2026-11-05
On November 5, anti-corruption slogans such as 'Sweep away white maggots' and 'Beat corrupt officials' were spray-painted on a brick wall on a street in Heilongjiang.
2026-11-04
On November 4, multiple locations in Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, burned straw simultaneously, causing large amounts of smoke to drift into residents' homes. The contributor claimed the burning was organized by the local government. Several students from Qitaihe No. 9 Middle School and No. 9 Primary School were taken to the hospital by ambulances; the cause has not been verified. On the same day, the local government issued a notice stating that it was orderly promoting the burning of straw at forest edges.
Location: Qitaihe, Heilongjiang ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Reported ·
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2026-10-30
On October 30, the government of Beilin District, Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province, reported that a man surnamed Jiang, born in 2004, requested to leave the military multiple times after enlisting in March this year because he could not adapt to military life. He was dismissed on April 24, fined 61,051 yuan, had his household registration permanently marked for refusing military service, was banned from further education or traveling abroad for two years, was barred from being hired as a public servant, and was placed on the list of serious defaulters of national defense obligations.
2026-10-29
On October 29, a gas station in Bayan County, Harbin, Heilongjiang, saw a rush to buy fuel due to the diesel shortage affecting many regions, leading to conflicts among truck drivers over refueling quotas. Gas stations across the country have successively introduced diesel rationing policies, and multiple similar disputes have already occurred.
2026-10-29
On October 29, a Wenjie car rear-ended a truck in Harbin. The front of the vehicle slid under the truck's cargo bed, the windshield was shattered, and the front part of the roof was severely deformed.
2026-10-26
A traffic accident victim in Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang posted online asking for help, saying the vehicle that hit them fled the scene, the police did not retrieve surveillance footage, and the community refused to issue the certificate needed for surgery, leaving them with nowhere to turn.
2026-10-26
On October 26, a netizen in Heilongjiang filmed a video showing farm machinery and vehicles queuing up at a gas station, stating that diesel fuel is currently extremely hard to come by.
2026-10-25
Recent chat records from the Qian Xuesen class of the Automation Department at Harbin Engineering University show that a counselor, dissatisfied with the class's grades, told students they are not qualified to be refined and should not shower every day, demanding that they study at all times except for one cultural and sports activity per month, and said he would check the daily routines of students with low grades.
2026-10-20
On October 20, a blogger in Heilongjiang posted a video in which an elderly man recalled that during the production team era, grain deliveries to the state took up half or even more of the harvest, and that with many children at home there was never enough to eat. The video sparked discussion among netizens about the public grain system and rural pension benefits, with many recounting their experiences of grain shortages in those years and the illness and death of relatives.
2026-10-18
Harbin Institute of Technology and other institutions published a study in the Journal of Hazardous Materials, screening cerebrospinal fluid samples from 91 subjects in Harbin who self-reported no history of occupational pesticide exposure, and detected a total of 20 pesticide-related compounds; biphenyl was detected in all samples, and 6 triazole components were also found. On October 18, a blogger posted a video introducing the study.
2026-10-15
According to China Digital Times (CDT), twenty students in Harbin were disciplined by their school for using a VPN to circumvent the Great Firewall. It is reported that these students were investigated and punished by the school after being reported by their classmates. This incident reflects the prevailing culture of snitching on Chinese campuses, where internet surveillance and reporting mechanisms are further weaponized, and students face increasing risks of disciplinary action for accessing overseas information.
2026-10-14
A delegation from Heilongjiang visited Iturup Island, which is occupied by Russia, and Japan's foreign minister said this was unacceptable. The incident sparked diplomatic attention and controversy.
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.
2026-08
China and Russia held a joint cross-border infectious disease exercise near Fuyuan, Heilongjiang, which included a joint cross-border response to imported plague.
2026-10-03
Taiwanese singer Cyndi Wang held a commercial concert at the Harbin International Convention and Exhibition Center Stadium, and told the audience during an interaction that both going on stage and going down into the audience seats require prior approval.
