2020 in China
The following lists events that happened during 2020 in China.
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Incumbents
Paramount leader
Head of state
Head of government
National legislature
Political advisory
- Conference chairman – Wang Yang
Supervision commission
- Director: Yang Xiaodu
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]
Popular culture
Deaths
- 7 February – Li Wenliang
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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.
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