2001 in China
Events in the year 2001 in China.
Incumbents
- Party General Secretary – Jiang Zemin
- President – Jiang Zemin
- Premier – Zhu Rongji
- Vice President – Hu Jintao
- Vice Premier – Li Lanqing
- Congress Chairman – Li Peng
- Conference Chairman – Li Ruihuan
Governors
- Governor of Anhui Province - Xu Zhonglin
- Governor of Fujian Province - Xi Jinping
- Governor of Gansu Province - Song Zhaosu then Lu Hao
- Governor of Guangdong Province - Lu Ruihua
- Governor of Guizhou Province - Qian Yunlu then Shi Xiushi
- Governor of Hainan Province - Wang Xiaofeng
- Governor of Hebei Province - Niu Maosheng
- Governor of Heilongjiang Province - Song Fatang
- Governor of Henan Province - Li Keqiang
- Governor of Hubei Province - Jiang Zhuping then Zhang Guoguang
- Governor of Hunan Province - Chu Bo then Zhang Yunchuan
- Governor of Jiangsu Province - Ji Yunshi
- Governor of Jiangxi Province - Shu Shengyou then Huang Zhiquan
- Governor of Jilin Province - Hong Hu
- Governor of Liaoning Province - Zhang Guoguang then Bo Xilai
- Governor of Qinghai Province - Zhao Leji
- Governor of Shaanxi Province - Cheng Andong
- Governor of Shandong Province - Zhang Gaoli then Han Yuqun
- Governor of Shanxi Province - Liu Zhenhua
- Governor of Sichuan Province - Zhang Zhongwei
- Governor of Yunnan Province - Li Jiating, Xu Rongkai
- Governor of Zhejiang Province - Chai Songyue
Events
January
- January 9 – Shenzhou 2, an unmanned Chinese spacecraft, was launched.
March
April
- April 1 – Hainan Island incident: a mid-air collision between an EP-3E United States Navy spyplane and a People's Liberation Army Navy People's Liberation Army J-8II interceptor fighter jet 70 miles away from the PRC-controlled island of Hainan. The collision caused the death of a PRC pilot, while the EP-3 was forced to make an unauthorized emergency landing at Lingshui airfield. The incident results in an international dispute between the United States and the People's Republic of China.
- April 11 – Hainan Island incident: The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, People's Republic of China, after a collision with an F-8 fighter, is released.
July
- July 13 – The International Olympic Committee awards the 2008 Summer Olympics to Beijing, People's Republic of China
- July 16 – The People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation sign the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation.
December
- December 13 - SM City Xiamen, the first SM Mall in mainland China was opened.
- December 27 – The People's Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade status with the United States.
Full date unknown
- Xiao-i, an artificial intelligence company is founded.
Births
- February 21 - Yang Peiyi, singer
- March 12 - Shi Cong, gymnast
- November 22 - Zhong Chenle, singer