1988 in China

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See also:	Other events of 1988; History of China • Timeline • Years

The following lists events in the year 1988 in China.

Incumbents

7th National People's Congress
18 January – China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146
24 January – According to Chinese government official confirmed report, a Kunming to Shanghai passenger train crush, and 13 cars derailment in Qujing, Yunnan Province, total kills 80 person and injures 65 person.^{[citation needed]}
14 March – Johnson South Reef Skirmish
17 September – China National Petroleum Corporation was established, as changing from Petroleum and chemical industrial section of PRC. (People's Republic of China)^{[citation needed]}
December–January 1989 – Nanjing anti-African protests
unknown date
- Ping An Insurance founded.^{[page needed]}
- Xigang Real Estate Development, as predecessor of Wanda Group founded in Dalian, Liaoning Province.^{[page needed]}
- Skyworth was founded in Shenzhen.^{[page needed]}

January 7 — Liao Mengxing, political activist (b. 1904)
January 13 — Chiang Ching-kuo, Nationalist politician and President of the Republic of China (b. 1910)
January 25 — Chen Shixiang, entomologist (b. 1905)
February 16 — Ye Shengtao, writer, journalist, educator, publisher and politician (b. 1894)
February 22 — Pao Ming Pu, mathematician (b. 1910)
February 25 — Louis Zhang Jiashu, Jesuit priest (b. 1893)
May 1 — Yan Wenliang, painter and educator (b. 1893)
May 10 — Shen Congwen, writer (b. 1902)
May 14 — Zhuang Xiquan, politician (b. 1888)
June 22 — Xiao Jun, author and intellectual (b. 1907)
June 23 — Liang Shuming, philosopher (b. 1893)
July 13 — Ji Dengkui, Former Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1923)
July 26 — Lai Shiu Wing, footballer (b. 1917)
July 31 — Li Fenglou, footballer and coach (b. 1912)
August 8 — Liu Liangmo, musician and Chinese Christian leader (b. 1909)
August 15 — Han Deqin, Nationalist general (b. 1892)
August 30 — Yan Kelun, politician (b. 1913)
September 3 — Miao Yuntai, politician (b. 1894)
October 3 — Ma Haide, American doctor who practiced medicine in China (b. 1910)
October 14 — Qian Changzhao, politician (b. 1899)
November 6 — Tan Zheng, general (b. 1906)
December 8 — Ulanhu, 3rd Vice President of China (b. 1906)
December 22 — Wang Bingnan, diplomat (b. 1908)
December 26 — Tao Zhiyue, military officer and politician (b. 1892)

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