16 May – Russian President Vladimir Putin meets President Xi Jinping in Beijing as part of his two-day visit to China. A joint statement released outlines their countries’ alignment on issues including energy, trade, security, and geopolitics [23]
15 June – China issues new regulations allowing the China Coast Guard to detain foreigners accused of entering China's territorial waters and adjacent waters illegally.[36]
16–21 June – At least 47 people die after record rains hit parts of Guangdong Province.[37]
18 June:
At least nine people are killed and 15 are reported missing in landslides caused by floods in the provinces of Guangdong and Fujian. At least 378 houses are destroyed while 880 hectares of land is inundated.[38]
Ecuador's foreign ministry announces the reinstatement of visa requirements for travelers from China, citing an increase in irregular migratory flows from the latter.[39]
22 June – Six people are found dead following a landslide in Shanghang County, Fujian.[41]
24 June – Three people, including two Japanese nationals, are injured in a stabbing at a bus stop in Suzhou.[42]
25 June – The Chang'e 6 lunar exploration mission successfully returns to Earth after taking rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon.[43] The Orbiter proceeded on a mission to carry out observations at Sun-Earth Lagrange point L2 after dropping the sample off to Earth.[44]
10 July – All 32 NATO member states approve an official statement classifying China as a “decisive enabler” of Russia's invasion of Ukraine due to its "no-limits" economic and political partnership with Russia.[52]
11 July – Taiwan reports that 66 Chinese military aircraft operated around Taiwanese airspace in a 24-hour period, marking the highest single-day number in 2024 so far.[53]
14 July – The navies of Russia and China begin joint military drills in Guangdong four days after China was called a "decisive enabler" of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in a declaration signed by all 32 NATO countries.[54]
15 July – Several Palestinian factions, including Fatah and Hamas, schedule reconciliatory meetings in China in an attempt to end their ongoing political disputes.[55]
16 July – Chinese businessman Guo Wengui is found guilty by a U.S. jury on multiple fraud charges, accused of running a racketeering enterprise from 2018 to 2023 that defrauded thousands of investors out of over $1 billion.[56]
17 July:
Sixteen people are killed in a fire at a shopping centre in Zigong, Sichuan.[57]
China suspends negotiations between the United States regarding nuclear non-proliferation and arms control, citing American military support for Taiwan.[58]
19 July – At least 38 people are killed and 24 are reported missing after a bridge collapses in Shangluo, Shaanxi following flash flooding.[59]
China and India agree to cooperate in withdrawing all their troops from their disputed border, with aims of peacefully achieving "complete disengagement" from the border conflict as quickly as possible.[63]
27 July – Eight pedestrians are killed and five others are injured after being hit by a car in Changsha. A suspect is arrested.[64]
At least 30 people are killed and 35 others are reported missing following days of flooding caused in part by Typhoon Gaemi in Zixing, Hunan Province.[66]
China and India conduct the 30th round of talks in New Delhi, India, to resolve the ongoing border disputes, by agreeing to speed up negotiations over the border disputes and to maintain peace and tranquility in border regions.[67]
9 August – Multiple funeral directors are charged with selling 4,000 corpses for decades to two major medical companies that are subsidiaries of a state-owned company. The scandal is censored domestically.[68]
At least 11 people are killed and 14 others are reported missing following days of flooding caused by heavy rains in Huludao, Liaoning.[72]
The United States Treasury Department imposes sanctions on more than 400 individuals and entities, including Chinese firms that are allegedly aiding Russia in order to avoid western sanctions.[73]
September
3 September –
A school bus rams into a crowd after its driver loses control over the vehicle outside a school in Tai'an, Shandong Province, killing 11 people and injuring at least 12 others.[74]
Artist Gao Zhen is detained for recurring works critical of former leader Mao Zedong.[75]
5 September – The government bans the adoption of Chinese children to overseas recipients except for those biologically or legally related to adoptees.[76]
6 September – The world's largest indoor skiing resort is opened in Pudong, Shanghai, with a 90,000 square metres (970,000 sq ft) skiing area and a total campus area of 350,000 square metres (3,800,000 sq ft).[77]
10 September – The Chinese Football Association issues lifetime bans on 43 players and officials following a two-year investigation into match-fixing, bribery and illegal gambling in domestic games.[78]
13 September – The National People's Congress approves the raising of the statutory retirement age starting in 2025.[79]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Brazil and China of using their proposed peace plan for ending the Russo–Ukrainian War to boost their geopolitical power "at Ukraine's expense" by urging developing nations to agree to it.[84]
26 September – A United States defence official claims that a Chinese nuclear attack submarine, the first of the new Zhou-class, sank during construction likely between May and June.[85]
30 September – Three people are killed and 18 others are injured in knife attack at a supermarket in Shanghai. The suspect is arrested.[86]
21 October – India announces an agreement with China regarding military patrols along the Line of Actual Control between their countries.[88]
22 October – The government agrees to extend its 2018 provisional agreement with the Holy See regarding the appointment of Catholic bishops in China until 2028.[89]
28 October – Five people are injured in a knife attack in Haidian, Beijing. The suspect is arrested.[90]
November
7 November – Leon Wang, the president of AstraZeneca in China, is arrested following allegations of collection of patient data and the importation of medicines not approved by Chinese authorities.[91]
8 November – The government passes a law on energy aimed to promote carbon neutrality.[92]
10 November – The foreign ministry issues baselines around Scarborough Shoal that is also claimed by the Philippines.[93]
11 November – At least 35 people are killed and 43 others are injured after a man rams an SUV into a crowd exercising at a sports stadium in Zhuhai.[94]
16 November – Eight people are killed and 17 others are injured in a a mass stabbing carried out by a former student at the a vocational school in Wuxi.[95]
19 November – An unspecified number of casualties are reported after a car rams into a crowd outside a school in Dingcheng District, Hunan.[96]
27 November – Three American nationals imprisoned in China are released and returned to the US as part of a prisoner exchange in return for the release of at least one Chinese national detained in the US.[97]
28 November – Miao Hua, an admiral and concurrent member of the Central Military Commission, is suspended from his latter position as part of an investigation into suspected corruption.[98]
29 November – Dong Yuyu, a journalist working for Guangming Daily, is sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for espionage.[99]
December
3 December – The Ministry of Commerce imposes a ban on the export of gallium, germanium, antimony and other materials with potential military applications to the United States in retaliation for export controls imposed by Washington on semiconductor-related items.[100]
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