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On October 21, several workers in Lingui District, Guilin, Guangxi who are owed wages by Xinglin Chengtou held banners outside the company's door to defend their rights. The banners bore slogans such as "You owe money and won't pay, with no regard for whether others live or die," and they accused the company of lying flat and failing to act in resolving its debt.
On October 16, blogger “Yulie Qige” conducted an undercover investigation of multiple osmanthus processing factories and street stalls in Yangshuo, Guilin, Guangxi, finding large amounts of sulfur powder and sulfur-burning bowls used to fumigate osmanthus outdoors, and said that almost every household in the area is engaged in production. He reported the sulfur raw materials, samples, and video evidence to the local public security authorities, after which law enforcement officers rushed to the scene to crack down on the illegal processing sites and collect evidence.
On the evening of October 1, the Guilin Cultural Promotion Society issued a letter of apology, acknowledging that it had released a false announcement without verifying with the event organizer and the person involved; the Society's Cultural Tourism Innovation Working Committee confirmed that A Qiu serves as its deputy director, and that the event in question was a free public-benefit event.
Late on the night of October 1, the Guilin Culture, Radio, TV and Tourism Bureau announced that it had launched an investigation into an announcement issued by the Chinese Culture Promotion Association, which it oversees, that had not been fully verified; the Association also initiated an internal accountability review.
Recently, a company in Guilin, Guangxi posted a job opening offering a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan, requiring no days off on holidays or during the Chinese New Year, and also demanding that a guarantee letter be signed with family members and friends providing signatures and fingerprints, prompting netizens to submit the information for exposure.
On September 30, the Guilin City Chinese Culture Promotion Society issued an announcement claiming that, after verification, it accused former CCTV host A Qiu of improperly using the names of CCTV and the Promotion Society to promote a paid event held in Guilin.
On September 1, 2026, the Education Bureau of Pingle County, Guilin, Guangxi announced that 78 students at Pingle Middle School were housed in a gymnasium converted into dormitories, acknowledged that the dormitories did not meet standards, and planned to arrange for the new students to transfer to a newly built school as a transition.
On August 25, 2026, workers at the Runshi Jiayuan project of China Railway Prefabricated Construction Technology in Guilin, Guangxi, who were owed unpaid wages, hung banners and blocked the site gate in protest to demand their back pay.
A netizen from Guilin claimed that when preparing to travel to Japan via Hong Kong, they were unable to process their visa and were told their information was under internal control, requiring them to bring their documents to the anti-fraud center the next day for processing.
On August 5, a Guilin resident went to the exit-entry administration office to apply for an endorsement for Japan but was intercepted by the system; staff informed them that they had been placed on the police's information control list and could not obtain exit documents.
A serious explosion occurred late at night on Lingxiang Road, Xing'an Town, Xing'an County, Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Fire lit up the sky at the scene and the blast wave damaged multiple houses and vehicles along the street, killing 7 and injuring 17. The cause of the accident has drawn public concern.
A Yao autonomous county in Guilin planned to invest 1.65 billion yuan in building a Yangshou culture-tourism city. After actually putting in 540 million yuan, the funding chain broke, and most of the 11 buildings in the county seat have stood vacant for a long time.
A netizen from Guilin reported that after returning from a trip to South Korea at the end of January, the local police station required them to give a statement, undergo interrogation, have their photo album checked, sign documents, and provide fingerprints.