Peasant Rights Protection · Full chronicle and history

On October 4, multiple villagers in Pengyuan Village, Chengtang Town, Yifeng County, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province, gathered at the gate and inside the offices of the Chengtang Town Villagers' Committee to protest and defend their rights, after public welfare forest and natural forest compensation payments went unpaid for more than 20 years following restrictions on commercial logging of collectively owned forest rights.

On October 2, residents of Shiping Village, Qiaotouhe Town, Lianyuan City, Hunan Province, reported that the public notice information for a 450,000 yuan vegetable base project construction payment in the village in 2023 did not match the actual project. The contract attached to the notice showed Longwan Village, and after the greenhouses were crushed by heavy snow that first winter, they have been abandoned ever since.

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.

Some netizens discussed protests by tobacco farmers in Yunnan, saying that farmers were mobilized by the government to grow tobacco, with promises of considerable income, but at purchase time the tobacco leaves were only bought for a few yuan per kilogram, leaving them with just a few dozen yuan of income after working more than half a year on one mu of land.

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.

Due to reduced demand from tobacco companies and a lack of contractual guarantees, some tobacco farmers in Yunnan are facing the dilemma of being unable to sell the tobacco leaves they worked hard to grow, leading some to even destroy their crops.

In September 2026, some tobacco farmers in Yunnan held rallies to defend their rights after tobacco companies tightened their leaf purchasing standards, downgraded and cut the price of their tobacco leaves, or even refused to buy them. Some farmers said that over a thousand jin of tobacco leaves fetched only a few dozen yuan after grading deductions for weight.

On August 27, 2026, several growers in Yuanyang County, Xinxiang, Henan gathered at the door of the county seed company to defend their rights, reporting that the crop seeds they purchased failed to sprout after sowing and questioning whether the seeds had quality problems.

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.

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.

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.

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.

After the Daxiaojing Scenic Area in Luodian, Guizhou, handed over operations to the "Minsheng Company," villagers were prohibited from using bamboo rafts to carry passengers. Villagers began protesting on July 18, and on July 24, they clashed with government personnel, police (Public Security), and company staff.

Villagers of Lincuo Village, Longhu District, Shantou, had their agricultural household registrations arbitrarily converted to non-agricultural household registrations. After sitting-in for rights defense for a month, they escalated their actions, with hundreds occupying the village committee and engaging in physical clashes with the police.

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.

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.

On May 21, 2026, regarding the incident where over 700 mu of shepherd's purse crops were swarmed, stolen, and looted by surrounding villagers, a farmer in Neihuang, Henan, formally submitted a criminal case application to the local police, demanding that the crime of intentional destruction of property be investigated and compensation for losses be made.

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.

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.

Ms. Ma Yongtian won a lawsuit regarding her factory being robbed in 2002 and obtained a court judgment.