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The following lists events that happened during 2000 in China.

Incumbents

Governors

Governor of Anhui Province — Wang Taihua then Xu Zhonglin
Governor of Fujian Province — Xi Jinping
Governor of Gansu Province — Song Zhaosu
Governor of Guangdong Province — Lu Ruihua
Governor of Guizhou Province — Qian Yunlu
Governor of Hainan Province — Wang Xiaofeng
Governor of Hebei Province — Yue Qifeng
Governor of Heilongjiang Province — Tian Fengshan then Song Fatang
Governor of Henan Province — Li Keqiang
Governor of Hubei Province — Jiang Zhuping
Governor of Hunan Province — Chu Bo
Governor of Jiangsu Province — Ji Yunshi
Governor of Jiangxi Province — Shu Shengyou
Governor of Jilin Province — Hong Hu
Governor of Liaoning Province — Zhang Guoguang
Governor of Qinghai Province — Zhao Leji
Governor of Shaanxi Province — Cheng Andong
Governor of Shandong Province — Li Chunting
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 14 — 2000 Yunnan earthquake: An earthquake measuring 5.9 in magnitude occurred in the Yunnan province in southwest China, killing 7 people and injuring at least 2,528 more. Almost 41,000 homes were levelled by the earthquake.
January — Baidu, an internet search engine, was founded.^[1]

October

October 28 — Jiang Zemin berated Hong Kong journalist Sharon Cheung.

December

December 25 — 2000 Luoyang Christmas fire: A shopping center fire at Luoyang, Henan, China kills 309.

Births

March 12 — Sabrina Man, born in Hong Kong, is a Chinese-Filipina-Canadian actress, television host and commercial model.
July 25 — Zhang Hao, singer.
November 4 - Sun Yingsha, table tennis player.^[2]

Deaths

January 5 — Xie Bingying, soldier and writer (b. 1906)
January 8 — Ray Huang, historian and philosopher (b. 1918)
January 21 — Ho Ying-chie, Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist (b. 1911)
January 22 — Dai Suli, politician (b. 1919)
February 2 — Li Zhun, novelist (b. 1928)
February 10 — Ji Pengfei, 3rd Minister of Foreign Affairs of China (b. 1910)
February 16
- Wang Zigan, Shanghai-style paper-cutter (b. 1920)
- Fung Fung, Hong Kong actor (b. 1916)
March 4
- Wu Ta-You, physicist (b. 1907)
- Xie Xide, physicist (b. 1921)
March 18 — Pei Lisheng, 2nd and 4th Governor of Shanxi (b. 1906)
March 19 — Li Huanzhi, classical composer (b. 1919)
March 21 — Bai Shouyi, ethnologist, historian, social activist and writer (b. 1909)
April 10 — Angela Yu Chien, Hong Kong actress (b. 1942)
April 16 — Ann Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress (b. 1959)
April 29 — Chen Fangyun, electrical engineer (b. 1916)
May 9 — Zheng Weishan, lieutenant general and politician (b. 1915)
May 21 — Zhao Puchu, religious and public leader (b. 1907)
June 3 — Ann Tse-kai, Hong Kong industrialist, legislator and sinologist (b. 1912)
June 12 — Yun Bulong, 7th Chairman of the Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (b. 1937)
June 16 — Jiang Weiqing, 4th Secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1910)
June 23 — Geng Biao, 5th Minister of National Defense of China (b. 1909)
July 17 — Zhao Lirong, singer and film actress (b. 1928)
July 23 — Kao Pao-shu, actress, producer, writer and film director (b. 1932)
August 28 — Liao Zhigao, politician (b. 1913)
September 14 — Cheng Kejie, 8th Chairman of the Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (b. 1933)
September 18 — Chen Yuefang, basketball player (b. 1963)
October 16 — Lu Xiaopeng, aircraft designer (b. 1920)
November 5 — Hu Sheng, Marxist theorist and historian (b. 1918)
November 11 — Wei Qiming, Chinese actor (b. 1926)
November 27 — Lin Yaohua, sociologist and anthropologist (b. 1910)