2020 in China
The following lists events that happened during 2020 in China.
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Incumbents
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Head of state
Head of government
National legislature
Political advisory
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Events
January
- January 20 - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has urged efforts to prevent and control Coronavirus disease 2019.[1]
- January 26 - Leading group on the prevention and control of Coronavirus disease 2019 was established, led by Li Keqiang.[2] The leading group has decided to extend Spring Festival holiday to contain coronavirus outbreak.
- January 27 - Li Keqiang visited Wuhan, center of what became the COVID-19 pandemic, to direct the epidemic prevention work.[3]
- January 28 - The opening of Dabie Mountain Regional Medical Centre in Huangzhou District, Huanggang, Hubei.
- January 30 - At the World Health Organization's second meeting of the Emergency Committee declared the Wuhan outbreak of novel coronavirus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).[4]
February
- February 3 - Huoshenshan Hospital accepted patients after a speedy construction build period.
- February 6 - Leishenshan Hospital passed evaluations and will begin accepting patients soon.[5]
- February 10 - An advance World Health Organization team of medical experts has arrived in China, led by Dr. Bruce Aylward, who coordinated the WHO's Ebola Response in 2016.[6][7]
- February 28 - Three time Chinese Olympic swimming champion, Sun Yang, has been given an 8-year ban for missing a doping test in September 2018 by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[8]
March
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Beijing medical team aiding Hubei returned to Beijing on 31 March 2020, with their flight receiving water salute at Beijing Capital International Airport
- March 7 - Collapse of Xinjia Express Hotel
- March 10 - Communist Party of China general secretary Xi Jinping visits Wuhan, the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic, after an unprecedented lockdown of the central city of 11 million people.[9]
- March 24 - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang reported that spread of domestically transmitted epidemic has been basically blocked and the COVID-19 pandemic has been controlled in China.[10]
April
- April 4 - Coinciding with the Qingming Festival, a national day of mourning was declared followed by a three-minute silence to honor 3,300+ people who died of COVID-19.[11]
May
June
- June 26 - Nearly 50 independent United Nations Human Rights experts highlighted their concern on the situation in China. They voiced concern for many actions including but not limited to allegations of forced labor; arbitrary interferences with the right to privacy; restrictive cybersecurity, anti-terrorism, and sedition laws; the retaliation against journalists, medical workers and others speaking out about COVID-19; the repression of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang and Tibet; and the repression of protests and democracy advocacy in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR). They urged China to "withdraw the draft national security law for Hong Kong”.[13][14]
July
- July 7 - Anshun bus crash
September
- September 22 - During the 2020 United Nations General Assembly, President Xi Jinping announces that China will aim to hit peak emissions before 2030 and for carbon neutrality by 2060.[15]
Popular culture
Deaths
- 7 February – Li Wenliang
- 7 September - Gao Wenbin
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References
- "Chinese premier stresses curbing viral pneumonia epidemic". China Daily. Beijing: Xinhua News Agency. 21 January 2020. Archived from the original on 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- "China to extend Spring Festival holiday to contain coronavirus outbreak". Xinhua News Agency. Beijing. 26 January 2020.
- "Chinese Premier Li visits Wuhan, epicenter of virus outbreak". Reuters. Beijing. 27 January 2020.
- "Statement on the second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)". www.who.int. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
- 刘明. "2nd new hospital for Wuhan virus patients passes evaluation - Chinadaily.com.cn". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
- "World Health Organization experts arrive in China for coronavirus probe". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
- "Press briefings". www.who.int. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
- "Sun Yang: Eight-year ban for Chinese Olympic champion". BBC Sport. 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
- 赵承 (2020-03-11). 顾天成 (ed.). "习近平总书记武汉之行传递战"疫"新信号". Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-03-11.
- "China deploys measures to curb imported COVID-19 cases, rebound in indigenous cases". State Council Information Office of China. 24 March 2020.
- "China holds three-minute silence for virus victims". BBC News. 2020-04-04. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
- France-Presse, Agence (2020-05-11). "Indian and Chinese soldiers injured in cross-border fistfight, says Delhi". the Guardian. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
- "OHCHR | UN experts call for decisive measures to protect fundamental freedoms in China". ohchr.org. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- "Independent UN rights experts call for decisive measures to protect 'fundamental freedoms' in China". UN News. 2020-06-26. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- "Climate change: China aims for 'carbon neutrality by 2060'". BBC News. 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
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