Financial Rights Defense · Full chronicle and history

On November 3, the headquarters of Chongqing Kunpeng Payment Service Co., Ltd. was crowded with a large number of people demanding rights. Multiple merchants and agents reported that their POS devices have frequently experienced issues such as funds not arriving and delayed settlements recently.

Recently, a Douyin user posted that 500.04 yuan in their WeBank digital RMB wallet could not be transferred back to their bank card. After calling customer service with no answer, netizens in the comments section questioned whether digital RMB can be frozen at will.

On October 28, Zhengxing Flour Industry Co., Ltd. in Shicao Town, Dancheng County, Zhoukou, Henan, was reported to owe large sums of money to local villagers. A large number of villagers gathered at the factory and office area to demand repayment. Villagers stated that the company continued to purchase wheat normally despite owing money, and others claimed that funds deposited into the company for interest could not be withdrawn.

October 27, follow-up on the illegal fundraising incident involving the "Tianzhongxing Card" at Huanle Aijia Supermarket in Zhumadian, Henan: stores are deserted, shelves are basically cleared, and multiple depositors seeking rights defense chased and attempted to intercept the person-in-charge Wang Haizhou, shouting demands for the immediate repayment of their hard-earned money.

On October 20, a Douyin user posted a video claiming that his 31 million yuan deposit had been frozen for nearly three weeks and was inaccessible, during which he sold two Audis and one BMW to keep his company afloat. After two workers fell to their deaths at his father's construction site, his father was taken into police custody; the man said he spent 3 million yuan in cash to get his father out. The bank demanded proof of large transaction flows, and staff also demanded that he delete the video before returning his ID card. The reason for the account restriction remains unclear.

On October 8, as the Henan Provincial Party Secretary and governor were replaced at the same time, depositors of village and town banks across the country wrote letters to the new Provincial Party Secretary Zhou Zuyi, governor Wang Lujin, and 15 leaders of central ministries and commissions, accusing the former provincial Party committee and government of feigning compliance while defying orders and refusing to settle old accounts. Tens of thousands of depositors and their relatives have been unable to withdraw a single cent from their bank card deposits for five years, and have been driven to extremes.

Zheng Zhengbang, legal representative of Zhongshan Fuhe Municipal Construction Co., Ltd., publicly reported Bank of China Zhongshan Branch in his own name, claiming that he borrowed 400 million yuan but actually paid about 350 million yuan, and raised questions about invoices, consulting fees and credit records.

The Chongqing Trust product for the Dijingyuan luxury residential project in Xiamen has not been fully paid out since its maturity in December 2021. Over 300 investors nationwide have been seeking rights defense for a long time, and were recently offered a 20% buyout of their trust shares. Chongqing Trust previously announced that the collateral was valued at approximately 27 billion yuan and that the project had no ultimate risk.

Creditors of Zhejin Company applied to the Zhejiang Provincial Local Financial Regulatory Administration for the disclosure of government information such as the risk disposal plan for the Huaxin products of the Zhejin Center, but the bureau refused to disclose it on the grounds that the relevant information had been classified as state secrets and might endanger national security.

On September 23, at the Party-Mass Service Center in Hebaizhuang, Chengjiao Township, Sheqi County, Nanyang, Henan, after He Xianglin's fundraising scheme collapsed and the funds were suspected to have been absconded with by an upstream operator, a large number of investors showed up to defend their rights; most participants were elderly villagers from various villages, involving about 2,000 households.

Two depositors encountered obstruction and difficulty from the bank when attempting to withdraw money at the counter. A fierce conflict erupted between the two parties, with the bank threatening to call the police, sparking strong dissatisfaction among the depositors.

On September 18, a large number of depositors in Zhumadian, Henan Province, gathered in the rain outside the municipal petition office to defend their rights, after the company chairman Wang Haizhou failed to fulfill his promise to distribute living expenses before the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays. They chanted slogans demanding to "see the mayor" and called for government intervention to resolve the issue.

On September 12, as Shandong Zaozhuang Tengzhou Urban Construction Group failed to repay the principal and interest of a loan upon maturity, multiple investors gathered at the entrance of the company headquarters for rights defense, demanding an explanation from the company.

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.

