Baoding · Full chronicle and history

On November 9, netizens posted videos stating that after temperatures in Baoding, Hebei, dropped below freezing, urban management and sanitation departments were still conducting morning sprinkling operations. This caused ice to form on many road surfaces, leading citizens riding bikes to take their children to school to fall along with their vehicles. Some netizens reported that more than 15 pedestrians fell in succession near the Xiti Bridge on Tianwei Road, and two traffic accidents occurred in one morning.

A viaduct nearing completion on the Cangyu Expressway section of the South Third Ring Road in Baoding, Hebei Province, collapsed, hitting vehicles driving underneath and leaving one truck driver and three construction workers injured.

On November 7, a bridge under construction over the Cangyu Expressway on the South Third Ring Road in Baoding, Hebei, collapsed, hitting a passing truck. The Qingyuan District government reported that day that, according to preliminary verification, 3 construction workers and 1 truck driver were injured, with two of the workers in serious condition; all four have been sent to the hospital. Photos circulating online show workers being struck by steel beams.

On November 7, a steel structure bridge under construction on the South Third Ring Road in Baoding, Hebei (at the intersection with the Cangzhou-Yulin Expressway) collapsed. People were crushed at the scene, and multiple rescue and construction vehicles arrived to handle the situation.

On October 9, a 51-year-old male patient was admitted to Tang County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital in Baoding, Hebei, for anal fistula surgery. After the operation, his leg pain was fobbed off by a nurse as being due to the cold weather; on October 18 he was diagnosed with a high-risk blood clot, collapsed after getting out of bed, and died. On October 23, family members went to the hospital to demand an explanation and were driven off by security guards who sprayed them with fire extinguishers. The family questioned whether the hospital had tampered with the medical records, saying this was the second death following hemorrhoid surgery at the hospital within two years.

On October 22, Tai'an Electric Power Installation Co., Ltd. in Baoding, Hebei was accused of owing wages to multiple workers totaling 280,000 yuan, with arrears spanning five or six years; the workers unfurled banners in front of the company to defend their rights.

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.

On October 20, a parent in Xushui District, Baoding, Hebei, posted a video accusing a teacher at Nanshaozhuang Rainbow Bridge Kindergarten of kicking down a young child during an activity.

On October 15, unpaid wages at Boyuan Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in Baoding, Hebei sparked a wage-demanding rights defense by workers. Several employees hung banners at the company entrance and used loudspeakers to publicly demand their unpaid wages.

On October 10, a blogger posted a video saying that the county system found he had not paid social insurance and handed the list to the community, which then called to persuade him to join the urban-rural resident pension insurance; at first he thought it was a scam.

On September 20, a car crash occurred at the Beiguo Xiantianxia Shopping Mall in Baoding City, Hebei Province, causing damage to mall facilities. The High-Tech Zone Detachment of the Traffic Management Branch of the Baoding Public Security Bureau subsequently issued a notice stating that the accident was caused by the driver's improper operation, which caused the vehicle to go out of control.

On the afternoon of September 20, a white Volvo knocked down a bicyclist outside the Baoding Beiguo Xian天下 Plaza before speeding into the interior of the shopping mall, and the driver's whereabouts are unknown.

On September 13, at a hot pot restaurant in Dingxing County, Baoding City, Hebei Province, a delivery worker brandished a cleaver and got into a fierce clash with the shop.

On September 2, 2026, in a middle school class group in Baoding, Hebei, a student's parent openly flaunted their identity as secretary of the municipal People's Hospital's discipline inspection commission and asked the teacher to look after their child; the hospital involved subsequently confirmed the identity and is studying how to handle the matter.

In the late night of August 31, 2026, two men brought large hunting dogs onto the campus of North China Electric Power University in Baoding, Hebei to hunt and kill stray animals. Several dogs are unaccounted for, and the men verbally abused and threatened students who were filming to gather evidence.

On August 25, 2026, the asphalt road surface at an intersection in Baigou, Baoding, Hebei, suffered a large-scale rupture and collapse, forming a huge deep pit that occupied more than half of the intersection. Relevant departments arrived at the scene to set up barriers and carry out maintenance.

A giant hand-made "Niu Lai" poster, the largest in the Chinese Communist Party's occupied territory, appeared at Aiqing Plaza in Baoding, Hebei, sparking heated discussion and viral spread among netizens.

On June 12, 2026, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi posted that after he reported a cement sales point in Baoding suspected of involvement in human trafficking, he was insulted and threatened with death via private online messages by relatives of the shop owner involved in the case.

Lü Dengdi, a former official of Fanjiazhuang Township, Quyang County, Baoding, Hebei, escaped while under residential surveillance for a 2010 case involving the assault of a villager. During his 15 years on the run, he continued to receive his salary in violation of regulations and even received promotions. He was recaptured in 2025.

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.

On the evening of October 16, 2010, a drunk-driving hit-and-run occurred at the new campus of Hebei University, leaving two female students, one dead and one injured. After the driver, Li Qiming, was caught, he shouted “My dad is Li Gang,” causing an uproar in public opinion.