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Incumbents

Governors

Governor of Anhui Province – Hui Liangyu
Governor of Fujian Province – He Guoqiang
Governor of Gansu Province – Sun Ying then Song Zhaosu
Governor of Guangdong Province – Lu Ruihua
Governor of Guizhou Province – Wu Yixia
Governor of Hainan Province – Ruan Chongwu then Wang Xiaofeng
Governor of Hebei Province – Ye Liansong then Yue Qifeng
Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Tian Fengshan
Governor of Henan Province – Ma Zhongchen then Li Keqiang
Governor of Hubei Province – Jiang Zhuping
Governor of Hunan Province – Yang Zhengwu then Chu Bo
Governor of Jiangsu Province – Zheng Silin then Ji Yunshi
Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shu Shengyou
Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Yunkun then Hong Hu
Governor of Liaoning Province – Wen Shizhen
Governor of Qinghai Province – Tian Chengping then Bai Enpei
Governor of Shaanxi Province – Cheng Andong
Governor of Shandong Province – Li Chunting
Governor of Shanxi Province – Sun Wensheng
Governor of Sichuan Province – Song Baorui
Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating
Governor of Zhejiang Province – Wan Xueyuan (until April), Chai Songyue (starting April)

Events

January 21 – 1997 Jiashi earthquakes
February 3 to 5 – Ghulja Incident
February 25 – 1997 Ürümqi bus bombings
April 29 – According to Chinese government official confirmed report, two passenger train collision on Rongjiawan Station, Hunan Province, 120 persons were fatalities with 230 persons were hurt.
May 8 – China Southern Airlines Flight 3456
July 1 – Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong
August – Typhoon Winnie (1997)
September 19 – Election of the 15th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
November 8 – 1997 Manyi earthquake

Culture

1997 Shanghai International Film Festival: The Woodlanders won the award for Best Feature Film
List of Chinese films of 1997

Sport

December 5–14 – 1997 AFC Women's Championship, in Guangdong
Chinese Jia-A League 1997
China at the 1997 East Asian Games

Births

January - Fan Zhendong, Chinese professional table tennis player.
May - Jacqueline Wang, great-grandchild of Wang Guangqi, great-grandniece of Wang Guangmei, attended Groton School and Columbia University in the City of New York.
November - Xu Minghao, singer, member of Seventeen.

Deaths

January 14 — King Hu, film director based in Hong Kong and Taiwan (b. 1932)
January 28 — Wong Shun-leung, Hong Kong martial artist (b. 1935)
February 2 — Qin Jiwei, general (b. 1914)
February 17 — Leonard Ho, Hong Kong film producer (b. 1925)
February 19 — Deng Xiaoping, 3rd Paramount Leader of China (b. 1904)
March 31 — Dorothy Liu, Hong Kong pro-Beijing politician (b. 1934)
April 9 — Wu Zuoren, painter (b. 1908)
April 11 — Wang Xiaobo, novelist and essayist (b. 1952)
April 26 — Peng Zhen, 4th Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (b. 1902)
May 6 — Wang You, biochemist (b. 1910)
May 7 — Yip Hon, gambling tycoon (b. 1904)
May 16 — Wang Zengqi, writer (b. 1920)
May 25 — Luo Ergang, historian (b. 1901)
June 6 — Liao Shantao, mathematician (b. 1920)
June 10 — Zhou Lin, politician (b. 1912)
June 27 — Joseph Zong Huaide, Roman Catholic Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Shandong (b. 1917)
June 28 — Yang Yichen, politician (b. 1914)
June 30 — Su Bingqi, archaeologist and co-founder of Peking University's archaeology program (b. 1909)
September 8 — Yu Jim-yuen, martial artist, actor, teacher and the master of China Drama Academy (b. 1905)
September 22 — Chiang Wei-kuo, Nationalist general and adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek (b. 1916)
September 23 — Lu Sheng, lieutenant general (b. 1911)
October 7 — Wan Laiming, animator (b. 1900)
October 17 – Fang Yi, former Vice Premier of China (b. 1916)
October 20 — Li Ruishan, politician (b. 1920)
October 26 — Teng Haiqing, military officer and politician (b. 1909)
November 8 — Lam Ching-ying, Hong Kong stuntman, actor, martial artist and action director (b. 1952)
November 9 — Wu Xiuquan, military officer and diplomat (b. 1908)
December 4 — Ho Sin Hang, Hong Kong entrepreneur, philanthropist and financier (b. 1900)
December 16 — Hu Ning, physicist and writer (b. 1916)

References

"Golden Goblet Award 1997". siff.com. Archived from the original on December 19, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
"Table Tennis: FAN Zhendong". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on July 30, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
"Deng Xiaoping | Biography & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved July 4, 2019.

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