Changchun · Full chronicle and history

Netizens reported that FAW-Volkswagen has cancelled policy bonuses for 2025 and beyond. These bonuses originally accounted for 30%–40% of the total annual salary package and were included by HR during recruitment. Engineers were informed after working for over 20 months that two years of bonuses would be cancelled, resulting in a loss of over 200,000 yuan. Related discussions have been throttled on Xiaohongshu (RedNote).

Numerous officials in Changchun have begun facing investigations over suspected corruption, including an official named Zuguo.

On October 23, a netizen posted that the class committee of Changchun Humanities College notified students to arrive at the classroom at 6:45 for morning self-study, during which attendance would be taken and phones collected; bringing breakfast, placing water bottles on desks, sleeping, and chatting were strictly prohibited. The author said that not participating would result in deducted academic credits.

On October 21, 2026, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced that Zu Guo, former Party secretary and director of the Changchun Housing Provident Fund Management Center, is under investigation and scrutiny.

On October 17, a netizen in Changchun, Jilin, posted a video claiming that the Xintiandi Huawei service center had ruined his phone screen so it could no longer display. Unable to contact anyone to settle the account, he brought a number of workers wearing orange reflective vests into the store to sit down and demand an explanation, sparking heated discussion among netizens.

On October 13, at the gate of Northeast Normal University in Changchun, Jilin, a car violently crashed into a facial-recognition turnstile, smashed it open and drove onto the campus. The identity and motive of the perpetrator are unknown.

On October 12, a netizen posted that China Unicom had used their information to open 30 mobile SIM cards without their knowledge or authorization; after discovering this, China Unicom's Jilin Changchun branch canceled and transferred the relevant phone cards in the person's absence.

On October 10, a netizen in Changchun, Jilin posted a video claiming that local medical care requires giving doctors red envelopes for everything from giving birth to surgery, and that those who don't will receive special treatment, sparking heated discussion among netizens.

On October 8, several contractors at the Yuanda SOHO development in Changchun, Jilin Province, staged a banner protest at the entrance of the property's marketing center, demanding payment, as the developer, Changchun Yuanda Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., still owed construction funds two years after the handover of the units.

On October 7, Jilin Provincial Party Secretary Huang Qiang chaired a symposium for internet celebrities at the Songyuan Café in Changchun, calling on influencers to study Xi Jinping's thought on building a cyber powerhouse, remain firm in the "four confidences," and promote the main theme, and asking publicity and cyberspace affairs departments to offer support, presenting attendees with books on the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army.

On September 25, during a physics teacher's demonstration of electromagnetic induction at Jilin Changchun City Wenli High School, a student said 'so awesome' twice, and was kicked by the teacher and had the desk flipped.

On September 21, at the breakfast canteen of the passenger car plant of CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. in Changchun, Jilin Province, an incident of refusing cash occurred. Netizens reported that using cash to pay at the canteen was refused. After the on-site manager called the store manager for instructions, they still explicitly refused to accept cash.

On September 15, Changchun Medical Vocational College implemented a strict campus lockdown, requiring students leaving the campus to obtain parental leave and a physical signature from their counselor. Students questioned whether this move was intended to restrict off-campus consumption and force them to make high-priced purchases at campus canteens and supermarkets.

On September 16, a netizen revealed that Changchun Pharmaceutical Vocational College suddenly implemented strict campus lockdown management. Students requesting leave must have their parents send a WeChat message, print a paper leave slip, and obtain the counselor's signature for approval. Rumors circulated that the lockdown is intended to force students to stay on campus and spend money. The school has not responded.

On August 11, 2026, a severe water leak occurred in the ceiling on the fourth floor of Yuanda Shopping Mall in Changchun, Jilin, followed by a large-scale collapse and fall, leaving a large amount of building materials and accumulated water scattered at the scene.

In August 2026, the Hailegeao Parent-Child Park at Beihu Wuyue Plaza in Changchun, Jilin suddenly closed down, and many parents holding prepaid memberships gathered at the mall to defend their rights and demand refunds.

On July 22, 2026, Zhang Enhui, Secretary of the Changchun Municipal Party Committee, presided over an enlarged meeting of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee. The official communiqué stated that the city's economic development is currently facing "unprecedented difficulties and challenges."

On July 22, 2026, the CCP Changchun Municipal Committee held an expanded standing committee meeting to conduct an in-depth analysis of the economic situation in the first half of the year, and the official announcement rarely admitted that the city's economic development is facing unprecedented difficulties and severe challenges.

On June 17, 2026, some villagers in Yushu City, Changchun, Jilin, had a dispute over land requisition and compensation rights, and collectively went to the local Letters and Calls Bureau with banners to petition and defend their rights, voicing their demands.

Yuan Keqin, a Chinese national and former professor at Hokkaido University of Education who was detained on suspicion of espionage while returning to China and sentenced to six years in prison by the Changchun Intermediate People's Court, has now been released and is living in Changchun, Jilin Province.

Changchun police have cracked a series of underground banking cases, with four gangs involved in transactions exceeding 15 billion yuan, including over 1.2 billion yuan in identified illicit capital outflows.

Ms. Ma Yongtian's son and husband were again summoned to a police station by the Changchun Municipal Public Security Bureau in 2023 and were granted conditional release on bail, meaning they are still considered criminal suspects.

The Changchun Intermediate People's Court publicly announced its first-instance verdict on Sun Lijun for accepting bribes, manipulating the securities market, and illegally possessing firearms, sentencing him to death with a two-year reprieve, followed by life imprisonment without reduction.

After Ms. Ma Yongtian's son and husband completed their immigration procedures to the United States in 2017, they were stopped from leaving the country by the Changchun Public Security Bureau. Their passports and related documents were confiscated, and they were designated as suspects of "illegal emigration," released on bail pending trial.

The Changchun Municipal Government internally reported in 2003 that the incident of seizing Ms. Ma Yongtian's factory was illegal and wrong.

Ms. Ma Yongtian won a lawsuit regarding her factory being robbed in 2002 and obtained a court judgment.