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Events in the year 2001 in China.

Incumbents

• Party General Secretary – Jiang Zemin
• President – Jiang Zemin
• Premier – Zhu Rongji
• Vice President – Hu Jintao
• Vice Premier – Li Lanqing
• Congress Chairman – Li Peng
• Conference Chairman – Li Ruihuan

Governors

• Governor of Anhui Province – Xu Zhonglin
• Governor of Fujian Province – Xi Jinping
• Governor of Gansu Province – Song Zhaosu then Lu Hao
• Governor of Guangdong Province – Lu Ruihua
• Governor of Guizhou Province – Qian Yunlu then Shi Xiushi
• Governor of Hainan Province – Wang Xiaofeng
• Governor of Hebei Province – Niu Maosheng
• Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Song Fatang
• Governor of Henan Province – Li Keqiang
• Governor of Hubei Province – Jiang Zhuping then Zhang Guoguang
• Governor of Hunan Province – Chu Bo then Zhang Yunchuan
• Governor of Jiangsu Province – Ji Yunshi
• Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shu Shengyou then Huang Zhiquan
• Governor of Jilin Province – Hong Hu
• Governor of Liaoning Province – Zhang Guoguang then Bo Xilai
• Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhao Leji
• Governor of Shaanxi Province – Cheng Andong
• Governor of Shandong Province – Zhang Gaoli then Han Yuqun
• 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 9 – Shenzhou 2, an unmanned Chinese spacecraft, was launched.

March

• March 16 – Shijiazhuang bombings

April

• April 1 – Hainan Island incident: a mid-air collision between an EP-3E United States Navy spyplane and a People's Liberation Army Navy People's Liberation Army J-8II interceptor fighter jet 70 miles (110 km) away from the PRC-controlled island of Hainan. The collision caused the death of a PRC pilot, while the EP-3 was forced to make an unauthorized emergency landing at Lingshui airfield. The incident results in an international dispute between the United States and the People's Republic of China.
• April 11 – Hainan Island incident: The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, People's Republic of China, after a collision with an F-8 fighter, is released.

July

• July 13 – The International Olympic Committee awards the 2008 Summer Olympics to Beijing, People's Republic of China^[1][2]
• July 16 – The People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation sign the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation.

December

• December 13 - SM City Xiamen, the first SM Mall in the Chinese mainland was opened.
• December 27 – The People's Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade status with the United States.

Full date unknown

• Xiao-i (Shanghai Xiaoi Robot Technology Co. Ltd), an artificial intelligence company is founded.^[3]

Births

• February 21 - Yang Peiyi, singer
• March 12 – Shi Cong, gymnast^{[citation needed]}
• November 22 – Zhong Chenle, singer^[4]