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On November 6, a netizen in Qinhuangdao, Hebei, posted a video of the unfinished Dongfudian Xincun project, stating that the project was originally marketed as providing wedding homes for older youth, but it has remained unfinished for 16 years. Many buildings are still in a rough state with exposed brick walls and no doors or windows installed.
On October 19, a woman in Qinhuangdao, Hebei, said that a stranger asked her to add them on WeChat on the pretext of "having an emergency." After she replied with a single word, her account's social functions were restricted for "gambling-related" activity; after two unban cycles she was reported again, and the other party threatened, "Send money and I'll let you go." The platform's manual review still found a violation, and after she called the police, the authorities have not yet opened a criminal case because there was no actual financial loss.
On September 24, workers at the Hebei Changli County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital project, undertaken by Qinhuangdao Remote Construction Engineering Co., Ltd., protested wage arrears. Multiple workers held banners reading "Return Our Blood and Sweat Money" and went to the project site entrance and the Second Hospital of Changli County to collectively demand their wages.
On September 23, a Meituan autonomous delivery vehicle drove against traffic on a motor vehicle lane in Haigang District, Qinhuangdao, Hebei, causing road congestion.
On August 11, 2026, during the Beidaihe Meeting, local netizens in Qinhuangdao, Hebei tested and found that cellular mobile networks imposed a strict blockade on overseas VPN services, making connection completely impossible; the local authorities escalate stability maintenance controls at the same time every year.
On August 4, 2026, while students at the Development Zone Campus of Qinhuangdao Normal University of Science and Technology in Hebei Province were forced to stay on campus during the summer for centralized classes and internships, a student suddenly went into shock and fell into a coma in the dormitory and was carried away for emergency treatment by paramedics.
The Beidaihe Meeting convened on August 3, and the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) entered the Beidaihe activity period as is customary.
Senior CCP officials arrived in Beidaihe around August 3 for recuperation and informal closed-door meetings to set the tone for the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee to be held in October.
On August 3, 2026, Li Ru, a resident of Loudi, Hunan, was taken away by officers from the Lianpengshan Police Station while sightseeing in Beidaihe, Qinhuangdao. He was later handed over to stability maintenance personnel from his household registration location, and subsequently lost contact; his personal safety remains unknown.
An analysis claims that Xi Jinping has recently been communicating with senior officials about his daughter succeeding him, and that he is attempting to launch a second coup during the Beidaihe meeting to wipe out the opposition in one fell swoop.
On June 20, 2026, Taiwanese media reported that cybersecurity experts, after tracing the matter, discovered that the "Borderless" content farm group in Qinhuangdao, Hebei, operating under the Chinese Communist Party's People's Liberation Army cognitive warfare system, was manipulating hundreds of overseas fan pages to coordinate flooding and manipulate Taiwanese public opinion.
On May 31, 2026, a serious traffic accident occurred at the Jiulongshan intersection in Changli County, Qinhuangdao, Hebei. Two girls were struck and their heads run over by a heavy truck because they were in a blind spot, and unfortunately died. The cab of the truck involved later caught fire.