2026-11-10
User Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher released observations on intercepting petitioners in Dadong Village, documenting the local situation of intercepting petitioners.
2026-11-09
Multiple petitioners went to the reception office of the State Bureau for Letters and Calls in Beijing to line up and register their grievances; on-site footage shows a long queue outside the reception office.
2026-11-07
Recently, Wang Xiuying, a villager from Lifan Village, Xiabaishi Town, Fu'an City, Fujian Province, recorded her experience of petitioning in Beijing: her grievances remain unresolved, submitting materials has become even more difficult, and she was expelled from Beijing. She describes this as a typical portrayal of the implementation of the new 'July 1st' petition regulations.
2026-11-06
Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher released recent records of the authorities intercepting petitioners, showing that many petitioners were subjected to stability maintenance measures such as interception and detention.
2026-11-06
Petitioners line up to submit materials at the reception office of the State Bureau for Letters and Calls on Yongdingmen West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing (commonly known as Jia-1). Staff told them not to record video, and when petitioners asked what was wrong with recording, a dispute broke out.
[Follow-up · November 7, 2026] On November 7, a large number of petitioners were seen lining up at the State Bureau for Letters and Calls reception office in Beijing to register their complaints, and the scene was recorded and posted.
2026-11-06
On November 6, petitioners in Beijing queued at the petition reception office of the Supreme People's Court, located at No. 40 Hongsi Village, Xiaohongmen Township, Chaoyang District, Beijing, to submit their case filing materials.
2026-11-05
X user Cyberxinfang posted a documentary of recent petitioners visiting the Supreme People's Court Petition Reception Office located at No. 40 Hongsi Village, Xiaohongmen Township, Chaoyang District, Beijing.
2026-11-04
User Cyberxinfang posted a submission stating that Chinese petitioners waiting at Jiujingzhuang are served only ham, pickled mustard greens, and steamed buns for all three meals a day. Any leftovers are taken out of the center, and the situation for petitioners has worsened following the implementation of new petitioning regulations.
2026-11-04
Recently, petitioners in Beijing have been visiting the petition reception office of the Supreme People's Court, located at No. 40 Hongsi Village, Xiaohongmen Township, Chaoyang District, Beijing.
2026-11-02
Recently, multiple petitioners traveled to the reception office of the State Bureau for Letters and Calls at No. 1A Yongdingmen West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing. Documentary footage of the event was posted by X user Cyberxinfang.
2026-11
Recently, many petitioners who traveled to Beijing gathered at Jiujingzhuang to register for rights defense. This is a documentary record of the petitioners' demands and the stability maintenance measures taken on-site.
[Follow-up · November 7, 2026] X user Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher (@whyyoutouzhele) posted "Jiujingzhuang Documentary" on November 7, 2026, recording the situation of petitioners being intercepted and detained at Jiujingzhuang in Beijing.
2026-11-01
According to X user @Cyberxinfang, the number of people queuing at the reception office of the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration has significantly decreased, as many petitioners in Beijing are choosing to pressure local governments by 'entering the village'.
2026-11
Recently, petitioners overcame numerous difficulties to reach Beijing, arriving at the reception office of the State Bureau for Letters and Calls at No. 1A Yongdingmen West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing. Suspected of lacking provincial-level documentation, they were unable to submit their grievances and were pushed out of the compound by security guards.
[Follow-up · November 7, 2026] On November 7, according to the on-site situation posted by Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher, there were many petitioners at the reception office of the State Bureau for Letters and Calls, with petitioners from various regions queuing to register their complaints.
2026-10-30
Shanghai rights activist Shen Yanqiu claims her family was harassed and intimidated by outsourced personnel posing as staff from the neighborhood Public Security Office, and that the individuals were released after she called the police.
2026-10-30
User Cyberxinfang posted a documentary article with footage of petitioners 'entering the village' in Beijing, China, recently, recording the gathering of petitioners and the on-site stability maintenance situation.
2026-10-29
User @Cyberxinfang on X released a series of records documenting the harassment and stability maintenance (weiwen) measures implemented by authorities against petitioners and rights defenders during the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee.
2026-10-28
This week the Fifth Plenary Session was held in Beijing, and a number of petitioners who had traveled to the capital were sent to the Jiujingzhuang Assistance Service Center.
