2026-11-08
On November 8, Henan University of Economics and Law announced that it had established a special task force to investigate allegations of sexual harassment against Zhao Zengyan and had suspended all of his educational and teaching activities.
2026-11-07
Based on surveillance footage, the court of first instance determined that Qin started the altercation and struck Ma's head multiple times, ordering Qin to bear 70% of the civil liability. On November 7, Red Star News reported that the Zhengzhou Intermediate Court rejected Qin's appeal and upheld the original verdict requiring compensation of over 840,000 yuan to the family.
2026-11-05
A public institution employee in Zhongyuan District, Zhengzhou, submitted a report stating that after civil service salary adjustments in 2022, the compensation for public institution staff was not adjusted simultaneously. Various bonuses totaling about 160,000 RMB from 2022 to 2025, and routine assessment awards totaling about 50,000 RMB for over thirty months from December 2023 to June 2026, have not been paid, leaving them with only a basic monthly salary of 3,000 to 4,000 RMB.
2026-11-04
Public institution staff in Zhongyuan District, Zhengzhou, reported to the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration that since 2022, the district party committee and district government have been in arrears with performance-based wages and policy-based bonuses for thousands of employees across the district, with an average cumulative debt of approximately 210,000 yuan per person. They requested that the case be placed under supervision and that the arrears be paid within a specified time limit.
2026-11-02
On November 2, a large number of villagers from Shiyuan Village, Zhengzhou, Henan, gathered at the entrance of the Zhongyuan District Committee office to protest and demand unpaid demolition transition fees. Police were present at the scene to maintain order.
2026-11-01
According to the application page uploaded by a netizen on November 1, the living subsidy policy for educated talent in Zhengzhou expired on October 31. New applications are currently not being accepted, and will be processed according to new regulations once the updated talent policy is issued. Matters already accepted within the validity period will be handled under the old policy.
2026-11
The court determined that there was a causal link between the assault and the victim's death from cerebral infarction. In the first instance, the assailant was ordered to bear 70% of the liability and pay over 846,500 yuan to the victim's family. After the assailant appealed, the Zhengzhou Intermediate Court recently rejected the appeal in the second instance and upheld the original verdict.
2026-10-29
On October 29, the Zhengzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau released the latest list of talent subsidies. The initial review only covers applications up to March 2026, while the re-review covers up to February. Netizens have reported that they have not received the subsidies they applied for since October 2024.
2026-10-25
On October 25, a student at Zhengzhou No. 16 Senior High School posted a video reporting that a hair dryer caught fire in the dormitory while the school was enforcing a mandatory stay on campus. The students tried to use a fire extinguisher to save themselves, only to find it damaged and unusable, and the fire alarm's volume was too low to serve as a warning.
2026-10-22
On October 22, despite cooling temperatures and rainy weather, Zhengzhou Industrial Safety Vocational College in Zhengzhou, Henan, still organized a large gathering of students on the sports field to listen to leaders' speeches. Many students got soaked and caught colds with fevers, while the leaders stood right on the stage. Some students said that last year they were also required to hand in their phones and delete related content.
2026-10-22
On October 22, the netizen who posted the exposure video stated in the comments section that they had been asked to delete the video, adding "I'm going to disappear, brothers."
2026-10-18
A woman in Zhengzhou, who was supporting three children and a sick elderly parent, earned less than 200 yuan in 8 days of food delivery work. Facing despair that hard work could not feed her family and the survival predicament of the new era, she chose to burn charcoal. The incident involves three children aged 2, 4, and 9, and has been called by outsiders a replay of the Yang Gailan incident in Gansu ten years ago.
2026-10-17
On October 17, the Zhengzhou government reported a tragic incident in which an entire family died together because they could no longer get by in life.
2026-10-14
On October 14, the Silk Road College of Zhengzhou Railway Vocational and Technical University held a student management work meeting, demanding a strict ban on students circumventing the Great Firewall to go online and on unorganized gatherings, strictly observing the bottom line of online speech and conduct, and incorporating this into the building of civilized norms.
2026-10-12
On October 12, a netizen posted a video exposing that the Zulijian company in Zhengzhou, Henan, owes wages and social insurance to more than 300 employees. Large numbers of employees gathered in the company's office area for collective rights defense, shouting "Pay our wages."
2026-10-10
On October 10, the Silk Road College of Zhengzhou Railway Vocational and Technical University released a meeting announcement stating that dorm heads serve as fourth-tier grid leaders, known as "frontline sentinels," and must keep an eye on roommates' ideological trends, track and record them, and report at the earliest opportunity.
2026-09-30
Zhengzhou has proposed cleaning and repairing national flags used in previous years for reuse, and preparing them before National Day for use in the following year.
