaths, mainly firefighters
April
April 11 – Shenzhen Short-term Extreme Heavy Rainfall, causing 11 deaths
April 15 – Chinese first test-tube baby becomes mother.
May
May 9 (Washington time) – US President Donald Trump announced that the punitive tariff rate on Mainland China goods of US$200 billion will be raised to 25% from May 10. May 9 (Beijing time)- At a regular press conference, A spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce said that China is well prepared to deal with all possible preparations. May 20- Google suspends business relationship with Huawei. This event comes following the arrest of Meng Wanzhou by Canadian authorities at the request of the United States due to sanctions against Iran.
June
June 4 – The 30th Anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests, Chinese authorities launched an extensive "stability maintenance" campaign. Hundreds of Twitter accounts were blocked. Internationally several organizations including the National Endowment for Democracy, the German Green Party Faction, and the British China Labour Solidarity have remembered the protests with events and protests. June 9 – Hundreds of thousands of people march in Hong Kong against a law critics fear could let China target political opponents in the territory. June 16 – Between 388,000 and 2,000,000 protesters take to the streets of Hong Kong against an anti-extradition law they believe will break down the firewall between Hong Kong and the mainland. June 17 - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 kills 13 and injures less than 200.
July
July 1 － The "Regulations on the Management of Domestic Waste in Shanghai" came into effect, announcing that Shanghai entered the era of mandatory household waste classification. July 12 － the People's Bank of China held a press conference on financial statistics in the first half of 2019. Overall, the current banking system is reasonably abundant, the monetary credit and social financing scale are growing moderately, and the market interest rate is running smoothly.