2026-10-03
On October 3, singer Cyndi Wang held a commercial concert at the Harbin International Convention and Exhibition Center Stadium. During interaction with fans, she said she could not come down, and fans were not allowed onstage without prior approval.
2026-10-03
On October 3, Cyndi Wang said “cannot take the stage without approval” at the Qunxing Concert in Harbin, Heilongjiang, and the remarks sparked discussion and mockery among netizens.
2026-09-30
On September 30, 2026, internet user Ji Yichen published a post publicly raising four demands, specifically: requiring the Longhua Road Police Station to return the 12,000 yuan he was forced to pay; investigating the demolition compensation issue in Longsha District; demanding that the Fifth Company of China Railway 19th Bureau Group pay nearly 2 million yuan in project payments owed to his family; and restoring the reputation of his grandfather Ji Dexiang, a revolutionary army veteran. He stated that he does not want privileges, only fairness.
2026-09-27
On September 27, commenting on the Harbin Engineering University student who was disciplined for circumventing the Great Firewall, a netizen compared China's information control to the historical "Single Channel for Profit" technique of ruling the people, stating that today it is "Information from a Single Channel," forcing hundreds of millions of citizens to view the world only through the eye of a needle.
2026-09-20
On September 20, inside a classroom at Qiqihar No. 3 Middle School in Heilongjiang Province, students wrote messages such as "not a single penny of corruption spared" and "not a single regular class taught" on their desks or walls, protesting the school's teaching quality and integrity issues.
2026-09-20
On September 20, the School of Mathematical Sciences of Harbin Engineering University reported that, after verification by higher authorities, 20 undergraduates and graduate students used campus network accounts to access overseas networks via VPN on September 18–19, which was recorded by the network security monitoring system. Because it was their first violation and there were no serious consequences, they were given a warning sanction.
2026-09-18
The School of Mathematical Sciences at Harbin Engineering University announced that 20 undergraduate and graduate students were given warnings for using VPNs over the campus network to access overseas internet.
2026-09-16
On September 16, Heilongjiang Mudanjiang Wanding Dairy Co., Ltd. was exposed for withholding wages from 23 employees, leaving them facing severe survival crises including being unable to afford medical treatment, difficulties with their children's education, and mortgage default.
2026-09-14
On September 14, several nurses at the Second People's Hospital of Hulan District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province reported that the hospital had been withholding wages for up to two years. After prolonged unsuccessful rights protection, the medical staff chose to publicly expose the issue online to seek a solution.
2026-09-13
On September 13, during the Harbin Marathon in Heilongjiang, a large number of university student volunteers were arranged to stand guard for free at race supply stations on a bridge in heavy rain, maintaining supply tables and squatting on the ground to seek shelter from the rain. Volunteers on-site revealed that it was entirely unpaid volunteer service, with no compensation, receiving only bread, sausages, and milk as brunch.
2026-09-12
On September 12, a recruitment notice for Harbin Marathon security staff appeared online, requiring work from 5 p.m. that afternoon until 2 p.m. the next day, about 21 hours in total. The employer offered only 160 yuan salary plus a 20 yuan meal allowance, and demanded applicants provide their own food, lodging, tents and other equipment, and spend the night on the street. Some members in the recruitment group questioned the mismatch between workload and pay, and netizens in the comments criticized it as low‑human‑rights exploitation, saying “less than nine yuan per hour.” This notice has sparked attention and controversy over the labor system for security at large events.
2026-09
Harbin Engineering University issued a notice giving warning punishments to 20 students who used a VPN over the campus network to access foreign websites, sparking public attention over online information control.
2026-09
On September 14, 2026, an elderly person in Harbin City disclosed to the public via video, stating that after Harbin Vocational and Technical University carried out campus expansion works, the construction site's drainage system has long been discharging onto his own land, causing trees on the campus to be soaked and die; at the same time, construction spoil was dumped on his plot, crushing fruit trees and grape vines that had been planted for more than ten years. The video shows the plot overgrown with weeds, and some areas piled with bricks, plastic bags and other construction waste. The elder said he had repeatedly negotiated with the school to no avail, and now requests relevant authorities to intervene.
