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The following lists events that happened during 2000 in China.

Incumbents

Governors

Governor of Anhui Province – Wang Taihua then Xu Zhonglin
Governor of Fujian Province – Xi Jinping
Governor of Gansu Province – Song Zhaosu
Governor of Guangdong Province – Lu Ruihua
Governor of Guizhou Province – Qian Yunlu
Governor of Hainan Province – Wang Xiaofeng
Governor of Hebei Province – Yue Qifeng
Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Tian Fengshan then Song Fatang
Governor of Henan Province – Li Keqiang
Governor of Hubei Province – Jiang Zhuping
Governor of Hunan Province – Chu Bo
Governor of Jiangsu Province – Ji Yunshi
Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shu Shengyou
Governor of Jilin Province – Hong Hu
Governor of Liaoning Province – Zhang Guoguang
Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhao Leji
Governor of Shaanxi Province – Cheng Andong
Governor of Shandong Province – Li Chunting
Governor of Shanxi Province – Liu Zhenhua
Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Zhongwei
Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating (until June), Xu Rongkai (starting June)
Governor of Zhejiang Province – Chai Songyue

Events

January

January 14 – 2000 Yunnan earthquake: An earthquake measuring 5.9 in magnitude occurred in the Yunnan province in southwest China, killing 7 people and injuring at least 2,528 more. Almost 41,000 homes were levelled by the earthquake.
January – Baidu, an internet search engine, was founded.^[1]

October

October 28 - Jiang Zemin berated Hong Kong journalist Sharon Cheung.

December

December 25 – 2000 Luoyang Christmas fire: A shopping center fire at Luoyang, Henan, China kills 309.

Births

March 12 - Sabrina Man, born in Hong Kong, is a Chinese-Filipina-Canadian actress, television host and commercial model.
July 25 - Zhang Hao, singer.
November 4 - Sun Yingsha, table tennis player.^[2]

Deaths

January 8 – Ray Huang, a Chinese historian and philosopher (born 1918)
10 February – Ji Pengfei, former Chinese Foreign Minister
May 22 – Zhao Puchu, Chinese Buddhist leader and social activists (born 1907)
June 23 – Geng Biao, Chinese revolutionary, military strategist and diplomat (born 1909)
11 November – Wei Qiming, Chinese actor (born 1926)

See also

References

^ Viebig, Jan; Poddig, Thorsten; Varmaz, Armin (30 April 2008). Equity Valuation: Models from Leading Investment Banks. John Wiley & Sons. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-470-75880-9.
^ "Table Tennis: SUN Yingsha". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on July 30, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

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