2004 in China
Events in the year 2004 in China.
Incumbents
- General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party – Hu Jintao
- President – Hu Jintao
- Premier – Wen Jiabao
- Vice President – Zeng Qinghong
- Vice Premier – Huang Ju
- National People's Congress Chairman – Wu Bangguo
- Conference Chairman – Jia Qinglin
Governors
- Governor of Anhui Province - Wang Jinshan
- Governor of Fujian Province - Lu Zhangong then Huang Xiaojing
- Governor of Guangdong Province - Lu Hao
- Governor of Guizhou Province - Huang Huahua
- Governor of Hainan Province - Shi Xiushi
- Governor of Hebei Province - Wei Liucheng
- Governor of Henan Province - Ji Yunshi
- Governor of Hunan Province - Zhou Bohua
- Governor of Jiangsu Province - Li Chengyu
- Governor of Jiangxi Province - Huang Zhiquan
- Governor of Jilin Province - Hong Hu then Wang Min
- Governor of Liaoning Province - Bo Xilai, Zhang Wenyue
- Governor of Qinghai Province - Zhao Leji then Yang Chuantang
- Governor of Shaanxi Province - Jia Zhibang, Chen Deming
- Governor of Shandong Province - Han Yuqun
- Governor of Shanxi Province - Liu Zhenhua, Zhang Baoshun
- Governor of Sichuan Province - Zhang Zhongwei
- Governor of Yunnan Province: Xu Rongkai
- Governor of Zhejiang Province - Lü Zushan
Events
February
- February 15 – Two fires sweep through China, one in a shopping center and the other in a temple, killing at least 90 and injuring 71.
- China amends its Constitution.
April
- April 13 – Shanghai modifies its interpretation of the People's Republic of China's One Child Policy, allowing all divorced residents who remarry to have a second child without penalty.
September
- September 19 - Hu Jintao becomes Chairman of the Central Military Commission.
October
- October 21 – In Xinmi, China, a gas explosion in a coal mine kills 62 people; 86 are still missing.
November
- November 1 – Martial law is imposed in parts of China's Henan province after fighting between Hui Chinese and Han Chinese ethnic groups kills between 7 and 148 people.
- November 26 – A man kills eight and injures four people with a knife at a Chinese high school in Ruzhou, Henan.
- November 28 – A coal mine explosion in China kills over 150.
December
- December 3 – The People's Republic of China launches a new long-range nuclear submarine and an accompanying class of ballistic missiles, with a range in excess of, developed by the People's Liberation Army.
Deaths
- February 14 – Yang Chengwu, Chinese military strategist
- March 23 – Chen Zhongwei, Chinese physician. One of the pioneers of the process of reattaching severed limbs.