The 1999 China International was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 8–14 March 1999 at the JC Mandarin Hotel in Shanghai, China.

This edition was the seventh ranking event out of the 1998/1999 season.

John Higgins won the tournament by defeating Billy Snaddon 9–3 in the final.

Mehmet Husnu recorded a maximum break against Eddie Barker during qualifying for the tournament.

[1] The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[2] Winner: £42,000 Runner-up: £21,000 Semi-final: £11,000 Quarter-final: £6,200 Last 16: £3,100 Last 32: £2,555 Highest break (televised): £2,500 Highest break (qualifying): £1,000 [3] [4]