2026-09
As of reports on September 20, the distance between tobacco retail outlets in Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province, has been reduced from 50 meters to 20 meters.
2026-09
Harbin Engineering University issued an official notice punishing students for circumventing the Great Firewall to use a VPN, drawing attention and commentary from netizens.
2026-08-27
On August 27, 2026, a villager from Yilin Village, Zhaozhou County, Daqing, Heilongjiang, posted a video reporting that while making a real-name complaint about corn drip irrigation tape issues on-site, the village party secretary issued a death threat using aggressive language to their face, while the discipline inspection officials present failed to intervene.
2026-08-24
On August 24, 2026, villagers from Shucaicun in Hailin City, Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, posted a video reporting that the local Party-mass service center was completely empty during afternoon office hours and no one answered the phone, indicating staff absence from their posts.
Location: Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang ·
Importance II ·
Verification: Hearsay ·
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2026-08-12
On August 12, 2026, an environmental blogger reported that an investigative video he had previously posted — about topsoil from high-standard farmland in Mingshui County, Heilongjiang being hauled away and causing severe crop losses — was forcibly taken down by the platform and set to "only visible to myself" without any notice, and his appeal was rejected.
2026-08-08
On August 8, 2026, a blogger disclosed that in the high-standard farmland improvement project in Mingshui County, Suihua, Heilongjiang, the topsoil of some plots had been hauled away, leaving bare subsoil, resulting in severe yield losses for nearly 3,000 mu of soybeans and corn, even facing total crop failure.
2026-08-07
Wu Chunyu, deputy Party secretary, director and general manager of Genertec Qiqihar No.2 Machine Tool, voluntarily turned himself in; the case is being investigated by the Huludao City Supervisory Commission in Liaoning.
2026-08-06
On August 5, 2026, an environmental blogger investigating Shixian Village in Daqing found that ditches running through farmland and woods were discharging large volumes of milky-white industrial wastewater with foam and a pungent odor, leaving surrounding vegetation yellowed; villagers reported being warned to keep quiet.
2026-08-05
On August 5, an environmental blogger investigated a garlic slice processing factory in Shixian Village, Daqing, illegally discharging milky, pungent wastewater. The water body at the site severely deteriorated, and the victimized villagers refused to accept public interviews for fear of retaliation.
Location: Daqing, Heilongjiang ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Verifying ·
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2026-08-04
On August 4, 2026, exceptionally heavy rain suddenly hit Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, causing severe urban flooding. Water on several main roads reached chest height, shops along the streets and underground facilities were submerged, and residents queued to wade through the water to evacuate.
2026-08
In August 2026, Heilongjiang Province drew attention for failing to publish birth rates, death rates, and natural growth rates in its statistical bulletins on national economic and social development for three consecutive years, making it the only province in the country to withhold these indicators.
2026-07-30
Multiple workers gathered in rights defense outside the Jiamusi Postal Bureau in Heilongjiang, reporting that the unit had not paid their housing provident fund and that there were problems such as exploitation and deliberate obstruction. During the incident, someone fell to the ground and was carried away by medical personnel.
Location: Jiamusi, Heilongjiang ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Reported ·
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2026-07-27
On July 27, 2026, the Acheng District Government Service Center in Harbin, Heilongjiang was exposed for setting up an extremely low, seatless Ding Yizhen-style window. After the story gained traction online, staff from the department involved privately messaged a self-media blogger, admitting it was true and requesting that the video be taken down.
2026-07-24
Heilongjiang issued two 'double removal' notices in one day; both cases are old cases filed at the beginning of the year.
2026-07-17
On July 17, 2026, due to sustained heavy rainfall, the water level of the main stream of the Mudan River, a tributary of the Songhua River in Heilongjiang Province, rose far above the warning line. The surging river water overflowed and flooded multiple towns, villages, and farmland along its banks.
Location: Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Reported ·
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2026-06-24
On June 24, 2026, a wage arrears incident occurred at the project department of the Smart Agriculture Training Building, built by China Railway 16 Bureau in Xi'an District, Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang. A number of migrant workers gathered at the construction site to defend their rights, demanding payment of their labor earnings.
