← 1902 1901 1900 1899 1898 1903 in China → 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	Other events of 1903 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

The following lists events that happened during 1903 in China.

Incumbents

• Guangxu Emperor (29th year)

Viceroys

• Viceroy of Zhili — Yuan Shikai
• Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Xu Yingkui then Xiliang then Li Xingrui
• Viceroy of Huguang — Duanfang
• Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Songfan
• Viceroy of Liangguang — Deshou then Cen Chunxuan
• Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Ding Zhenduo
• Viceroy of Sichuan — Cen Chunxuan then Xiliang
• Viceroy of Liangjiang — Wei Guangtao

examination

• Zhuangyuan: Wang Shoupeng

Events

May

• Zhang Shizhao was hired as the chief editor of the Su Bao

July

• July 1 - Shanghai Municipal Police transferred six people, including Zhang Binglin, to the public for review. (zh:蘇報案)
• July 14 - the Dongqing Railway was opened to traffic.
• July 15 - the first public hearing. (zh:蘇報案)
• July 21 - The second public hearing was held, but due to the Qing court was busy with extradition, so the plaintiff’s lawyer requested a rescheduling at the beginning of the trial. (zh:蘇報案)

August

• August 13 - Tsar Nicolas II appointed Alexeyev as viceroy in charge of all civil and military authority over Russian possessions in the Far East, including Russian-occupied Manchuria, the Liaodong Peninsula, and Russia Amur Military District (present day Primorsky Krai).

December

• December 3 - The trial was officially held for a total of four days. (zh:蘇報案)

Births

• October 21 - K. C. Wu, a Chinese political figure and historian.
• November 4 - Watchman Nee, a Chinese church leader and Christian teacher.
• December 28 – Tang Yunsheng, an opera singer in Peking.

• Gan Siqi
• Lu Kanru
• Hua Gang
• Li Shuoxun
• Chen Geng

Deaths

• Zhu Shaowen
• April 11 - Ronglu was a Manchu political and military leader of the late Qing dynasty. (born in April 1836)
• Zhang Peilun