2026-10-26
Jiujingzhuang on Nanyuan Road in Fengtai District, Beijing, is a concentration camp where the authorities detain petitioners and rights defenders who travel to Beijing to petition. After the July 1 new petitioning rules took effect, more petitioners chose to enter the compound voluntarily to pressure local jurisdictions; detentions during sensitive periods are coercive, and mobile phones are confiscated at security checks upon entry.
2026-10-26
On October 26, a petitioner in Beijing posted multiple videos on Douyin claiming to be guarded and tracked by multiple people, and blocked from going out to buy groceries. Earlier, they posted that someone followed them all the way from their doorstep onto a bus, and shared doorstep surveillance footage mocking stability maintenance.
2026-10-22
On October 22, on the eve of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee, multiple depositors of village and town banks in Henan said they were blocked from going to Beijing to petition: some were confined to their homes, some were intercepted at train stations, and some were forcibly sent back after arriving in Beijing.
2026-10-20
Liu Ying, a petitioner from Shangrao, Jiangxi, was blocked at her doorstep around the clock by a large number of masked personnel who restricted her movement as she prepared to travel to Shanghai for medical treatment.
2026-10-20
X user Cyberxinfang posted recent footage of petitioning at the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration reception office at No. 1 Jia, Yongdingmen West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, and tagged #CyberPetitionBureau.
2026-10-16
Knowing full well that Ruan did not meet the requirements for entering Beijing, Du assisted him in hiding in the cargo compartment of a truck at the Xiaotun checkpoint in Tongzhou District in an attempt to evade inspection and enter the city; both were placed under administrative detention by Beijing police in accordance with the law.
2026-10-15
On October 15 in Beijing, a netizen captured footage of what appeared to be petitioners from Shenyang, Liaoning, being intercepted by several men on the street, who tried to take away two elderly people. The elderly cried out that they had pursued rights defense for five years without any result and that there was not a single cent in their salary cards.
2026-10-13
Ma Bo, a petitioner from Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, reported that while petitioning in Beijing he was beaten and both of his legs were fractured. After his assault case was dropped, he has applied for prosecutorial supervision.
2026-10-09
On October 9, police deployed a large number of officers at the Zhejin Center in Hangzhou and the Zhangjiaba petition reception point. Some rights defenders were visited late at night by multiple batches of police officers who harassed them after they posted messages such as "unite as one, never give up" in rights defense groups.
2026-10-04
Recently, several veterans who had traveled to Beijing to petition appeared in the alley where the reception office of the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration (commonly known as Jia Yi) is located on Yongdingmen West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing.
2026-10-04
A netizen posted an entry titled “Taoran Bridge Underpass” in the petitioning dictionary, referring to the underground pedestrian passage near Taoran Bridge in Beijing. Because it is close to the Letters and Calls Bureau reception office on Yongdingmen West Street, it has become a place of residence for many petitioners who travel to Beijing.
2026-10-01
On October 1, two petitioners ran naked on the Great Wall in Beijing to air their grievances, publicly voicing their demands.
2026-10
Recently, petitioners who traveled to Beijing queued overnight at the gate of the petition reception office of the Supreme People’s Court at No. 40, Hongsicun, Xiaohongmen Township, Chaoyang District, Beijing, waiting to be received; documentary footage recorded the scene.
2026-09-30
Netizens have published a dictionary entry for petitioning, introducing the queuing voucher issued by the Reception Office of the State Bureau for Letters and Calls at No. 1 Jia, Yongdingmen West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, to petitioners visiting the capital. Those holding the small ticket can return to their original place in line after leaving to eat or use the restroom during the overnight wait.
2026-09-30
On September 30, netizens reported that near the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration reception office at No. 1 Jia, Yongdingmen West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, a petitioner fell to the ground sobbing.
2026-09-29
Netizen Cyberxinfang said that last year he received petition materials from Yanhu District, Yuncheng, Shanxi. The petitioner alleged that local gangsters colluded with government officials in the long-term gang rape of her granddaughter, and that she was threatened with lifetime imprisonment if she petitioned again. She has since gone missing, and he is now publicly soliciting information about the case.
2026-09-29
Under the name “Cyber Letters and Calls Bureau,” netizens released recent documentary footage of petitioners visiting a certain petition reception site, recording the scene of petitioners gathering to air their demands.
2026-09-22
Recently, a large number of petitioners gathered near the reception office of the National Bureau of Letters and Calls, located at No. Jia 1, Yongdingmen West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing.
