Shangguan Zhengyi · Full chronicle and history

On November 10, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi posted that two unidentified disabled individuals, who previously worked at a brick kiln, were taken by their boss to Dongliuke Village, Weibo Town, Xinji City, Hebei Province, where they were forced into hard labor for years. He reported the case to the local police (110) in the morning, but was told to call 12345, and 12345 then told him to call the police.

On the afternoon of November 10, after Shangguan Zhengyi entered the village and met one of the individuals, he reported the situation to local authorities. Relevant departments arrived and first found one person, while the other had been hidden by the boss. After about two hours of searching, the second person was also found. He relayed claims from locals that the boss's son-in-law is a director at a police station under the Xinji Public Security Bureau.

On November 6, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi exposed that a scrap yard in Xiaowanglou Village, Huaidian Town, Shenqiu County, Zhoukou City, Henan Province, was suspected of controlling three intellectually disabled individuals for over a decade, forcing them into hard labor without pay, withholding food if they failed to work, and subjecting them to physical abuse. One of the victims remains unidentified. Shangguan questioned why previous reports had not been investigated.

On November 5, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi relayed the investigation feedback from Taicang authorities: the doctors in the underground surrogacy operating room were retirees, the nurses were freelancers, and the anesthesiologist was from a private medical institution who obtained anesthesia drugs through fraudulent prescriptions. When asked for the names of the involved institutions, Taicang authorities stated it was inconvenient to disclose them.

On November 2, Shangguan Zhengyi posted that the local authorities had confirmed the report was true. However, more than ten days have passed, and there is still no report on which units the doctors, anesthesiologists, and nurses came from, or where the anesthetic drugs were obtained. He is demanding that this information be made public.

On November 1, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi reported that an underground operating room and laboratory for a surrogacy agency had been hidden in a rural courtyard in Guoyuan Town, Changsha County, Hunan Province. He claimed it had existed for nearly 10 years, operating daily from 5:30 AM to 8:30 AM, using unlicensed vehicles to transport medical staff and surrogates after body searches, and demanded a thorough investigation into the source of the medical staff and the origin of the anesthetic drugs.

On November 1, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi posted that a disabled man who had wandered to Dahan Village, Liuma Town, Zhenning County, Guizhou Province, and remained unidentified after living there for many years, was known to local authorities. He has requested that the local authorities verify the man's identity, find his family, and make proper arrangements for him in accordance with the law.

On October 28, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi posted on Weibo that he has offended too many people, that someone reminded him to watch out for his safety, and that at last year's Southeast Asia Forum, someone offered a bounty to "take him down".

On October 21, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi released a plea from a family, stating that the police have not opened a case more than a month after the report. He called on relevant departments in Guangdong to verify the labor compensation, whether forced labor exists, and the reasons for the man's departure from the recycling station.

On October 20, blogger Shangguan Zhengyi posted on Weibo to expose that an operating room and an embryo transfer laboratory of an underground surrogacy agency were found in a courtyard by the Liuxi River in Renhe Town, Baiyun District, Guangzhou. He reported the case to the police and brought officers to the scene, but police station personnel did not enter on the grounds that no one opened the door to lead the way, and they strictly verified his identity as a whistleblower.

After Shangguan Zhengyi publicly reported online, local Guangzhou authorities intervened and entered the compound in question, finding related medical devices and drugs; Shangguan Zhengyi called on the Guangzhou police to thoroughly investigate the illegal activities across the entire surrogacy chain.

On October 8, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi reported via Weibo that an underground surrogacy operating room was hidden inside a villa in Taicang, Jiangsu, saying he had gone undercover for nearly 4 months and that over 100 procedures were performed there every month. After the report, police questioned him about the source of his leads and stopped him from filming; when he went out to buy water, he was surrounded by several people and not allowed to leave. Local authorities said they had verified the matter at the first opportunity, while Shangguan Zhengyi questioned why health supervision personnel arrived about 100 minutes later than the police.

The Douyin, Weibo, and Bilibili accounts of anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi have published no new content since their last update on September 25. As of October 7, they have been inactive for nearly two weeks, and many netizens have asked in the comments about his safety.

Anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi discovered through investigations that some underground surrogacy agencies intentionally have surrogate mothers conceive twins and sell the surplus infants through human traffickers for about 160,000 RMB each.

On September 20, Shangguan Zhengyi posted that at a ton-bag yard in Shiti Village, Xixia County, Nanyang, Henan, a mute woman with deformed hands had been doing hard labor there for many years. The local aid station had intervened a month ago, but her relatives have not yet been found, and her labor compensation and background remain under investigation.

