10.17
·Developing
·Importance III
·Sources 1
According to Twitter account @GFWfrog, regarding the recent lead contamination incident in Tianshui, Gansu, local officials offered the explanation that the cause of the contamination was painting paint being poured into vegetables. The claim was described as covering one's ears while stealing a bell, intended to find a scapegoat to cover up the truth of the contamination, provoking public dissatisfaction and questioning.
10.16
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·Lanzhou
On October 16, the Lanzhou Intermediate People's Court handed down the first-instance verdict in the 2025 Tianshui kindergarten lead poisoning case: Li Huifang, the person actually in charge of the kindergarten, was sentenced to life in prison; Zhu Jinglin, the executive principal, was sentenced to 15 years; and the remaining 4 were sentenced to 6 to 8 years. The court found that the kindergarten's managers had instructed staff to mix toxic and harmful non-food raw materials into children's food, and that all 6 were guilty of the crime of producing and selling toxic and harmful food.
09.28
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·甘肃省天水市张家川回族自治县
On September 28, Gansu market regulators released a penalty decision: from April 2023 to September 2024, Zhangjiachuan Zhongyuan Gas used gas cut-offs to force residents to buy designated gas hoses, bundling sales to 2,052 households in total, selling hoses that cost 6 yuan/meter for 50-60 yuan/meter; the 9 resident commitment letters submitted by the company were verified as having been written afterward as required, and cannot prove the absence of bundled sales.
2025.07.08
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·Tianshui City
An official report on the Tianshui kindergarten lead poisoning incident claims it was caused by the kitchen cook making three-color sponge cake with painted dipping sauce, shifting the blame onto kitchen staff.
2025.07.08
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Tianshui City
A netizen claiming that their cousin works in the kindergarten's kitchen said that the auntie in question earns less than 2,000 yuan a month, does not know what lead is, and has nothing to do with the supply chain or procurement, and that the authorities urgently need someone to take the blame.