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On November 8, a disabled resident in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian Province posted videos for several consecutive days stating that they could not cook because the gas company refused to deliver gas, forcing them to eat instant noodles for days in protest. Complaints have not received an effective response to date.

On November 7, the Quanzhou Education Bureau required all teachers to sign in at the lecture hall on Saturday to collectively watch the "AI Empowering Teacher Development and 'Quan Education' Platform Application Promotion Meeting." Dormitory managers and utility workers were also required to attend, with photo documentation needed for headcount verification, and warnings that those absent would face consequences.

On November 3, dozens of workers at Fujian Jinjiang Shuangchang Shoe Materials Co., Ltd. climbed to the top of the factory area to protest collectively due to unpaid wages, demanding that the company pay their overdue salaries.

An employee of Quanzhou Hongxing Building Materials Co., Ltd. suffered a hand injury while operating machinery during work hours. The company is unwilling to report the work-related injury to the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, instead pressuring the employee to use personal medical insurance for treatment, refusing to conduct a labor capacity assessment, ignoring potential long-term complications, and offering only a small amount of private compensation.

On October 23, a netizen posted a video claiming that the boss of Fujian Jinjiang Burì Shoe Industry Co., Ltd. was suspected of fleeing after owing wages, with large numbers of workers gathering to demand payment. Police arrived to maintain order. One worker said they had not received a single cent in wages, while another netizen said wages had not been paid for several months.

According to online reports, on September 4, 2026, affected by heavy rain from Typhoon Shardel, villagers in Batou Village, Qianhuang Town, Quangang District, Quanzhou, Fujian, found the body of a deceased person in the floodwaters. The authorities have not yet released information on casualties.

On August 27, 2026, several workers at the Quanzhou International Center project in Fujian's Quanzhou, owed unpaid wages, protested for their rights by driving vehicles to block the gate of the Quanzhou Urban Construction Group. SWAT police from the jurisdiction subsequently rushed to the scene to maintain order.

On August 17, 2026, the Jinlaike factory in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, triggered a mass work stoppage after long-term wage arrears, with large numbers of workers gathering at the factory gates to block the entrances and demand their unpaid wages.

In the early hours of August 15, 2026, a major fire suddenly broke out at the Dewei Footwear and Apparel factory area in Chendai Town, Jinjiang City, Quanzhou, Fujian. The blaze lit up the surrounding night sky and produced a large amount of thick smoke, and fire engines were dispatched to handle the situation.

On August 14, 2026, Wuli Xiongxing Footwear in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian was shut down after failing a fire safety inspection. A large number of workers, unable to receive unemployment benefits, gathered at the company's office and outside the building to defend their rights.

On August 9, 2026, a student rights-defense platform received a submission stating that Quanzhou No. 9 Middle School in Fujian, during the summer vacation, illegally issued a notice requiring students to return to school early, ending their holiday ahead of schedule to resume classes.

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) issued a notice stating that Zhang Yigong, Party Secretary of Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, is suspected of serious disciplinary violations and the law, and is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation.

On August 7, 2026, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Zhang Yigong, Party Secretary of Quanzhou, Fujian, is under investigation and scrutiny.

On August 7, 2026, a college student in Quanzhou, Fujian posted a request for help, saying that while working part-time at an educational institution in Quangang District, 4500 yuan in wages were withheld; the institution unilaterally cut the pay to 3000 yuan and deleted them as a friend, leaving them facing difficulties in rights defense because they had no company name.

Fujian Province has recently seen a political earthquake, with Nanping Mayor Lin Jian and Quanzhou Party Secretary Zhang Yigong falling one after another within days; after Wei Xiaokui of the Wen Jiabao faction took over as secretary of the Fujian Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, incidents have occurred frequently locally.

After the Jinjiang shoe factory fire, on July 16, a waste recycling station in Tangcuo Village, Chidian Town, dozens of kilometers away, caught fire. Workers tried to extinguish the fire but the fire hydrant water pressure was insufficient, causing them to miss the golden rescue window. Some fire trucks could not reach the site due to narrow roads.

On July 16, 2026, a fire broke out suddenly at a scrap recycling station in Tangcuo Village, Chidian Town, Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian. When workers at the scene tried to put out the fire, they encountered insufficient water pressure from the fire hydrants, which delayed the golden rescue window and allowed the blaze to spread.

After the Jinjiang shoe factory fire, local relevant departments intervened to interview merchants, demanding that they not deliver flowers to the shoe factory area. Meituan's system blocked the flower delivery function in that area, and some merchants said the delivered flowers were taken away by traffic police.

After the Jinjiang shoe factory fire, local shoe factories held a safety production meeting. The government's instructions focused not on improving fire safety facilities, but on 'fining 10,000 yuan and arresting people for every cigarette butt found'.

On July 15, 2026, after a major fire at Huiteng Shoe Industry in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian, local shoe factories held a safety production meeting. It was widely circulated online that relevant authorities instructed that finding a single cigarette butt within the factory grounds would result in a fine of 10,000 yuan and the pursuit of liability.

A fire broke out at a shoe factory in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian, leaving 28 people dead. Host Hu Liren cited this as an example to criticize Xi Jinping's government for its poor governance and failure to effectively prevent such safety accidents.

After a fire broke out at a shoe factory in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian, Xi Jinping issued important instructions. Host Hu Liren criticized this, arguing that the instructions were merely a formality and did not solve the fundamental problems.

According to information circulating online, the death toll in the recent fire at Huiteng Shoe Factory in Jinjiang, Fujian, has risen from the previously reported 29 to 147.

According to online reports, Fujian Governor Zhao Long is suspected to have arrived in Jinjiang to take charge of the response to the Huiteng Footwear fire, with his motorcade stretching for hundreds of meters.

A shoe factory in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian suddenly caught fire, with the blaze lasting nearly 8 hours and causing 28 deaths. Leaders from the State Council and provincial and municipal governments subsequently visited the scene and apologized.

On July 9, 2026, a major fire broke out at the Huiteng Shoe Factory in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian, causing people to jump from buildings to escape and resulting in deaths and injuries. By July 11, the site was tightly sealed off jointly by military and armed police as well as traffic police, with access restricted.

Following a shoe factory fire in Jinjiang, Fujian, many local factories have begun intensively removing anti-theft grills from their buildings to prevent employees' escape routes from being blocked.

Villagers of Houyang Village in Hui'an County, Quanzhou, Fujian formed a human wall, holding land certificates, and successfully blocked the forced land acquisition team from entering the village.