2026-09-27
In response to the call for tightening their belts, many places across China are welcoming National Day in a frugal manner. Erqi District in Zhengzhou has achieved an old flag reuse rate as high as 82.26%, while Shiyan in Hubei and Jiande in Zhejiang have also adopted cost-saving measures such as reusing materials or relying on existing flowerbeds.
2026-09-26
From September 26 to 27, a 1,000-person singles matchmaking event was held at Zhongyuan Wanda Plaza in Zhengzhou, Henan. Netizens captured footage showing on-site zones designated for those inside the system, high-net-worth individuals, and highly educated people.
2026-09-18
On September 18, after the completion of a project by Zhengzhou Engineering Co., Ltd. of China Railway Seventh Group in Zhengzhou, Henan, it was accused of defaulting on workers' wages. Multiple workers went to the company to collectively defend their rights and demand payment of arrears.
2026-09-18
Li Auto L8 first-batch owners displayed a banner at the Li Auto delivery center in the Zhengzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone to defend their rights.
2026-09-16
On September 16, The Wall Street Journal disclosed that Zhengzhou Zhirong Network Technology Company used AI technology to organize stolen foreign government classified data and sold intelligence to the Chinese public (Public Security) organs, involving secrets of countries such as Russia, the Philippines, Pakistan, and the Vatican.
2026-09-14
On September 14, 2026, a military supply station in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, owing workers’ wages, had several workers hang a banner reading “Military Supply Station, Return My Blood‑Sweat Money” at the station’s gate, publicly demanding immediate wage settlement. No police presence was seen on site; after persisting for several hours, the workers left without receiving an immediate response.
2026-09-11
In September 2026, multiple high schools in Zhengzhou were exposed for implementing Saturday single day off for make-up classes and mandatory boarding since the start of the semester, with schedules from 6 AM to 11:30 PM. Unable to accept the excessively long schedule and the change from two days off to a single day off, students chose to commit suicide after only 10 days of school.
2026-09-11
After the start of the school year in September 2026, many high schools in Zhengzhou were exposed for forcing all students to board. The daily schedule lasts from 6:00 AM to 11:30 PM. In addition to regular classes, morning reading and evening self-study sessions are arranged. Some schools have compressed meal times and require students to enter the classroom early for study.
2026-09-11
Just 10 days after the start of the fall semester in September 2026, a high school student in Zhengzhou committed suicide, unable to cope with the heavy psychological burden caused by the school's decision to replace the two-day weekend with a one-day weekend for remedial classes.
2026-09-11
In September 2026, students at several high schools in Zhengzhou collectively exposed on social media their schools’ forced extra classes and excessively long schedules, and filed online joint petitions to the Henan Provincial Department of Education and the mayor’s hotline, protesting the schools’ illegal deprivation of their statutory right to rest.
2026-09-11
On September 11, 2026, the Henan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party decided to appoint Wang Song as Party Secretary of Zhengzhou; he holds a doctorate from Tsinghua University and came from a background as deputy director of the Cyberspace Administration of China, moving from head of the Henan Provincial Committee's publicity department to the top post in the provincial capital.
2026-09-03
On September 3, 2026, multiple owners of the Nayunxi Section 4 development in Xinzheng City, Zhengzhou, Henan, having endured a housing delivery delay of as long as six years, had no choice but to climb onto the unfinished rooftops and unfurl banners in a rights-defense protest.
2026-09-02
According to online reports, a boss who was preparing to pay 500 employees went to the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Zhengzhou to withdraw money, but was refused by the bank on various pretexts. He then set fire to the bank, and firefighters arrived at the scene to put out the fire.
2026-09-02
A blogger on the X platform shared a video in which a woman says her savings of 29 million yuan have gone missing.
2026-08-29
On August 29, 2026, multiple owners of Meisheng Zhonghuan No. 1 residential compound in Jinshui District, Zhengzhou, Henan, protested and defended their rights because the promised primary and secondary schools had halted construction and were never built. They were violently obstructed and beaten by property management staff, and some owners were injured and taken to the hospital.
2026-08-28
On August 28, 2026, hundreds of owners at Country Garden Phoenix City in Zhongyuan District, Zhengzhou, Henan, went to the Zhongyuan District Education Bureau and the subdistrict center to protest and defend their rights, shouting demands about schooling, after the promised high-quality middle school was downgraded and replaced.
2026-08-27
On August 27, 2026, some owners of PowerChina Gaoxin Huaxi Mansion in Zhengzhou, Henan, gathered at the entrance of the residential compound to protest, demanding that the developer fulfill the school-district housing and educational facilities commitments made in the home purchase contract.
2026-08-26
On August 26, 2026, some owners of the Huarui Ziyun City residential community in Zhengzhou, Henan, gathered at the sales office to protest and defend their rights over disputes concerning the school district zoning for their children's enrollment.
