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The following lists events from 1992 in China.

Incumbents

• General Secretary of the Communist Party: Jiang Zemin
• President: Yang Shangkun
• Premier: Li Peng
• Vice President: Wang Zhen
• Vice Premier: Yao Yilin

Governors

• Governor of Anhui Province – Fu Xishou
• Governor of Fujian Province – Jia Qinglin
• Governor of Gansu Province – Jia Zhijie
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Zhu Senlin
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Wang Zhaowen
• Governor of Hainan Province – Liu Jianfeng
• Governor of Hebei Province – Cheng Weigao
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Shao Qihui
• Governor of Henan Province – Li Changchun
• Governor of Hubei Province – Guo Shuyan
• Governor of Hunan Province – Chen Bangzhu
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Chen Huanyou
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Wu Guanzheng
• Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Zhongyu then Gao Yan
• Governor of Liaoning Province – Yue Qifeng
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Jin Jipeng then Tian Chengping
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Bai Qingcai
• Governor of Shandong Province – Zhao Zhihao
• Governor of Shanxi Province – Wang Senhao then Hu Fuguo
• Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Haoruo
• Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating
• Governor of Zhejiang Province – Wan Xueyuan

Events

January

• The Miss Chinese International Pageant 1992 was held on January 26 in Hong Kong.^[1]
• Deng Xiaoping's southern tour

February

• The Ürümqi bombings took place on February 5.^[2]
• China participated in the 1992 Winter Olympics. China had three teams win Olympics medals, all of them silver, in various speed skating events.^[3][4]

March

• March 9 – The People's Republic of China ratifies the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

July

• A major plane crash took place in China.^[5]

August

• At the 1992 Summer Olympics, China won 54 Olympic medals (16 Gold, 22 Silver, and 16 Bronze).^[6]
• see also:China at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Typhoon Omar begins

September

• China competed at the 1992 Summer Paralympics.

October

• Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 was in effect starting October 9. This strengthened the role of Executive Order 12711, which was signed by George H. W. Bush in 1990.^[7]

November

• China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 crash

Births

• June 3 – Dilraba Dilmurat, actress, singer and model
• June 17 – Sun Yiwen, fencer^[8]
• June 25 —- Chu Chen

Deaths

• 16 April – Gao Bo, actor (born 1918)
• 22 April – Kang Keqing, politician and last wife of Zhu De (born 1911)
• 14 May – Nie Rongzhen, military leader (born 1899)
• 21 June – Li Xiannian, former President of China (born 1909)
• 28 June – Qian Sanqiang, nuclear physicist (born 1913)
• 11 July – Deng Yingchao, Former Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and wife of Zhou En Lai (born 1904)
• 3 August – Wang Hongwen, former Vice Chairman of the CCP (born 1935)
• 28 September – Hu Qiaomu, philosopher (born 1912)
• Zhao Xiu, politician (born 1921)