1999 China International
The 1999 China International was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 8–14 March 1999 at the JC Mandarin Hotel in Shanghai, China. The tournament was the inaugural staging of the event as a ranking tournament, after the 1997 edition had previously been held as an invitational tournament. This edition was the seventh ranking event out of the 1998/1999 season.
John Higgins won the tournament by defeating Billy Snaddon 9–3 in the final. Mehmet Husnu recorded a maximum break against Eddie Barker during qualifying for the tournament.Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £42,000
Runner-up: £21,000
Semi-final: £11,000
Quarter-final: £6,200
Last 16: £3,100
Last 32: £2,555
Highest break : £2,500
Highest break : £1,000
Wildcard round
| Match | | Score | |
| WC1 |  Michael Holt | 5–3 |  Yang Jianyn |
| WC2 | Peter Lines | 1–5 | Pang Weiguo |
| WC3 | Dave Finbow | 5–2 | Pao Shan |
| WC4 |  Anthony Davies | 5–4 | Zhang Kai |
