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Events from the year 1983 in China.

Incumbents

• General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party - Hu Yaobang
• Chairman of the National Congress – Ye Jianying (head of state, until June 18)
• President – Li Xiannian (starting June 18)
• Premier – Zhao Ziyang
• Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference – Deng Xiaoping (until June), Deng Yingchao (starting June)
• Vice President – Ulanhu (starting 18 June)
• First Vice Premier – Wan Li

Governors

• Governor of Anhui Province – Zhou Zijian then Wang Yuzhao
• Governor of Fujian Province – Ma Xingyuan then Hu Ping
• Governor of Gansu Province – Li Dengying then Chen Guangyi
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Liu Tianfu then Liang Lingguang
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Su Gang then Wang Zhaowen
• Governor of Hebei Province – Liu Bingyan then Zhang Shuguang
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Chen Lei
• Governor of Henan Province – Yu Mingtao (acting) then He Zhukang
• Governor of Hubei Province – Han Ningfu then Huang Zhizhen
• Governor of Hunan Province – Sun Guozhi then Liu Zheng
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Han Peixin then Gu Xiulian
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Zhao Zengyi
• Governor of Jilin Province – Zhang Gensheng then Zhao Xiu
• Governor of Liaoning Province – Quan Shuren (starting April)
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Huang Jingbo
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Yu Mingtao (until April), Li Qingwei (starting April)
• Governor of Shandong Province – Liang Buting
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Luo Guibo then Wang Senhao
• Governor of Sichuan Province – Lu Dadong (until April)/Yang Xizong
• Governor of Yunnan Province – Liu Minghui (until April), Pu Chaozhu (starting April)
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Li Fengping then Xue Ju

Events

• Anti-Spiritual Pollution Campaign
• Hu Na Diplomatic incident^[1]
• 1983 Guilin Airport collision^[2]
• Weightlifting at the 1983 National Games of China
• 1983 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
• 3rd Golden Rooster Awards
• 6th National People's Congress began
• Outlaws of the Marsh (TV series) debuted
• CCTV New Year's Gala debuted
• July 31 – A heavy massive torrential rain and flood swept hit in Ankang, Shaanxi Province, at least 870 persons were perished, according to China Red Cross official confirmed report.^{[citation needed]}

Births

• April 5 – Zhong Jinyu
• May 15 – Yang Jinghui
• July 17 – Joker Xue, singer-songwriter
• July 23 – Jiao Fengbo
• November 6 – Bao Yingying
• November 9 – Wang Qingyun

Deaths

• 6 January – Yang Yong, general (born 1913)
• 4 February – Xiao San, poet and translator (born 1896)
• 2 April – Zhang Daqian, artist (born 1899)
• 3 April – Sun Fucheng, football player and coach (born 1927)
• 26 April – Huang Yongsheng, general (born 1910)
• 10 June – Liao Chengzhi, politician (born 1908)
• 22 September – Qiao Guanhua, Foreign Minister (1974-1976) (born 1913)
• 30 September – Tan Zhenlin, former governor of Jiangsu Province (born 1902)
• 28 November – Peng Shuzhi, early leader of the Chinese Communist Party (born 1895)
• Dates Unknown
  • Wang Guosong, electrical engineer (born 1902)
  • Liang Zongdai, poet and translator (born 1903)