Wenzhou · Full chronicle and history

On November 8, a student at Wenzhou Vocational Secondary School in Zhejiang Province fell to their death after their mobile phone was confiscated by a teacher. Several family members went to the school gate to demand rights (weiwen).

The official website of Wenzhou University of Technology has made public similar correspondence materials, requiring the village committee, neighborhood committee, or sub-district office where parents reside to provide political vetting materials. The attached form lists columns for 'whether there are any issues or conclusions regarding the Cultural Revolution, the 1989 turmoil, or Falun Gong'.

On October 23, a netizen posted that an employee at a BBQ restaurant in Wenzhou calculated that after deducting rent, utilities, living expenses, and money sent home from a monthly salary of 3,200 yuan, only 5 yuan was left. Netizens in the comments section converted the figures item by item, sparking heated discussion.

On October 16, the School of Architecture and Energy Engineering of Wenzhou Institute of Technology held a mobilization meeting for the final push of the undergraduate teaching qualification evaluation. At the meeting, Party Secretary Chen Zhongnong called on all faculty and students of the school to strictly prohibit any form of online circumventing of the Great Firewall and to build a solid line of defense for cybersecurity.

On October 9, multiple owners of Binjiang Times Ruifu in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, unfurled banners at the construction site to protest and defend their rights, as the housing project had halted construction with no set date for delivery.

On October 5, the blogger who posted the lecture video pinned a comment saying that they had already graduated and left Zhejiang, yet someone was still calling their family to threaten them into deleting the video; the related comment was swallowed by the platform, after which the blogger stated that cross-platform reposting was permitted.

On October 3, a blogger posted a video titled “An Outrageous Lecture.” Zheng Xiaoxia, a teacher at Wenzhou Ouhai Middle School and a National Model Teacher, said during a exam-preparation lecture that the world cannot be left to the Anglo-Saxons and Jews, and that only the great Chinese civilization can lead the world.

In Ningcun, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, hundreds of police officers tried to stop villagers from holding a parade celebrating the 700th anniversary of Tang He's birth; the two sides faced off and a clash broke out.

On September 2, 2026, Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province was hit by heavy rainfall. Cangnan County and many other areas suffered severe flooding, with roads turning into rivers, the ground floors of many residential buildings submerged, and the area around Cangnan County No. 2 Senior High School surrounded by floodwaters.

On September 3, 2026, due to heavy rainfall, a landslide occurred at Rui'an No. 6 Middle School in Rui'an City, Wenzhou, Zhejiang. Mud and rock buried some vehicles on campus, and severe flooding occurred in multiple parts of the urban area.

On August 9, 2026, affected by heavy rainfall from Typhoon 'Dolphin', water levels in rivers in Wenzhou, Zhejiang rose sharply. A floating pier was swept away in its entirety after its mooring facilities failed, with the houses and speedboats on it drifting downstream together.

On August 9, 2026, affected by strong wind and rain from Typhoon "White Dolphin", the vessel "Mingzhu No. 7", moored in the Ou River waters of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, sank.

On July 15, 2026, the large pontoon boat "Mingzhu No. 7" docked outside the Yuntian Tower · Lijing Waitan Banquet Center in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, capsized, tilting and sustaining damage at the scene.

After the typhoon passed, multiple photovoltaic facilities along the coast of Zhejiang suffered from flipped panels and damaged brackets. Part of an offshore photovoltaic project in Wenzhou with a total investment of about 11 billion yuan was also damaged.

According to the Zhejiang Meteorological Observatory, the center of Typhoon Bavi made its second landfall around 00:00 on the 12th in Qingjiang Town, Yueqing, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, maintaining a typhoon intensity of Category 13 during both landfalls.

A middle-aged man in Pingyang County, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, is suspected of driving away after a dispute with a shop owner over alleged shoplifting, then driving his vehicle through the streets in an act of revenge against society, killing approximately five people and injuring many others. The suspect was subsequently taken away by police, and news of the incident was quickly blocked.

On December 25, 2011, the State Council investigation team released its report on the Yongwen line accident, confirming 40 deaths and 172 injuries; prior to this, pits had been dug at the accident site to bury the locomotive, sparking public questioning.

On July 28, 2011, the sixth day after the Wenzhou train crash, Premier of the State Council Wen Jiabao rushed to Wenzhou and responded to outside questions about the timing of his arrival.

In the early morning of July 24, 2011, at the site of the Wenzhou train crash, bulldozers crushed fragments of the derailed carriages and dug pits to bury them on the spot, triggering a fierce public reaction. The Ministry of Railways later acknowledged that it had buried the locomotive.

On the evening of July 23, 2011, CRH trains D301 and D3115 on the Ningbo–Taizhou–Wenzhou Railway collided in Wenzhou, sending several carriages off the bridge; much of the information was sent out by passengers via Sina Weibo.