2017 in China

Incumbents

Paramount leader

• General Secretary of the Communist Party – Xi Jinping

  Head of state

• President – Xi Jinping
• * Vice President – Li Yuanchao

  Head of government

• Premier – Li Keqiang
• * Vice Premiers – Zhang Gaoli, Liu Yandong, Wang Yang, Ma Kai

  National legislature

• Congress chairman – Zhang Dejiang

  Political advisory

• Conference chairman – Yu Zhengsheng

  Events

January

• 2 January to 8 January – 2017 Shenzhen Open
• 6 January - Fuzhou Metro Line 1 Phase 1 was opened
• 9 January - The state science and technology awarding meeting of the People's Republic of China for 2016 was held

  February

March

April

May

June

• 16 June – Chinese, Indian, and Bhutanese border tensions skyrocket over the construction of a road in Doklam, a disputed region between Bhutan and China. See Doklam Standoff for more.
• 28 June – The 2017 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup begins.

  July

• 2 July – The 2017 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup ends.
• 17 July – Chinese internet censors has banned Winnie the Pooh for its alleged resemblance to Xi Jinping.
• 7 July to 6 August – 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

  August

• 28 August: End of the Doklam Standoff as India and China move troops off the border to their original positions.

  September

October

• October – start of elections for the 13th National People's Congress
• 18 October to 24 October – 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China
• 26 October to 29 October – 2017 WGC-HSBC Champions

Deaths

January

• January 14 - Zhou Youguang, Father of Hanyu Pinyin
• January 15 – Han Peixin, politician
• July 13 - Liu Xiaobo, writer, literary critic, human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.