← 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1986 in China → 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1986 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

The following lists events in the year 1986 in China.

Incumbents

• General Secretary of the Communist Party: Hu Yaobang
• President: Li Xiannian
• Premier: Zhao Ziyang
• Vice President: Ulanhu
• Vice Premier: Wan Li

Governors

• Governor of Anhui Province – Wang Yuzhao
• Governor of Fujian Province – Hu Ping then Wang Zhaoguo
• Governor of Gansu Province – Chen Guangyi then Jia Zhijie
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Ye Xuanping
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Wang Zhaowen
• Governor of Hebei Province – Zhang Shuguang then Xie Feng
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Hou Jie
• Governor of Henan Province – He Zhukang
• Governor of Hubei Province – Huang Zhizhen then Guo Zhenqian
• Governor of Hunan Province – Xiong Qingquan
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Gu Xiulian
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Ni Xiance then Wu Guanzheng
• Governor of Jilin Province – Gao Dezhan
• Governor of Liaoning Province – Quan Shuren then Li Changchun
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Song Ruixiang then Jin Jipeng
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Li Qingwei then Zhang Boxing
• Governor of Shandong Province – Li Chang'an then Jiang Chunyun
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Wang Senhao
• Governor of Sichuan Province – Jiang Minkuan (until January), Zhang Haoruo (starting February)
• Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Xue Ju (until January), Shen Zulun (starting February)

Events

• Unknown date – Lianyuan Welding Material, as predecessor of Sany (Sanyi Heavy Industry), one of the leading heavy equipment brands in the world, was founded in Hunan Province.^{[citation needed]}

Births

• 12 October – Li Wenliang
• 22 January — Alvin Jiang

Deaths

• 16 January – Hu Yuzhi, former Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (b. 1896)
• 26 March – Chen Yonggui, politician (b. 1915)
• 29 July – Deng Jiaxian, nuclear physicist and academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences (b. 1924)
• 3 October – Han Xianchu, general (b. 1913)
• 7 October – Liu Bocheng, military commander and Marshal of the People's Liberation Army (b. 1892)
• 22 October – Ye Jianying, former Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China (b. 1897)
• 28 December – Huang Kecheng, senior general of the People's Liberation Army (b. 1902)