2026-09-14
On September 14, families of multiple victims in Lishui, Zhejiang, held portraits of the deceased and went to the headquarters of Lishui Public Transport Group Co., Ltd. to conduct rights defense. The family members stated that their father was killed after being struck by a bus while performing road work. Nearly three months after the incident, the bus company has yet to provide a clear response, prompting the family to visit the company to demand accountability.
2026-09-16
On September 16, inside the reception office of the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration in Xicheng District, Beijing, two petitioners committed suicide by drinking pesticide. It is reported that the reception office had refused to allow petitioners to check in starting this Monday, leaving a large number of petitioners with no way to resolve their grievances.
[Follow-up · September 16, 2026] On September 16, two petitioners protested by drinking pesticide in front of the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration in Beijing.
2026-09-10
On September 10, an elderly woman from Shandong who has been petitioning for 17 years was found on the streets of Beijing; she has been homeless in Beijing for five months. The elderly woman wept, recounting her husband's passing and her son's accident at a hospital, stating she is alone and helpless and dares not return home due to fear.
2026-09-12
On September 12, Liu Anjun went to the Beijing Guangnei Police Station and other departments to demand clarification on Sun Meihua's suspected abandonment, trafficking, and purchase of persons, and was told that the case was still ongoing and that information was kept confidential from non-direct family members.
2026-08-26
Liu Xiang posted on Weibo asking netizens for help, saying the Shanghai Sports Bureau required him to choose between a "buyout of his years of service" and "becoming a coach," and questioning why the placement issue had been delayed for ten years. The Shanghai Sports Bureau responded that it would arrange proper placement.
2026-08-25
On August 25, 2026, in Qiaolin Town, Pukou District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, an elderly man who had sought rights defense for nearly ten years after his house was mistakenly demolished was followed, tracked, and intercepted by unidentified people throughout his petition to air his grievances.
2026-08-12
On August 12, 2026, Li Wenzhang, Director of the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration, wrote an article in Study Times, on the one hand calling for correcting local interception and blocking, and on the other hand emphasizing a severe crackdown on troublemaking and disruption of order, as well as persistent petitioning and making a scene, resolutely achieving the goal of not letting conflicts be passed upward.
2026-08-11
On August 11, 2026, several depositors of village banks in Henan went to the Beijing Financial Court, the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration, the Supreme People's Court and other departments to report the problem of their deposits being frozen for five years and unable to be withdrawn. They wept bitterly at the scene, filed appeals, and called for the initiation of case filing and litigation.
2026-08-05
On August 5, rights-defense activists recounted that after the new petitioning regulations took effect, petitioners in many places had their cases terminated procedurally at various petition windows, and large numbers of rights defenders moved to Jiujingzhuang in Beijing seeking registration to pressure their localities.
2026-08-04
Affected villagers posted stating that the flood was a man-made accident, and all residents of Liulan Village refused to sign, demanding an explanation from higher authorities.
2026-08-04
On August 4, 2026, rights defense petitioners in Jiangsu Province found that when logging into the official online complaint platform of the Jiangsu Provincial Letters and Calls Bureau, the system repeatedly prompted that the phone number did not exist or the verification code was invalid, accused of setting up technical barriers to obstruct petition appeals.
2026-08-03
On August 3, 2026, a civil society group released a documentary compiling 361 documentary clips of petitioners traveling to Beijing, recording the real living conditions of petitioners queuing outside the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration to air their grievances before and after the new petitioning regulations took effect.
2026-07-16
On July 15, 2026, netizens photographed the moat near the Yongdingmen Reception Division of the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration in Beijing, where not only dense wire mesh had been installed, but sharp metal anti-climb spikes had also been affixed to the surrounding tree trunks, strictly guarding against petitioners climbing and lingering.
2026-07-02
On July 2, 2026, a bamboo raft in the waters off Houjiang, Nan'ao County, Shantou, Guangdong was capsized after being struck by an iron vessel, killing one person, and the vessel responsible fled the scene. Recently, the family took to the internet to report that no case had been filed long after the incident and that dock surveillance footage had been overwritten, publicly seeking help to defend their rights.
2026-07-01
New regulations from the State Bureau for Letters and Calls on standardizing the registration of public visits have begun to be strictly enforced.
2026-07-01
The new petition regulations that the CCP will implement from July 1 stipulate that when members of the public go to the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration and relevant central ministries and commissions to report problems, they must hold relevant written materials issued by provincial-level authorities.
