1999 in China

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See also:	Other events of 1999 List of years in China Timeline of Chinese history 1999 in the Republic of China

Events in the year 1999 in China.

Incumbents

• President – Jiang Zemin
• Premier – Zhu Rongji

Events

January

• January 4 - A pedestrian bridge in Qijiang, Chongqing collapsed and caused 40 people dead and 14 injured.^[1]

February

• February 24 - China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509 crashed on approach to Wenzhou Airport, killing 61 people.

April

• April 15 - Korean Air Cargo Flight 6316 crashed in Xinzhuang, Shanghai after takeoff from Hongqiao Airport due to pilot's confusion between two units of measurement (feet and metres).

May

• May 8 - U.S. bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade led to a series of anti-American protests in China.

July

• July 22 - The Ministry of Civil Affairs declared Falun Gong as an illegal organization.^[2]

October

• October 1 - 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic Parade and Speech by President Jiang Zemin.^[3]

December

• December 5 - Shenyang Haishi won Chongqing Longxin by 2-1 in Chinese Jia-A League 1999, later turned out to be a match-fixing controversy.
• December 20 - China assumed formal sovereignty over Macau from Portugal.

Births

• February 10 - Tiffany Espensen, actress
• June 2 - Wei Yi, chess prodigy
• September 9 - Uudam, singer

References

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