title: 1878 in China
text: # 1878 in China
  
  Events from the year 1878 in China.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Guangxu Emperor (4th year)
     * Regent: Empress Dowager Cixi
  
  ### Viceroys
  
  * 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
  
  ## Events
  
  * Qing reconquest of Xinjiang
  * Northern Chinese Famine of 1876–79
  * The Great Wall construction Was finalized
  
  ## Births
  
  * Chen Qimei, Tongmenghui member
  * Tögs-Ochiryn Namnansüren, Mongolian independence leader
  