1988 in China

The following lists events in the year 1988 in China.

Incumbents

7th National People's Congress
18 January – China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146
24 January - According to Chinese government official confirmed report, a Kunming to Shanghai passenger train crush, and 13 cars derailment in Qujing, Yunnan Province, total kills 80 person and injures 65 person.
14 March – Johnson South Reef Skirmish
17 September - China National Petroleum Corporation was established, as changing from Petroleum and chemical industrial section of PRC.
December–January 1989 – Nanjing anti-African protests
unknown date
* Ping An Insurance founded.
* Xigang Real Estate Development, as predecessor of Wanda Group founded in Dalian, Liaoning Province.
* Skyworth was founded in Shenzhen.

January 7 — Liao Mengxing, political activist
January 13 — Chiang Ching-kuo, Nationalist politician and President of the Republic of China
January 25 — Chen Shixiang, entomologist
February 16 — Ye Shengtao, writer, journalist, educator, publisher and politician
February 22 — Pao Ming Pu, mathematician
February 25 — Louis Zhang Jiashu, Jesuit priest
May 1 — Yan Wenliang, painter and educator
May 10 — Shen Congwen, writer
May 14 — Zhuang Xiquan, politician
June 22 — Xiao Jun, author and intellectual
June 23 — Liang Shuming, philosopher
July 13 — Ji Dengkui, Former Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
July 26 — Lai Shiu Wing, footballer
July 31 — Li Fenglou, footballer and coach
August 8 — Liu Liangmo, musician and Chinese Christian leader
August 15 — Han Deqin, Nationalist general
August 30 — Yan Kelun, politician
September 3 — Miao Yuntai, politician
October 3 — Ma Haide, American doctor who practiced medicine in China
October 14 — Qian Changzhao, politician
November 6 — Tan Zheng, general
December 8 — Ulanhu, 3rd Vice President of China
December 22 — Wang Bingnan, diplomat
December 26 — Tao Zhiyue, military officer and politician