In December 2024, Xinhua News Agency revoked the retirement benefits of Gu Wanming, former head of its Guangdong branch. Prior to this, he had been criminally detained for issuing an open letter over the death of Li Keqiang, and was sentenced by a court to one year in prison on the charge of picking quarrels and provoking trouble.
In November 2024, the Minhang District Court in Shanghai sentenced Gu Wanming, former head of the Xinhua News Agency's Guangdong branch, to one year in prison on the charge of picking quarrels and provoking trouble. He was criminally detained after issuing an open letter in October 2023 raising five demands over the death of Li Keqiang.
On October 30, 2023, Gu Wanming, former head of the Guangdong branch of the Xinhua News Agency, issued an open letter in his capacity as a veteran Party member, making five demands regarding the death of Li Keqiang: suspending the cremation, setting up an investigation team, holding those responsible accountable, conducting an autopsy, and holding the funeral according to protocol. He was subsequently placed under criminal detention.