2026 in China

Incumbents

• General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party – Xi Jinping

Events

January

• 2 January – The New York Times reports that Chinese car company BYD Auto has overtaken American company Tesla as the world's largest seller of electric vehicles.
• 6 January – The Ministry of Commerce bans the export of dual-use items, with military applications, to Japan, citing contentious statements made by the Japanese government regarding tensions with Taiwan.
• 7 January – Cross-strait relations: The government bans Taiwanese interior minister Liu Shyh-fang and education minister Cheng Ying-yao and their families from entering the country on allegations of their involvement in the Taiwan independence movement.
• 8 January – Chen Zhi, the founder of Cambodian conglomerate Prince Group, is extradited to China to face charges of cryptocurrency fraud and human trafficking.
• 18 January – Four people are killed while 84 others are injured with six reported missing following an explosion at the Baogang United Steel factory in Baotou.
• 22 January – The Singapore-flagged cargo vessel Devon Bay sinks off Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on its way to Guangdong, leaving two crewmembers dead and four others missing.
• 24 January – Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, Zhang Youxia and Chief of Staff of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission, Liu Zhenli are placed under investigation over suspected "serious violations of discipline."
• 29 January –
• *China executes 11 members of the Ming crime family that ran scam centers in Myanmar.
• *The Chinese Football Association imposes lifetime bans on 73 people, including athlete Li Tie and former association president Chen Xuyuan, for involvement in match-fixing.

February

• 2 February – China executes four members of the Bai crime family that ran scam centers in Myanmar.

Predicted and scheduled

• TBA 2026 World Weightlifting Championships in Ningbo.

Holidays

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 15–23 February – Chinese New Year
• 5–6 April – Tomb-Sweeping Day
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 19 June – Dragon Boat Festival
• 25 September – Mid-Autumn Festival
• 1 – 7 October – National Day

Deaths

• 3 January –
• *Wang Zheng, 64, vice admiral.
• *Zhang Kerang, 78, Peking opera actor.

Art and entertainment

• List of Chinese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film