January 1 – CITIC, a state-owned investment enterprise of the Chinese government, buys Nations Energy Company, a Canadian petroleum extraction company, giving it a majority stake in KazMunayGas, the state-owned oil and gas company in Kazakhstan, for USD $1.91 billion. The deal is highly controversial because of the amount of control China now has over Kazakhstan's natural resources. Kazakh Oil Minister Baktykozha Izmukhambetov has criticized the deal since it was first considered in October 2006.
February 27 – Drought in southwestern China is threatening the drinking water supply of 1.5 million people.
February 28 – Strong wind blows a passenger train off the tracks near Turpan, Xinjiang, China, killing four and injuring 30 more.[6]
March
March 1 – A human case of bird flu is confirmed in China.[7]
March 7 – The People's Republic of China announces that its first probe to the Moon, Chang'e 1, will be launched later in 2007, with the eventual goal of landing a man on the moon by 2022. The probe is supposed to orbit the Moon at least three times.[8]
April 18 – Thirty-two steel workers are killed and two more injured in China after a ladle full of liquid steel failed, engulfing an adjacent room full of workers.[14]
July 5 – Twenty-five people died and 33 are injured in an explosion in a karaoke bar in Tianshifu in northeast China.[29] An investigation conducted the next day concludes that the explosion was caused by improperly stored explosives.[30]
July 16 – China punishes 95 officials for allowing workers and children to labour in slave-like conditions in brickkilns.[32]
July 18 – the city of Chongqing is hit with the largest rainstorm in the city's meteorological records, killing 32. 12 people are reported missing.[33]
July 20 – China shuts down a chemical plant associated with deaths in Panama from tainted medicine and two petfood plants associated with the deaths of pets in the United States.
Storm Online – a free-to-play 2.5D fantasy role playing game is first released in China.[36]
August
August 5 – Thirty-four rail workers building a tunnel in Hubei province China are trapped 200 metres underground following a landslide.[37]
August 8 – China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region celebrates its 60th anniversary. Chinese Vice-President Zeng Qinghong visits its capital, Hohhot, and participates in a series of large celebration events.[38]
August 9 – China temporarily bans exports from two toy manufacturers whose products were banned or recalled in the United States and other countries.[39]
August 14 – A bridge under construction completely collapses in Fenghuang County, Hunan Province, China, killing at least 47 people. 21 workers are injured, 13 are still missing.[41]
August 14 – Mattel recalls over 18 million toysmade in China that may potentially be harmful to children.[42]
August 14 – China establishes a minimum living standard system to cover all rural residents in 2007. The system is designed to pull poor villagers out of poverty.[43]
August 20 – A China AirlinesBoeing 737 airplane explodes less than a minute after all passengers and crew are evacuated shortly after landing at Naha, Japan.[47]
August 22 – Typhoon Sepat has killed at least 36 people in southeast China in the past week.
September
September 1 – New laws come into effect giving China more control over the selection of the Dalai Lama.[48]
September 12 – Thousands of ex-soldiers are rioting in the People's Republic of China in the cities of Baotou, Wuhan, and Baoji, breaking into cars, destroying classrooms, and setting fires. The riot is the largest protest since the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest.[50]