On September 19, volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi reported that a mentally disabled woman, approximately 40 years old, in Yexian, Pingdingshan, Henan, was allegedly brought back from Hainan to cohabitate with a local man when she was 17 years old. The man claimed the woman was born in 1988, but her household registration states 1977. Currently, the woman's identity, the process by which she was taken away, and the authenticity of her household registration remain to be verified, and volunteers are calling on local authorities to intervene and investigate.

On September 20, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi stated that a video he previously exposed—showing disabled individuals in Huguan County, Changzhi, Shanxi, being forced to do hard labor and suffering from unpaid wages—was restricted by the platform to "private viewing only" on the grounds of "incontaining inappropriate display content." Shangguan Zhengyi questioned the lack of local regulation, stated that similar situations still exist within Changzhi's jurisdiction, and called for an investigation.

On September 17, volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi exposed that a disabled man in Huguan County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, had been illegally held by a foreman and forced to perform hard labor at a cattle farm for over 30 years. The man claims to be from Henan, and his wages were withheld by the foreman, who claimed the man was "picked up." After Shangguan Zhengyi reported the case to the police, local authorities failed to respond within 25 minutes. The man's identity and the details of his confinement are still under investigation.

On September 12, the man with an intellectual disability died in Fengshun, Meizhou, after rescue efforts failed, at the age of only 39. His family said he had been doing heavy work without pay at a scrap yard for nearly 20 years, while the boss claimed he had kindly taken him in seven or eight years ago.

The Yuelu District Health Bureau reported the sealing of an illegal surgery room in a residential community, with 6 people under control; whistleblower Shangguan Zhengyi revealed that 2 key figures have been brought to justice.

On September 1, 2026, anti-trafficking blogger Shangguan Zhengyi exposed that a farm in Jiyuan, Henan illegally confined two disabled people and forced them to work as unpaid laborers for more than ten years; the victims lived in squalid conditions and were often beaten.

On August 28, 2026, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi confirmed that a disabled man who had lived at a pig farm in Zhengyang County, Henan for nearly ten years successfully located relatives he had been separated from for over thirty years.

Shangguan Zhengyi assisted police (Public Security) in arresting human traffickers and surrogacy agency personnel, and rescued a surrogate infant who was about to be sold.

On August 12, 2026, anti-child-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi posted a report revealing that those involved in the Pingdingshan surrogacy case had been sentenced, but his video questioning the regulatory responsibility of the joint investigation team of the provincial health commission was promptly throttled.

On August 9, 2026, volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi disclosed that an elderly person of unknown identity, who claimed to be from Sichuan, was found at the Erhua Brick Factory in Hancun Town, Suixi County, Huaibei City, Anhui Province, raising questions over whether the person's prolonged stay and work involved wage withholding and infringement of rights.

On August 2, 2026, volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi released a video reporting that an unidentified man had been staying and working at a local scrap recycling station in Zhuolu County, Zhangjiakou, Hebei, for as long as 16 years, and called on police to verify his identity and help him find his family.

On August 2, 2026, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi confirmed that a man with an intellectual disability who had remained and worked at a scrap station in Zhuolu County, Hebei Province for 16 years had successfully contacted family members he had been separated from for many years in his hometown of Enshi, Hubei, and reunited with them.

On July 18, 2026, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi revealed that an intellectually disabled woman in Mawujiu Town, Renqiu, Hebei had been illegally taken in and controlled by a man for as long as 20 years, with no household registration or identity. When he reported the case to local police, they bucked responsibility and demanded verification of the whistleblower's identity.

On July 16, 2026, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi published a report revealing that two people with disabilities of unknown identity in Jingshan City, Jingmen, Hubei, had been held by a local rice mill and a scrap station for periods ranging from several years to 20 years, reduced to unpaid forced labor and subjected to abuse.

On July 12, 2026, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi published a post reporting that a cement sales point in Shilin Town, Dengzhou City, Henan had illegally forced an unidentified disabled man to carry cement and do hard labor for more than ten years, and called on local authorities to investigate and rescue him.

On July 7, 2026, after civil anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi reported a breeding farm for enslaving disabled people in Qinyuan County, Changzhi, Shanxi, his vehicle information was posted by local village officials in a villagers' WeChat group, with instructions to report immediately if he was spotted.

On June 17, 2026, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi posted a blog entry disclosing that Zhijin, Guizhou has long taken in women with disabilities of unknown identity and registered them in household records, and that a broker gang in Jingzhou, Hunan organized Myanmar women to cross the border illegally and openly sold them.

On June 15, 2026, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi posted a video exposing that a contractor in Gaoche Village, Huangpi District, Wuhan, allegedly purchased a disabled person for 10,000 yuan and forced them into hard manual labor for 20 years.

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.