Location: Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Hearsay ·
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2026-06-23
On June 23, 2026, Radio Free Asia reported that large numbers of street-front businesses in Nenjiang, Heihe, Hailun, Suihua and other places in Heilongjiang province closed down en masse out of concern over hefty fines from surprise fire safety and environmental inspections; officials subsequently came forward to refute the reports.
2026-06-22
Heilongjiang Beidahuang Agriculture was ordered by the tax department to pay approximately 1 billion RMB in corporate income tax for the years 2021 to 2025, along with approximately 400 million RMB in late fees.
2026-06-22
The day after the Hailun Fire Department issued a notice refuting rumors, roller shutters on local streets remained largely closed, and businesses did not resume operations in response to the notice.
2026-06-21
The local government in Nenjiang, Heilongjiang conducted random inspections on merchants. Facing pressure for rectification and the risk of hefty fines, merchants closed their shops and went on strike en masse. The market supervision bureau subsequently issued a statement claiming the remarks were untrue.
2026-06-21
The Hailun City Fire Department issued a statement denying that citywide inspections were being carried out and that massive fines existed.
Location: Hailun, Heilongjiang ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Official claim ·
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2026-06-17
On June 17, 2026, an incident of unpaid wages occurred at a cement pipe factory in Shangji Town, Suihua, Heilongjiang. Several migrant workers hung banners in front of the factory gate to demand their unpaid wages and defend their rights, calling for the release of their hard-earned money to guarantee their basic livelihood.
2026-06-16
Jiang Hongwei, Deputy Secretary of the Heilongjiang Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, is under investigation.
2026-06-14
On June 14, 2026, regarding the controversy over the top scorer in the written and interview exams being replaced by a supplementary candidate, relevant departments in Qitaihe, Heilongjiang issued a report concluding that it was a review error and canceled the position, and have formally opened an investigation into the responsible persons.
Location: Qitaihe, Heilongjiang ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Official claim ·
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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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2026-06-05
On June 5, 2026, the State Administration for Market Regulation disclosed that the State Council Food Safety Office, together with the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the State Administration for Market Regulation, formed a working group and went to the site to urge, guide, and verify the issue of excessive antibiotics in Wangkui Shuanghui pork.
2026-06
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Jiang Hongwei, Deputy Secretary of the Heilongjiang Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission and Deputy Director of the Provincial Supervisory Commission, has fallen from power. This is seen as a key breakthrough by the anti-Xi alliance attempting to pry open old accounts from the period when Li Zhanshu governed Heilongjiang.
2026-06
All 19 businesses spot-checked in Nenjiang were found to have problems, of which 14 were ordered to rectify within a deadline and 5 to rectify immediately; the publicly released handling information showed no fines or business suspension penalties.
Location: Nenjiang, Heilongjiang ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Reported ·
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2026-06-01
Nenjiang City released its fire safety inspection plan for the month, and subsequently carried out spot checks on 19 businesses, including medical institutions, internet cafes, bathhouses, restaurants, and supermarkets.
Location: Nenjiang, Heilongjiang ·
Importance II ·
Verification: Official claim ·
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2026-06
In June 2026, Heilongjiang Beidahuang Agriculture Co., Ltd. announced that tax authorities had recovered about 1.41 billion yuan in taxes, exceeding its projected full-year net profit for 2025, and its stock price fell 10% in a single day.
2026-05-26
On May 26, 2026, a Meituan delivery rider in Heilongjiang revealed that he got into an argument with a university section chief while yielding on a narrow road because he did not give way first, was verbally abused by the other party, and was subsequently fired directly by the station leadership without any investigation.
2026-05-25
In May 2026, pork products from a production batch of a subsidiary of meat producer Shuanghui Development were found in sampling inspections to have antibiotic residues exceeding the limit by 37.5 times, triggering high public concern over meat food safety and antibiotic abuse.
2026-04-25
A large-scale non-violent non-cooperation movement took place across 34 counties and districts in Heilongjiang province, where merchants collectively shut down their businesses for over two months to protest unbearable exorbitant fines.
