Archive of content related to Gansu.
On October 30, a netizen posted a video claiming that a calculus teacher at Lanzhou Jiaotong University, upon seeing a student using a mobile phone during class, walked off the podium and called the student's parent on the spot, hoping for parental assistance in discipline, which sparked heated discussion among netizens.
On October 25, a netizen in Gansu posted a video titled "Who Isn't a Good Taxpaying Citizen," listing one by one the various tax rates embedded in everyday consumption such as food, utilities, transportation, home purchases and car buying, sparking heated discussion in the comments over hidden tax burdens.
On October 23, a netizen posted to expose that a university dormitory in Lanzhou, Gansu supplies electricity in four time slots per day, totaling 16.25 hours of power cuts, with a unified dormitory check at 21:30 pm prohibiting late returns; the class circulated a notice about students leaving evening self-study early, and warned that violators would not be considered for Party or Communist Youth League membership recommendations for the time being, and their grants would be reduced or even canceled.
Zhou Lubao, who had actively participated in public discussions and helped workers demand unpaid wages, was sentenced by a Lanzhou court to 14 years in prison for extortion. Netizens posted lamenting that the one who fought for others' wages was instead heavily punished.
According to Sound of Hope, a truck driver loaded with grapes recently got into a dispute with staff at the Liuyuan Toll Station in Gansu after the weighbridge results were contested. The driver stated that the weight data showed significant discrepancies when passing through three consecutive lanes; in one lane, the screen displayed "not overloaded," yet the system still flagged it as overloaded. The driver questioned the accuracy of the toll station's weighbridge and expressed dissatisfaction.
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.
According to a post by X user QuanLujun, a tragedy occurred in Gansu on October 17, 2026, in which a mother and her three children were all found dead by a neighbor. The poster noted that this happened on the same day as a similar incident in Zhengzhou, and criticized the Chinese Communist Party's grand narrative for covering up the desperate plight of people at the bottom of society.
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.
On October 15, Chinese media outlet Gangu Rongmei posted a video titled "Coffee Robot Goes Live," showing a robot creating latte art. Taiwanese netizens compared the footage and found that it appeared to be a stolen original work by a Taiwanese latte artist that had been altered with AI, with obvious suspicious details such as no reflection on the metal on the robot's chest. The Taiwanese latte artist has come forward to accuse the outlet of unauthorized theft and alteration of her work.
On October 3, Xiaoxiang Morning News reported that a car owner from Gansu arrived at the Luotang service area on the Lanhai Expressway at 10 p.m. on September 30, and didn't manage to charge until 5 a.m. on October 1. With nighttime temperatures around 14°C, he didn't dare turn on the air conditioning, while another vehicle ran out of power and had to call a tow truck. At the Baolun service area in Sichuan, a car owner queued for 4.5 hours, charged to 75%, and then had to leave.
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.
According to a submission, Lanzhou Wanli Aviation Electromechanical has arranged for no holidays during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day as part of a "100-day sprint," without paying overtime wages.
On the night of September 16, 2026, urban residents in Longxi County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province, noticed what appeared to be night training by the Chinese Air Force overhead, which continuously released decoy flares. The related sounds and commotion affected the rest of nearby residents, with some residents expressing confusion as to why flares were being dropped above residential areas. Currently, the provided materials do not include any explanation from the military regarding the nature of the training, the reasons for the deployment, or the safety perimeter.
On the evening of September 16, residents of Longxi County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province captured footage of what appeared to be military aircraft conducting night training over the urban area and continuously releasing large quantities of suspected interference flares. Authorities did not specify the nature of the training, and netizens questioned why it was being carried out near residential areas.
From September 8 to 11, 2026, Vice Chairperson of the National People's Congress Tie Ning led a team to Gansu, conducting research on legislation for the protection of historical and cultural heritage from Tianshui to Jiayuguan. The NPC website released the news on September 14. During the research trip, two vice chairpersons of the Gansu Provincial People's Congress appeared, while Provincial Party Secretary Hu Changsheng and Acting Governor Kong Shaoxun both did not appear.