2026-06-16
On June 16, in front of the Supreme People's Court petition reception office and Yongdingmen West Street in Beijing, a large number of petitioners queued in heavy rain, with some denouncing the root causes behind the frequent occurrence of social revenge incidents.
2026-06-12
On June 12, 2026, the Gaizhou City Public Security Bureau in Liaoning formally returned 2,859.2 grams of gold products seized nearly 30 years ago to Dalian man Pan Yongjia and reached a settlement, with the party withdrawing his state compensation application.
2026-06-08
On June 8, 2026, in Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, a candidate ranked first in a public institution exam but was illegally replaced. After the person involved continued to defend her rights and appeal, local officials directly issued an announcement canceling the entire recruitment position in question.
Location: Qitaihe, Heilongjiang ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Reported ·
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2026-05-28
On May 28, 2026, a netizen posted a video showing that Beijing was hit by rain, and outside the reception office of the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration on Yongdingmen West Street, Xicheng District, large numbers of petitioners were still holding umbrellas and standing in long queues in the wind and rain, waiting to submit petition materials.
2026-05
Videos that surfaced in late May 2026 show that several-meter-high isolation iron fences have been installed along the south moat outside the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration; The Epoch Times says the move is intended to prevent desperate petitioners from jumping into the river, and officials have not explained it.
2026-05
In early May 2026, the reception office of the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration on Yongdingmen West Street, Beijing, deployed three converted PCR testing booths as "check-in machines" for petitioners to swipe their ID cards to alleviate queuing pressure, but they were abandoned shortly after being put into use.
2026-03-03
On March 3, on the eve of the annual Two Sessions meetings nationwide, a netizen in Beijing captured footage that appeared to show petitioners being abducted. Two of the people threatened him not to film or linger, and repeatedly tried to block the lens. The netizen retorted: Is this how you treat petitioners?
2026-03
In March of this year, Wang Xiuying, a villager from Xiabaishi Town in Fu'an, Fujian, traveled to Beijing to petition over the government's forced seizure of village land. She was brought back to her hometown by local authorities, and the government has continued to stall and fob her off ever since.
2026-01-21
After returning to her hometown in Guizhou, Xiao Wei (online name "Xiao Wei is not Xiao Wei"), a mainland spouse deported from Taiwan, has been actively defending the rights of local residents, live-streaming to denounce local government extravagance, and publicly challenging the local village committee to a debate in her live-stream.
2013-04-04
During the 2013 Qingming Festival, the public faced little obstruction in mourning Zhao Ziyang, but six artists and more than thirty petitioners who went to Yang Jia's grave in Beijing were taken away by the police station. Netizens called Yang Jia a knight-errant and a swordsman.
2012-04-04
On April 4, 2012, Qingming, more than ten petitioners went to Yang Jia's grave in Beijing to pay their respects. The area around the grave was swarming with police, and surveillance cameras had been installed. Five petitioners, including Mao Hengfeng, were taken away by police as soon as they arrived at the grave.
2008-07-03
After the Yang Jia case occurred, artist Ai Weiwei published a series of posts on his blog, pressing questions about the details of Yang Jia's case, the circumstances of his mother being committed to a psychiatric hospital, and the violations of procedure during the trial; his blog at one point became a gathering point for online public opinion. After that, he spoke out for Yang Jia multiple times.
2008-03-15
On March 15, 2008, the inspection squad of the Zhabei Branch went to Beijing again to speak with Yang Jia. By then, five months had passed since Yang Jia's first complaint, and the Shanghai police still maintained that there had been no problem with the officers' law-enforcement actions — no apology and no compensation.
2007-10-06
After dawn on October 6, 2007, Yang Jia left the police station and took a train back to Beijing. From that day on, he repeatedly filed complaints through petition letters and emails with the Shanghai Public Security Bureau and the inspection department of the Zhabei Branch, demanding the dismissal of the officers involved, compensation for emotional distress, and reimbursement of telephone charges. After investigation, the inspection detachment of the Zhabei Branch concluded that the officers' law enforcement was not improper, and the complaint received no apology whatsoever.
2002
Ms. Ma Yongtian won a lawsuit regarding her factory being robbed in 2002 and obtained a court judgment.
2001
Ms. Ma Yongtian said that her factory was robbed in 2001, and then she began petitioning for rights.
1999-04-25
In 1999, under Li Hongzhi's direction, Falun Gong leaders across China coordinated via email to launch a mass siege of Zhongnanhai, prompting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to tighten internet controls.