August 12 – TheState Council releases theOpinions on Encouraging, Supporting, and Guiding the Development of Individual Businesses, Private Firms, and Other Parts of the Non-State Economy (commonly known as the 36 Articles).[5]: 46 The 36 Articles characterize the state-owned economy as the country's "mainstay" while stating that the private sector should also be guided and developed.[5]: 46–47 The 36 Articles also established the principle of equal treatment forstate-owned enterprises and private enterprises ion areas where both could operate, although many of these reforms were not thoroughly implemented.[5]: 47–48
November 13 –Jilin chemical plant explosions 2005: a series ofexplosions occurred in achemical Plant inJilin City. The explosions killed six, injured dozens, and caused the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents.[6] During the incident a large discharge ofnitrobenzene went into theSonghua River. Levels of thecarcinogen were so high that the entire water supply toHarbin city (pop 3.8M) was cut off for five days between November 21, 2005 and November 26, 2005.[7]
November 26 –SM City Jinjiang, the second SM Mall in the Chinese Mainland was opened.
