1983 in China
Events from the year 1983 in China.
Incumbents
- General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party - Hu Yaobang
- Chairman of the National Congress – Ye Jianying
- President – Li Xiannian
- Premier – Zhao Ziyang
- Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference – Deng Xiaoping, Deng Yingchao
- Vice President – Ulanhu
- First Vice Premier – Wan Li
Governors
- Governor of Anhui Province - Zhou Zijian then Wang Yuzhao
- Governor of Fujian Province - Ma Xingyuan then Hu Ping
- Governor of Gansu Province - Li Dengying then Chen Guangyi
- Governor of Guangdong Province - Liu Tianfu then Liang Lingguang
- Governor of Guizhou Province - Su Gang then Wang Zhaowen
- Governor of Hebei Province - Liu Bingyan then Zhang Shuguang
- Governor of Heilongjiang Province - Chen Lei
- Governor of Henan Province - Yu Mingtao then He Zhukang
- Governor of Hubei Province - Han Ningfu then Huang Zhizhen
- Governor of Hunan Province - Sun Guozhi then Liu Zheng
- Governor of Jiangsu Province - Han Peixin then Gu Xiulian
- Governor of Jiangxi Province - Zhao Zengyi
- Governor of Jilin Province - Zhang Gensheng then Zhao Xiu
- Governor of Liaoning Province - Quan Shuren
- Governor of Qinghai Province - Huang Jingbo
- Governor of Shaanxi Province - Yu Mingtao, Li Qingwei
- Governor of Shandong Province - Liang Buting
- Governor of Shanxi Province - Luo Guibo then Wang Senhao
- Governor of Sichuan Province - Lu Dadong /Yang Xizong
- Governor of Yunnan Province - Liu Minghui, Pu Chaozhu
- Governor of Zhejiang Province - Li Fengping then Xue Ju
Events
- Anti-Spiritual Pollution Campaign
- Hu Na Diplomatic incident
- 1983 Guilin Airport collision
- Weightlifting at the 1983 National Games of China
- 1983 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
- 3rd Golden Rooster Awards
- 6th National People's Congress began
- Outlaws of the Marsh (TV series) debuted
- CCTV New Year's Gala debuted
- July 31 - A heavy massive torrential rain and flood swept hit in Ankang, Shaanxi Province, at least 870 persons were perished, according to China Red Cross official confirmed report.
Births
- April 5 – Zhong Jinyu
- May 15 – Yang Jinghui
- July 17 - Joker Xue, singer-songwriter
- July 23 – Jiao Fengbo
- September 6 – Sun Dongmei
- November 6 – Bao Yingying
- November 9 –, ladies singles figure skater
Deaths
- January 6
- *Yang Yong, general
- *Xu Liqing, lieutenant general
- January 18 — Shi Ruwei, physicist
- February 4 — Xiao San, poet and translator
- March 25 — Liu Changchun, sprinter
- April 2 — Zhang Daqian, artist
- April 3 — Sun Fucheng, football player and coach
- April 22 — Lin Qiaozhi, obstetrician and gynecologist
- April 26 — Huang Yongsheng, general
- June 10 — Liao Chengzhi, politician
- July 7 — Alexander Fu Sheng, Hong Kong martial arts actor
- July 20 — Yang Chongrui, obstetrician
- September 22 — Qiao Guanhua, 4th Minister of Foreign Affairs of China
- September 30 — Tan Zhenlin, 1st Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- October 31 — Wu Xuezhou, chemist
- November 6 — Liang Zongdai, poet and translator
- November 28 — Peng Shuzhi, early leader of the Chinese Communist Party
- December 3 — Wang Guosong, electrical engineer