2004 in China
Events in the year 2004 in China.Incumbents
February
- February 15 – Two fires sweep through China, one in a shopping center and the other in a temple, killing at least 90 and injuring 71.
April
- April 13 – Shanghai modifies its interpretation of the People's Republic of China's One Child Policy, allowing all divorced residents who remarry to have a second child without penalty.
October
- October 21 – In Xinmi, China, a gas explosion in a coal mine kills 62 people; 86 are still missing.
November
- November 1 – Martial law is imposed in parts of China's Henan province after fighting between Hui Chinese and Han Chinese ethnic groups kills between 7 and 148 people.
- November 26 – A man kills eight and injures four people with a knife at a Chinese high school in Ruzhou, Henan.
- November 28 – A coal mine explosion in China kills over 150.
December
- December 3 – The People's Republic of China launches a new long-range nuclear submarine and an accompanying class of ballistic missiles, with a range in excess of, developed by the People's Liberation Army.
Deaths
- February 14 – Yang Chengwu, Chinese military strategist
- March 23 – Chen Zhongwei, Chinese physician. One of the pioneers of the process of reattaching severed limbs.