2026-04-25
According to statistics from the civil society project "Zuotian" (Yesterday), over the 67 days from April 25 to June 30, 2026, merchants in 34 counties (cities, districts) of Heilongjiang successively closed their shops en masse, with the cumulative number of participating merchants too numerous to count, the trigger being merchants' fear of surprise inspections and hefty fines.
2026-04
The video claims that a certain brokerage calculated that Heilongjiang's pension surplus can only support about 1.1 months, ranking last among all provinces, while Guangdong's can last about 53 months; no public report of this calculation can be found, with only old data from around 2015 showing Heilongjiang at about 1 month for comparison.
2026-01-23
On January 23, Zheng Xinxin, Deputy Director of the Xintai Community Residents' Committee in Lanxi Town, Lanxi County, Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province—a CCP member and veteran—real-name reported Party Branch Secretary Li Chunhong. The report alleges issues including drawing a salary without working, excessive unauthorized expenditures, irregular recruitment of Party members, falsification of Party branch meeting records, and illegal manipulation of the re-election process.
2025-08
Fuyuan, Heilongjiang held a China-Russia cross-border infectious disease joint emergency drill in late August, including a response exercise for plague being introduced from abroad.
2025
At the end of 2025, Heilongjiang's permanent resident population was 30.01 million, with an urbanization rate of 68.98%, close to the threshold of 30 million people.
2024
Hailun's general public budget revenue in 2024 was 6.77 hundred million yuan and expenditure was 72.64 hundred million yuan, with revenue accounting for about 9% of expenditure.
2024
In 2024, Hailun's fine and confiscation revenue reached 59.51 million yuan, an increase of 30% year on year, accounting for nearly 10% of general public budget revenue.
2024
Hailun budgeted 38.3 million yuan in revenue from fines and confiscations at the beginning of the year, but actual revenue at year-end was 59.51 million yuan, a budget completion rate of 155%.
2024
Nenjiang's ledger shows that revenue from fines and confiscations rose 115.7% year on year, with final accounts for such revenue reaching 68.4% of the budget set at the beginning of the year.
Location: Nenjiang, Heilongjiang ·
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Verification: Reported ·
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2023
According to the China Statistical Yearbook 2024, Heilongjiang's birth rate in 2023 was 2.92 per thousand and its death rate was 9.84 per thousand, with the birth rate ranking last in the country and the death rate the highest; the province's statistical bulletin for that year did not publish these indicators.
2022
The Chinese Communist Party carried out grain depot inspections in Heilongjiang, opening cases against more than 1,000 people in one year, with grain bureau chiefs in 8 counties being investigated and punished.
2021
Harbin's permanent resident population fell below 10 million in 2021, and it has been called the only provincial capital in the country to have seen negative population growth over the past decade or more.
2016
In 2016, Heilongjiang's current-year pension shortfall reached 32 billion yuan, and its cumulative surplus was negative, making it the only province in the country where the cumulative pension surplus went into deficit.
2011
The shortfall in urban employee pension insurance in Heilongjiang Province had already exceeded 11 billion yuan as early as 2011, and the current-period balance turned negative in 2013 — 15 to 17 years earlier than the nationally projected 2028 turning point.
2010
Heilongjiang's resident population fell from a peak of 38.33 million in 2010 to 30.01 million in 2025, a decrease of 8.32 million over 15 years.
2002-03
In March 2002, tens of thousands of laid-off and still-employed workers at the Daqing Oilfield took to the streets over unfair compensation for buyouts of their years of service and cuts to their medical and pension benefits. The demonstrations lasted nearly three weeks, with the crowd at one point reaching 40,000 to 50,000 people, setting a record for the scale of collective worker protests since the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
2000
At the fifth national census in 2000, the total fertility rates of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang had all fallen below 1.0, 23 to 25 years ahead of the national average.
1969-03
Chinese and Soviet troops engaged in an armed conflict in the Zhenbao Island area; the scale of the fighting was small.
1969
In 1969, China and the Soviet Union broke out in a deadly armed conflict at Zhenbao Island and other places.