← 1877 1876 1875 1874 1873 1878 in China → 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883
Decades:	1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
See also:	Other events of 1878 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

Events from the year1878 in China.

• Guangxu Emperor (4th year)
  • Regent:Empress Dowager Cixi

• Viceroy of Zhili —Li Hongzhang
• Viceroy of Min-Zhe —He Jing
• Viceroy of Huguang —Li Hanzhang
• Viceroy of Shaan-Gan —Zuo Zongtang
• Viceroy of Liangguang —Liu Kunyi
• Viceroy of Yun-Gui —Liu Changyou
• Viceroy of Sichuan —Ding Baozhen
• Viceroy of Liangjiang —Shen Baozhen

• Qing reconquest of Xinjiang
• Northern Chinese Famine of 1876–79^[1]
• The Great Wall construction Was finalized

• Chen Qimei,Tongmenghui member
• Tögs-Ochiryn Namnansüren,Mongolian independence leader^[2]

• 1878 in China
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• 1870s in China
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