On September 15, due to the suspected collapse of the Huanle Aijia Supermarket's "Tianzhongxing Card" and allegations of illegal fundraising, a large number of depositors gathered at the Aijia Disney store in Yicheng District, Zhumadian City, to defend their rights and protest the capital side's postponement plan. Physical clashes occurred between depositors and SWAT police at the scene, and multiple people were detained by the police.

On September 14, more than 100 employees and fund contributors at Aijia Supermarket in Zhumadian, Henan, surrounded chairman Wang Haizhou to demand the return of their money, and clashed with police at the scene. The company had long encouraged employees to deposit their wages and savings into the so-called Tianzhong card; an economic crisis broke out in August, several supermarkets closed and cash withdrawals were suspended.

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.

A blogger on the X platform shared a video in which a woman says her savings of 29 million yuan have gone missing.

On August 31, 2026, it was reported online that dozens of depositors of Henan village and town banks traveled to Xuchang to demand their deposits; immediately after exiting the station they were surrounded by unidentified men in black, taken to the headquarters of Xuchang Rural Commercial Bank, and had their personal freedom illegally restricted.

On August 31, dozens of depositors from village and town banks in Henan traveled to Xuchang to demand their bank card savings. Immediately after exiting Xuchang Railway Station, they were surrounded by multiple unidentified men in black, forcibly taken to the headquarters of Xuchang Rural Commercial Bank, and illegally detained until late at night.

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.

In Yudian Village, Huangchuan County, Henan, hundreds of investors in Yufeng Grain Industry and Zhongxing Grain and Oil gathered at the village committee to demand resolution of the payout of their investment funds, and clashed with government workers and police. Some netizens said that it was suspected that a rights-defending protester had died.

On August 16, 2026, a Zhejiang netizen went to the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China to close an account, bringing a death certificate, a cremation certificate, and a household register. Because the bank did not accept the household register and government service app documents, they were asked to go to the police station to obtain a new certificate bearing an official seal.

On August 5, Shi Jianjian, a depositor who was given a suspended sentence for the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble after legally traveling to Henan to demand her deposits, received a certificate terminating her community correction, and stated that she would file an appeal in accordance with the law and apply for state compensation.

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 29, 2026, 28 depositors of Henan village banks went to the Zhejiang Provincial Letters and Calls Bureau to collectively defend their rights, asking Zhejiang officials to help coordinate with Henan departments to resolve the issue of deposits being frozen for five years, and requesting the provincial-level written certification documents needed for petitioning in Beijing.

Recently, the mother of Zhu Yidan, a victim of the Zhejiang Financial Center default incident, wrote a letter to prosecutors and judges in Zhejiang Province. She stated that her daughter, who was in Changsha, was labeled a "principal offender" simply for forwarding relevant information in a WeChat group, and questioned whether the Hangzhou police, procuratorate, and courts were engaging in retaliation.

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.

On June 29, 2026, victims of the internet finance platforms Juxiaohua and Yikoudai from across the country went to Yingkou City, Liaoning Province for rights defense. At the protest site they got into a fierce physical clash with police, and multiple borrowers were forcibly taken away by the police.

On June 19, 2026, Linyi Guohang, a well-known liquor trader in Linyi, Shandong, was reported to have suffered a capital chain breakdown. Large numbers of suppliers and liquor dealers gathered at the store to defend their rights, demand unpaid wages and debt repayment. Online reports say the amount owed runs into tens of millions of yuan.

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.

Media reports revealed that two depositors at Jilin Fuyu Huimin Village Bank had a total of 18 million yuan in deposits misappropriated due to employees forging signatures for loss reports, triggering a situation where depositors have no way to seek rights defense.

According to multiple financial media reports, quasi-fixed-income products under CreditEase Wealth have blown up, and the company has launched the so-called "benign liquidation" starting May 22, 2026.

On April 29 and 30, in front of the Changsha Intermediate People's Court in Hunan Province, dozens of victim investors of Xiangtan Shengda Financial Investment Management Co., Ltd. gathered and sang "The East Is Red" to defend their rights.

After the Huiwang Group's funds collapsed, large numbers of Chinese and Cambodian depositors gathered outside the National Bank and the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia to defend their rights, demanding the return of their hard-earned money and pressing for the recovery of frozen funds.

In April 2026, Justin Sun sued World Liberty Financial, in which the Trump family is involved, accusing it of illegally freezing the WLFI tokens he held and stripping him of his voting rights.

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.