1988 in China

The following lists events in the year 1988 in China.

Incumbents

General Secretary of the Communist Party: Zhao Ziyang

President: Li Xiannian, Yang Shangkun

Premier: Zhao Ziyang, Li Peng

7th National People's Congress

18 January – China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146

14 March – Johnson South Reef Skirmish

December–January 1989 – Nanjing anti-African protests

List of Chinese films of the 1980s#1988

China at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

China at the 1988 Summer Olympics won a total of 28 medals

China at the 1988 Winter Olympics won no medals

Fu Yanlong

Xiao Yiming

Rong Jing

Qian Jialing

Fan Jiachen

Liang Shuming

Li Fenglou

Chen Shixiang