2026-08-24
On August 24, 2026, multiple migrant workers in Longhu Town, Xinzheng City, Henan Province, went to the Yongxing office building to demand unpaid wages, only to be locked inside by the landlord and the company involved, restricting their personal freedom. Workers reported that their complaints were not handled in a timely manner.
2026-08-24
On August 24, 2026, some property owners in a busy downtown area within the Third Ring Road of Zhengzhou, Henan, gathered to defend their rights, protesting against the rezoning of former driving school land near their residential complex into a cemetery renovation and upgrade project, questioning its impact on the living environment.
2026-08-22
On August 22, 2026, students at the Tagou Martial Arts School in Dengfeng, Henan, gathered in protest at the school gate over the cumbersome deposit refund process and abnormal student status information, climbed over the iron gate into the campus shouting "refund our money," and multiple police cars arrived at the scene.
2026-08-15
On August 15, 2026, multiple owners at the Longhu Kongquecheng community in Zhengzhou, Henan staged a collective rights defense inside the compound, protesting that the property management has long charged high property fees while service quality seriously fails to meet standards.
2026-07-29
A 36-year-old man in Zhengzhou toughed out a cold and fever for 8 days, then suffered cardiac arrest at the dinner table. After 20 days of emergency treatment in hospital he barely pulled through and was diagnosed with fulminant myocarditis.
2026-07
The Shaolin Tagou Martial Arts School in Dengfeng, Henan, has been exposed for coaches mistreating students and withholding students' deposits over a long period. After the incident came to light, hundreds of students gathered in protest for three consecutive days, demanding the return of their deposits.
2026-06-29
Because the previous property management company and the new one failed to complete the handover at Wenyuan Xiyuan community in Gezhai, Zhengzhou, residents questioned the incoming company as a "shell property management firm." Residents gathered for rights defense and pushing occurred.
2026-06-19
On June 19, 2026, a fierce fire broke out at the Hongda International Auto Plaza in Zhengzhou, Henan. Multiple commercial buildings were swallowed by the flames, with thick smoke billowing and fire lighting up the sky at the scene, spreading to several surrounding commercial areas.
2026-06-18
On June 18, 2026, the property management service company of Yangguang Huating Community in Xuedian Town, Xinzheng, Henan, was suspected of absconding with funds and going out of contact, leaving the community without management. Several owners gathered in the community to protest and defend their rights.
2026-06-16
On June 16, 2026, a female part-time job seeker in Zhengzhou posted a plea for help, saying that while working part-time at a postgraduate exam study room she was beaten by her boss over 30 yuan in wages, fracturing her hand, and that after she called the police, the authorities refused to file a criminal case and instead demanded that she delete her post.
2026-05-24
On May 24, 2026, inside the Grand Shanghai City mall in Zhengzhou, Henan, a man used a megaphone to publicly insult a gathering of ACG (anime, comic and game) youth as "traitors" and "sellouts," and was subsequently handcuffed and taken away by police who arrived at the scene.
2026-05-08
The Zhengzhou Teresa Teng Digital Technology Music Center opened, featuring a holographic projection of Teresa Teng singing her new song "Going Home," which prompted the Teresa Teng Cultural and Educational Foundation to issue a public statement saying it was unauthorized.
2024-12-14
On December 14, 2024, a 59-year-old man surnamed Ma in Zhengzhou had a dispute with his employer, surnamed Qin, over unpaid wages and dismissal. Qin slapped him 9 times. That evening, Ma was hospitalized with an acute cerebral infarction and passed away after being in a coma for 14 months. Qin admitted to the assault at the police station.
2024-11-08
In early November 2024, hundreds of thousands of college students in Zhengzhou, Henan rode shared bikes at night into Kaifeng, triggering large-scale gatherings. Universities in Henan and many other places subsequently locked down their campuses and barred students from going out, while traffic police in both cities imposed a full closure of the Zhengkai Avenue.
2024-05
Outside an ONVO store in Zhengzhou, AITO owners unfurled banners claiming they waited 100 days for their cars and that after 60 days of driving the vehicle had already become an old model, while also criticizing after-sales service and the car-buying experience.
2024
In 2024, a 59-year-old man in Zhengzhou had a dispute with his former employer over unpaid wages and his dismissal. He was slapped nine times by the employer, subsequently suffered an acute cerebral infarction, and passed away after being in a coma for 14 months.
2021-07-20
From July 17 to 23, 2021, Henan was hit by exceptionally severe rainstorms, with Zhengzhou suffering the worst devastation on July 20. A State Council investigation report put the death and missing toll at 398 across the province, including 380 in Zhengzhou.
2018
A homebuyer in Zhengzhou reported that the property purchased in 2018 cost over one million yuan in total, including the purchase price, down payment, and interest. Listing prices in the same residential compound have since fallen sharply, leaving the buyer facing massive asset losses.