The following lists events in the year 1997 in China
Incumbents
Governors
Events
Culture
Sport
Births
Deaths
January 14 — King Hu , film director based in Hong Kong and Taiwan (b. 1932 )
January 28 — Wong Shun-leung , Hong Kong martial artist (b. 1935 )
February 2 — Qin Jiwei , general (b. 1914 )
February 17 — Leonard Ho , Hong Kong film producer (b. 1925 )
February 19 — Deng Xiaoping , 3rd Paramount Leader of China (b. 1904 )[ 3]
March 31 — Dorothy Liu , Hong Kong pro-Beijing politician (b. 1934 )
April 9 — Wu Zuoren , painter (b. 1908 )
April 11 — Wang Xiaobo , novelist and essayist (b. 1952 )
April 26 — Peng Zhen , 4th Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (b. 1902 )
May 6 — Wang You , biochemist (b. 1910 )
May 7 — Yip Hon , gambling tycoon (b. 1904 )
May 16 — Wang Zengqi , writer (b. 1920 )
May 25 — Luo Ergang , historian (b. 1901 )
June 6 — Liao Shantao , mathematician (b. 1920 )
June 10 — Zhou Lin , politician (b. 1912 )
June 27 — Joseph Zong Huaide , Roman Catholic Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Shandong (b. 1917 )
June 28 — Yang Yichen , politician (b. 1914 )
June 30 — Su Bingqi , archaeologist and co-founder of Peking University 's archaeology program (b. 1909 )
September 8 — Yu Jim-yuen , martial artist, actor, teacher and the master of China Drama Academy (b. 1905 )
September 22 — Chiang Wei-kuo , Nationalist general and adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek (b. 1916 )
September 23 — Lu Sheng , lieutenant general (b. 1911 )
October 7 — Wan Laiming , animator (b. 1900 )
October 17 – Fang Yi , former Vice Premier of China (b. 1916 )
October 20 — Li Ruishan , politician (b. 1920 )
October 26 — Teng Haiqing , military officer and politician (b. 1909 )
November 8 — Lam Ching-ying , Hong Kong stuntman, actor, martial artist and action director (b. 1952 )
November 9 — Wu Xiuquan , military officer and diplomat (b. 1908 )
December 4 — Ho Sin Hang , Hong Kong entrepreneur, philanthropist and financier (b. 1900 )
December 16 — Hu Ning , physicist and writer (b. 1916 )
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