In a speech at the end of 2024, Gao Shanwen expressed sensitive views on the cyclical bubbles, consumption structure, actual growth rate, and future low growth of the Chinese economy. The speech was subsequently banned, marking his final public address.
The video says that after Wuhan doctor Li Wenliang warned about the spread of the virus and conditions in the hospital, he was ordered to receive an admonition, write and sign a confession statement; the incident subsequently drew international attention.
In 2017, Lu Wei, head of the Cyberspace Administration of China known as the "internet czar," fell from power over corruption, and in 2019 he was sentenced to 14 years, a longer term than many of the big-name internet influencers he had arrested while in office.
In 2014, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) established the Central Cybersecurity and Informatization Leadership Group, with Xi Jinping serving as its head.
Lu Wei, head of the Cyberspace Administration of China, presided over the Social Responsibility Forum for Internet Celebrities and put forward seven bottom lines; afterwards, internet big-V Xue Manzi was arrested in Beijing on suspicion of soliciting prostitutes and was forced to make a televised confession.
In the Anti-Rightist Campaign, the Chinese Communist Party labeled some individuals as rightists because intellectuals had voiced their opinions, and the people involved and their families subsequently suffered long-term political and social consequences.