On October 20, at the entrance of the Wanda Plaza construction site in Zhuozhou, Baoding, Hebei, a group of workers gathered to demand unpaid wages and defend their rights, with some parking cars and trucks at the entrance to block the gate.
Shangguan Zhengyi assisted police (Public Security) in arresting human traffickers and surrogacy agency personnel, and rescued a surrogate infant who was about to be sold.
During the floods in Zhuozhou, Xi Jinping was accused of vacationing in Beidaihe and not visiting the disaster area; on August 17 the Political Bureau Standing Committee held a meeting to study flood control, disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction, after which the central authorities arranged to issue 1 trillion yuan in treasury bonds.
In the early stage of the Zhuozhou floods, several civilian rescue teams from other provinces said they were required to present a local invitation letter and complete registration before being allowed to enter; volunteers said the Zhuozhou Emergency Management Bureau had been flooded and lost power, with its official seal in another building surrounded by water, and that they were arranging for people to wade through the water to fetch it.
The residual circulation of Typhoon Doksuri caused torrential rain in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region from July 29 to August 1. Beijing experienced flooding, Hebei activated flood storage areas, and Zhuozhou was severely affected.