2026 in China
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Events
January
- 2 January – The New York Times reports that Chinese car company BYD Auto has overtaken American company Tesla as the world's largest seller of electric vehicles.[1]
- 6 January – The Ministry of Commerce bans the export of dual-use items, with military applications, to Japan, citing contentious statements made by the Japanese government regarding tensions with Taiwan.[2]
- 7 January – Cross-strait relations: The government bans Taiwanese interior minister Liu Shyh-fang and education minister Cheng Ying-yao and their families from entering the country on allegations of their involvement in the Taiwan independence movement.[3]
- 8 January – Chen Zhi, the founder of Cambodian conglomerate Prince Group, is extradited to China to face charges of cryptocurrency fraud and human trafficking.[4]
- 18 January – Four people are killed while 84 others are injured with six reported missing following an explosion at the Baogang United Steel factory in Baotou.[5]
- 22 January – The Singapore-flagged cargo vessel Devon Bay sinks off Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on its way to Guangdong, leaving two crewmembers dead and four others missing.[6]
- 24 January – Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, Zhang Youxia and Chief of Staff of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission, Liu Zhenli are placed under investigation over suspected "serious violations of discipline."[7]
- 29 January –
- China executes 11 members of the Ming crime family that ran scam centers in Myanmar.[8]
- The Chinese Football Association imposes lifetime bans on 73 people, including athlete Li Tie and former association president Chen Xuyuan, for involvement in match-fixing.[9]
February
- 2 February – China executes four members of the Bai crime family that ran scam centers in Myanmar.[10]
- 6 February – The Supreme People’s Court overturns the death sentence issued to Canadian national Robert Lloyd Schellenberg for drug trafficking.[11]
- 7 February – Eight people are killed in an explosion at a biotechnology facility in Shuoyang, Shanxi.[12]
- 15 February – Eight people are killed in an explosion at a fireworks store in Donghai County, Jiangsu.[13]
- 17 February – China grants visa-free entry for 30 days to citizens of Canada and the United Kingdom.[14]
- 18 February – Twelve people are killed in an explosion at a fireworks store in Xiangyang, Hubei.[15]
- 24 February – China imposes export restrictions on 40 Japanese entities accused of contributing to Japanese "remilitarization" efforts.[16]
- 26 February – Nineteen members of the National People's Congress are dismissed due to unspecified reasons.[17]
March
- 2 March – The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference votes to remove five of its members following a Standing Committee.[18]
- 12 March –
- Train services between Beijing and Pyongyang resume after a suspension imposed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[19]
- The National People's Congress passes a law to promote "ethnic unity" by making the teaching of Mandarin Chinese mandatory throughout the entirety of the compulsory education period, among other provisions.[20]
- 19 March – Authorities announce the arrest of seven people in Hubei on charges of trading fentanyl.[21]
- 29 March – At least eight people are killed in a ramming attack in Fangshan District, Beijing.[22]
- 30 March –
- Four eight people are killed in an explosion at an under construction tunnel in Wanzhou, Chongqing.[23]
- In an inteview conducted by the magazine People, Chinese Olympic diver Quan Hongchan revealed that she was a target of cyberbullying.[24]
April
- 2 April – Air China, China Southern Airlines, and its subsidiary XiamenAir increase fuel surcharges by ¥60–120 (US$8.70–17.5) on domestic flights in response to rising oil prices linked to the 2026 Iran war.[25]
- 3 April –
- The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announces that Ma Xingrui, the former Party Secretary of Xinjiang, is under investigation over suspected "serious violation of law and discipline", becoming the third member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party to be investigated by the commission.[26]
- An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease is declared in Xinjiang.[27]
- 7 April – Russia and China veto a United Nations Security Council resolution calling on states to "coordinate efforts, defensive in nature" to ensure the safety of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, saying that it was biased against Iran. The U.S. and France condemn the veto.[28]
Predicted and scheduled
- 27 October–8 November – 2026 World Weightlifting Championships in Ningbo.[29][30]
- 5–8 November – 2026 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships.[31]
Holidays
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 15–23 February – Chinese New Year
- 5–6 April – Tomb-Sweeping Day
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 19 June – Dragon Boat Festival
- 25 September – Mid-Autumn Festival
- 1 – 7 October – National Day
Deaths
- 3 January –
- Wang Zheng, 64, vice admiral.[34]
- Zhang Kerang, 78, Peking opera actor.[35]
- 4 March – Song Ping, 108, head of the organization department (1987–1989), state councillor (1983–1988), and governor of Gansu (1977–1979).[36]
