2018 in China


The following lists events that happened during 2018 in China.

Incumbents

January

  • January 2 – Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu and other places have been affected by heavy snow or blizzard, which has damaged housing, agriculture and power infrastructure in some areas, and traffic has been blocked.
  • January 5 – As of 11:00, Blizzard snow caused 10 deaths in 5 provinces in Central China and East China, more than 567,000 people were affected.

    February

  • February 15 – The CCTV Spring Festival Gala, which airs to millions around the country, sparks widespread criticism and faces accusations of racism after featuring a comedy sketch that featured an Asian actress in blackface and with exaggerated buttocks.

    March

  • March 5 – 13th National People's Congress was opened.
  • March 11 – National People's Congress approves a constitutional change that removes term limits for its leaders, granting General Secretary Xi Jinping the status of "President for life".
  • March 28 – North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un met with China's paramount leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Kim's first reported trip outside the country since taking power.
  • March - scheduled date for the first plenary session to be held by the 13th National People's Congress

    May

  • May 2 - Censorship in China: Chinese authorities have blocked the popular British children's cartoon, Peppa Pig on its Douyin social media service for "subversive" content. The service had over 30,000 viral videos of Peppa Pig on its platform.
  • May 8 - former Chinese Communist Party official Sun Zhengcai sentenced to life imprisonment for corruption.

    June

  • June - planned launch of the lunar exploration mission Chang'e 4.

    August

  • August 18 to 19 - Tropical Storm Rumbia caused heavy rain in several province, causing 53 fatalities, including 2 policeman who were washed away by the flood.

    September

  • September 15 — the annual routine Air Defense Alert originally scheduled for Guangzhou was cancelled.
  • September 16 — Typhoon Mangkhut gradually approached Guangdong. Urban public transportation in Guangzhou and Shenzhen is also affected, in which part of the Guangzhou Metro is out of service; in Shenzhen, buses, subways, and taxis are all out of service, and pure electric taxi charging stations are also closed.

    October

  • October 3 - The PRC authorities ordered Fan Bingbing and the companies she controls to pay around 883 million yuan in taxes, fines, and penalties. She also broke silence on her Weibo account by apologizing for what she had done.

    November

  • November 13 — "Great Change – A Large-Scale Exhibition Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Reform and Opening-up" was grandly opened at the National Museum of the People’s Republic of China. On the afternoon of the same day, Xi Jinping came here to visit the exhibition, reviewing the glorious course of the 40 years of reform and opening up, and proclaiming the firm determination to carry out reform and opening up.

    Popular culture

Film

January